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:
13 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Aug 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Thomas Orchestra

2)

Sommernachtstraum, Ein, selections

Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

3)

König Stephan, overture

aka King Stephen; King Steven; Konig Stephan

Composer(s): Beethoven

4)

Aufforderung zum Tanze, [arranged by Berlioz]

aka Invitation to the dance; Invitation a la valse

Composer(s): Weber

5)

Sieben Raben, Die, Vorspiel

Composer(s): Rheinberger

6)

Ballet comique de la royne, "Clochette"

aka Amaryllis

Composer(s): Beaujoyeulx

7)

Illustrationen, op. 331

Composer(s): Strauss

8)

Muette de Portici, La, overture

aka Masaniello; Mute Girl of Portici; Stumme von Portici

Composer(s): Auber

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 August 1873, 2.

Includes program.

2)

Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 30 August 1873, 5.

“Mr. Theodore Thomas has been giving the ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ music this week, and giving it with exquisite perfection. We hardly know which of the five numbers presented we should single out for special commendation. There was the beautiful Overture, so full of grace and life and delicacy that it seemed the very pattern of good playing; but the Scherzo that followed it was quite as wonderful; the Intermezzo was delicious; the dreamy Nocturne was remarkable for its sentiment, and the smooth and faultless tone of the horns; and last came the Wedding March, with a splendor and brilliancy we have never heard surpassed. The selections from the third act of the Meistersinger von Nürnberg have also been given this week with superb effect.”