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:
24 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Thomas Orchestra

2)

Fest-Polonaise, op. 352

aka Kaiser Wilhelm polonaise

Composer(s): Strauss

3)

Leonore, overture, no. 1

aka Leonore overture, op. 138; Fidelio overture, no. 1 ; Fidelis overture, no. 1

Composer(s): Beethoven

4)

aka Komarin Kain

Composer(s): Glinka

5)

Lohengrin, selections

Composer(s): Wagner

6)

aka Sacuntala

Composer(s): Goldmark

7)

Tempest, "Dance of nymphs and reapers"

8)

Nocturne, orchestra, op. 9

Composer(s): Zellner

9)

Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 2 (arr. MÃ¼ller-Berghaus)

Composer(s): Liszt

10)

Hunyadi LÃ¡szlÃ³, overture

aka Hunyadi Laszlo, overture

Composer(s): Erkel

11)

Mireille, musette

Composer(s): Gounod

12)

Waltz, unidentified

Composer(s): Strauss

13)

Composer(s): Hauschild

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 June 1873, 8.

Includes program.

2)

Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 07 June 1873, 7.

“The programmes at the Central Park Garden have been highly interesting this week, and novelties have abounded. On Wednesday evening seven of the pieces were new. There were two new dances by Strauss, one of them not yet published; a selection from Gounod’s ‘Mireille,’ a march by Hauschild, and a beautiful Nocturne by Julius Zellner. The Dance of Nymphs and Reapers, from Arthur Sullivan’s ‘Tempest’ music, was played again, and promises to become popular. Glinka’s ‘Kamarinskaya,’ one of the best specimens of Russian music; Goldmark’s ‘Sakuntala’ overture; and Beethoven’s First Leonora overture, were among the more familiar selections. One of the most remarkable performances of the evening was Liszt’s familiar second Hungarian Rhapsody, effectively arranged for full orchestra by Karl Müller, and most magnificently played.”