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)

16 Jun 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)
Alfonso und Estrella, overture
aka Alphonso und Estrella
Composer(s): Schubert
4)
Publicisten, Die, op. 321
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Ungarische Suite, op. 16
aka Hungarian suite
Composer(s): Hofmann
6)
Leonore, overture, no. 1
aka Leonore overture, op. 138; Fidelio overture, no. 1 ; Fidelis overture, no. 1
Composer(s): Beethoven
7)
Weihnachts-Oratorium, sinfonia
aka Christmas oratorio; Pastorale; Shepherds' song
Composer(s): Bach
8)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, scherzo
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
9)
Lohengrin, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
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)
Telegramme, op. 318
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Japanese galop
Composer(s): Pease

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 June 1874, 8.

Includes program.