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:
21 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Jul 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  C. [trombonist] Cappa
2)
Zauberflöte, Die, overture
aka The Magic Flute; Zauberflote, Die
Composer(s): Mozart
3)
Vorstädtler, Die, op. 195
aka Vorstadtler, Die
Composer(s): Lanner
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
5)
Gaudeamus igitur
Composer(s): Liszt
6)
Hebriden, Die, op. 26
aka The Hebrides; Fingal's Cave; Staffa, Fingal’s Cave; Fingalshöhle; Ouvertüre zur einsamen Insel
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
7)
Symphony, no. 8, op. 93, F major. Allegretto scherzando
Composer(s): Beethoven
8)
Fantaisie-caprice, op. 11, A major
aka Fantasy caprice; Fantasia caprice
Composer(s): Vieuxtemps
9)
Rienzi, ballet
Composer(s): Wagner
10)
Mignon, overture
Composer(s): Thomas
11)
Guillaume Tell, trio
aka grand trio
Composer(s): Rossini
12)
Carnevals-Botschafter, op. 270
aka Carnival messenger
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Coronation march
Composer(s): Fahrbach

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 July 1874, 2.

Includes program.