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:
23 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Jul 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Thomas Orchestra

2)

Tempest, The, overture

Composer(s): Sullivan

3)

Hesperusbahnen, op. 279

Composer(s): Strauss

4)

Robert le diable, ballet music

aka Scene de ballet; ScÃ¨ne de ballet

Composer(s): Meyerbeer

5)

Fest-Marsch zur Goethe-JubilaÌˆum-Feier

aka Festmarsch zur GoetheJubilÃ¤umsfeier; Festmarsch zur Goethe-jubilÃ¤umsfeier; Goethe-Festmarsch; GÃ¶the-Marsch

Composer(s): Liszt

6)

Alfonso und Estrella, overture

aka Alphonso und Estrella

Composer(s): Schubert

7)

Romance, violin, orchestra, op. 40, G major

Composer(s): Beethoven

8)

Traumbild, Ein

aka Vision, A

Composer(s): Stiehl

9)

Fliegende HollÃ¤nder, Der, selections

aka Fliegende Hollander, Der, selections

Composer(s): Wagner

10)

Mireille, overture

Composer(s): Gounod

11)

Rigoletto, "Bella figlia dell'amore"

aka Rigoletto, quartet

Composer(s): Verdi

12)

Freuet euch des Lebens, op. 340

aka Life let us cherish

Composer(s): Strauss

13)

FÃªte militaire

aka Fete militaire

Composer(s): Lange

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 July 1874, 2.

Includes program.

2)

Article: New-York Daily Tribune, 29 July 1874, 2.

Letter to the editor from “A lover of music” complaining that tobacco fumes are a greater nuisance than talking during the Central Park Garden concerts.