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:
23 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 May 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Rienzi, overture
Composer(s): Wagner
3)
Neu Wien, op. 342
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
Paraphrase über Die Loreley nach Silcher
Composer(s): Nesvadba
5)
Marches militaires, D. 733, unidentified [arr. Liszt]
aka Cavalry march
Composer(s): Schubert
6)
Oberon, overture
Composer(s): Weber
7)
Andante and gavotte, unidentified
aka Air and gavotte
Composer(s): Bach
8)
Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Die, finale
aka Geschopfe des Prometheus, Die, finale
Composer(s): Beethoven
9)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, overture
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
10)
Ballet comique de la royne, "Clochette"
aka Amaryllis
Composer(s): Beaujoyeulx
11)
An der schönen, blauen Donau, op. 314
aka Blue Danube
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
Africaine, L', "Marche indienne"
aka Indian march
Composer(s): Meyerbeer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 May 1873, 9.

Includes program.

2)
Review: New York Post, 27 May 1873, 2.

“Although the evenings are not so very warm as to render outdoor amusements a necessity, the Central Park Garden concerts are already well attended. There was a very large audience present last night, intent on enjoying a miscellaneous programme of varied interest. The quaint ‘Amaryllis’ air of Louis XIII seemed to give special pleasure, and won the only encore of the evening. A ‘Gavotte’ of Bach’s was also very well received.”