Central Park Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

Conductor(s):
Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]

Price: $.50; $1-2, private box

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 May 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Nurmahal, overture
Composer(s): Spontini
3)
Telegramme, op. 318
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, notturno
aka nocturne ; notturino;
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
5)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 2
Composer(s): Liszt
6)
Leonore, overture, no. 1
aka Leonore overture, op. 138; Fidelio overture, no. 1 ; Fidelis overture, no. 1
Composer(s): Beethoven
7)
Méditation, B-flat
aka Nouvelle meditation; Meditation, B-flat
Composer(s): Gounod
8)
Traumbild, Ein
aka Vision, A
Composer(s): Stiehl
9)
Lohengrin, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
10)
Hunyadi László, overture
aka Hunyadi Laszlo, overture
Composer(s): Erkel
11)
Rigoletto, "Bella figlia dell'amore"
aka Rigoletto, quartet
Composer(s): Verdi
12)
Carnevalsbilder, op. 357
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Africaine, L', "Marche indienne"
aka Indian march
Composer(s): Meyerbeer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 16 May 1874, 7.

Includes program.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 May 1874, 2.

Includes program.