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)

19 Jun 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Henry Schmitz [French horn];  Carl [flautist] Wehner
2)
Overture, op. 115, C major
aka Namensfeier
Composer(s): Beethoven
3)
Entr'actes, orchestra, op. 17. Adagio
Composer(s): Burgmüller
4)
Am schönen Rhein, op. 83
aka Am schonen Rhein; On the beautiful Rhine
Composer(s): Kéler
5)
Lohengrin, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
6)
Freischütz, Der, overture
aka Freischutz overture
Composer(s): Weber
7)
Symphony, no. 3, op. 97, E-flat major. Scherzo
Composer(s): Schumann
8)
Fantaisie-caprice, op. 11, A major
aka Fantasy caprice; Fantasia caprice
Composer(s): Vieuxtemps
9)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 2
Composer(s): Liszt
10)
Mireille, overture
Composer(s): Gounod
11)
Serenade, flute, horn obbligato
aka Romanza; Nocturne, flutes, clarinets
Composer(s): Titl
Participants:  Henry Schmitz [French horn];  Carl [flautist] Wehner
12)
Wiener Bonbons, op. 307
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Düppeler Sturm
aka Düppeler Sturm-Marsch; Düppler Sturm; Duppeler Sturm; Prussian Army march; Sturin quickstep; Dueppel; Storming of the fortifications at Dueppel; Düppelmarsch; Düppel-Schanzen-Sturm-Marsch; Sturm; Doppler storm
Composer(s): Piefke

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 June 1874, 11.

Includes program. 

2)
Review: New York Post, 20 June 1874, 2.

“The programmes have been remarkably interesting during the last week at the Central Park Garden. The symphony on Thursday night was Raff’s beautiful ‘Im Walde,’ and the selections for that evening included also a ‘Fantasie Caprice’ by Vieuxtemps, originally written for a violin solo, but recently re-arranged for the entire orchestra. This charming and brilliant work was repeated last evening, when it was received with abundant applause. Last night the very popular selections from the third act of ‘Lohengrin’—the ponderous, magnificent introduction, the melodious bridal chorus, and the stirring march, were played with the usual effect, and Liszt was grandly later [illegible] through the ‘Rhapsodie Hongroise No. 2.’ Gounod’s ‘Mireille’ overture,’ the ‘Freischutz’ overture, the scherzo from Robert Schumann’s third symphony, a beautiful duet for flute and horn, played by Messrs. Wehner and Schmitz, and Beethoven’s overture, Op. 115, together with two waltzes and a march, filled out the evening’s programme.”