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)

26 May 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Rudolph Dargel
2)
Muette de Portici, La, overture
aka Masaniello; Mute Girl of Portici; Stumme von Portici
Composer(s): Auber
3)
Stabat Mater, "Cujus animam"
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Rudolph Dargel
4)
Dorfschwalben aus Oesterreich, op. 164
aka Village swallows; Village swallows from Austria; Die Dorfschwalben
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Euryanthe, selections
Composer(s): Weber
6)
König Stephan, overture
aka King Stephen; King Steven; Konig Stephan
Composer(s): Beethoven
7)
Symphony, no. 5, op. 177, E major, selections
aka Leonore
Composer(s): Raff
8)
Lohengrin, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
9)
Mireille, overture
Composer(s): Gounod
10)
Rigoletto, "Bella figlia dell'amore"
aka Rigoletto, quartet
Composer(s): Verdi
11)
Tausend und eine Nacht, op. 346
aka Thousand and one nights; Arabian nights
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
Mazeppa, allegro marciale
aka march from Mazeppa; Grand maarch
Composer(s): Liszt

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 May 1874, 8.

Program included.