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:
15 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Aug 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Jules César, "Marche des impériaux"
Composer(s): Bülow
3)
Fidelio, (1805), overture
aka Leonore overture, no. 2
Composer(s): Beethoven
4)
Passacaglia, organ, BWV 582, C minor; [arr. Esser]
Composer(s): Bach
5)
Symphony, C major, unidentified. Finale
Composer(s): Schubert
6)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, selections
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
7)
Lucia di Lammermoor, selections
aka Lucy of Lammermoor
Composer(s): Donizetti
8)
Pizzicato polka
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
An der schönen, blauen Donau, op. 314
aka Blue Danube
Composer(s): Strauss
10)
Tannhäuser, "Freudig begrüssen wir die edle Halle," Allegro
aka March; Fest march; Festmarsch; Grand march; Tannhauser. Freudig begrussen wir die edle Halle. Allegro
Composer(s): Wagner

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 August 1873, 2.

Includes program.