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:
16 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Jun 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  C. [trombonist] Cappa
2)
Siège de Corinthe, Le, overture
aka Siege of Corinth; Siege of Erwith
Composer(s): Rossini
3)
Bürgersinn, op. 295
aka Burgersinn
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
"Pietà, Signore, di me dolente"
aka Have mercy, oh God; Church aria; Pity, O Saviour; Aria di chiesa; Preghiera; Air d'eglise (1667)
Composer(s): Fétis
Participants:  C. [trombonist] Cappa
5)
Faust, ballet
aka Nuit de Walpurgis
Composer(s): Gounod
6)
Alfonso und Estrella, overture
aka Alphonso und Estrella
Composer(s): Schubert
7)
Symphony, no. 5, op. 67, C minor. Andante
Composer(s): Beethoven
8)
Aufforderung zum Tanze, [arranged by Berlioz]
aka Invitation to the dance; Invitation a la valse
Composer(s): Weber
9)
Lohengrin, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
10)
Overtura di ballo
Composer(s): Sullivan
11)
Freischütz, Der, "Leise, leise, fromme Weise [arr. by Lux]"
aka Freischutz, Der, Leise, leise, fromme Weise [arr. by Lux]
Composer(s): Weber
12)
Königslieder, op. 334
aka Konigslieder
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Prophète, Le, "Marche du sacre"
aka Prophete. Coronation march; Grand processional march; Krönungsmarsch; Crowning march
Composer(s): Meyerbeer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 June 1874, 2.

Includes program.