Central Park Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
East 14th St at the corner of Irving Place Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
J. [manager] Gosche

Conductor(s):
Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 May 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Zampa, overture
aka Introduction
Composer(s): Hérold
3)
Guillaume Tell, selections
aka potpourri; William Tell potpourri
Composer(s): Rossini
4)
Bürgersinn, op. 295
aka Burgersinn
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Loreley, Die, Einleitung
Composer(s): Bruch
6)
Overtura di ballo
Composer(s): Sullivan
7)
Symphony, no. 7, op. 92, A major. Allegretto
Composer(s): Beethoven
8)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, scherzo
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
9)
Fliegende Holländer, Der, selections
aka Fliegende Hollander, Der, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
10)
Alessandro Stradella, overture
Composer(s): Flotow
11)
"Ave Maria," (Instrumental version)
aka Méditation sur le 1er Prélude de piano de J. S. Bach; Meditation, prelude, for piano, organ and cello; Meditation on Bach's Prelude No. 1
Composer(s): Gounod
12)
Freuet euch des Lebens, op. 340
aka Life let us cherish
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Greeting march
Composer(s): Reinbold

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 May 1873, 9.

Includes program.