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: $.75

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Aug 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Thomas Orchestra

2)

König Stephan, overture

aka King Stephen; King Steven; Konig Stephan

Composer(s): Beethoven

3)

Passacaglia, organ, BWV 582, C minor; [arr. Esser]

Composer(s): Bach

4)

Aufforderung zum Tanze, [arranged by Berlioz]

aka Invitation to the dance; Invitation a la valse

Composer(s): Weber

5)

Kaiser-Marsch

Composer(s): Wagner

6)

Symphony, no. 2, op. 61, C major

Composer(s): Schumann

7)

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

Composer(s): Liszt

8)

Dorfschwalben aus Oesterreich, op. 164

aka Village swallows; Village swallows from Austria; Die Dorfschwalben

Composer(s): Strauss

9)

Fra Diavolo, overture

Composer(s): Auber

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 August 1873, 2.

Includes program; Schumann’s symphony was performed in its entirety.

2)

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

“On Thursday there was a grand programme. It opened with Beethoven’s ‘King Stephen’ overture, and included a Passacaglia of Bach’s, arranged for the orchestra by Heinrich Esser of Vienna; the Berlioz arrangement of Weber’s ‘Invitation to the Dance,’ and Liszt’s Second ‘Hungarian Rhapsody.’ The principal number, however, was Schumann’s Second Symphony. This beautiful but difficult composition, with its eccentric rhythm and strange variations of tempo, was exquisitely rendered—far better than we ever heard it before.”