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:
12 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 May 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Marche héroïque, op. 34
aka Marche heroique ; Heroic march
Composer(s): Saint-Saëns
3)
Deux journées, Les, overture
aka Porteur d’eau, Le; Wasserträger, Der; Water carrier, The
Composer(s): Cherubini
4)
Telegramme, op. 318
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Euryanthe, selections
Composer(s): Weber
6)
Tannhäuser, overture
aka Tannhauser overture
Composer(s): Wagner
7)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, notturno
aka nocturne ; notturino;
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
8)
Symphony, no. 8, op. 93, F major. Allegretto scherzando
Composer(s): Beethoven
9)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 2
Composer(s): Liszt
10)
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die, overture
aka Merry Wives of Windsor
Composer(s): Nicolai
11)
Méditation, B-flat
aka Nouvelle meditation; Meditation, B-flat
Composer(s): Gounod
12)
Tausend und eine Nacht, op. 346
aka Thousand and one nights; Arabian nights
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Africaine, L', "Marche indienne"
aka Indian march
Composer(s): Meyerbeer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 May 1874, 9.

Includes program.