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)

31 Jul 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Gazza ladra, La, overture
aka Diebische Elster, Die; Thieving magpie
Composer(s): Rossini
3)
Künstler-Leben, op. 316
aka Kunstler-Leben; Artist's life; Kunstler Leben
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
Scènes pittoresques
aka Scenes pittoresques
Composer(s): Massenet
5)
Tannhäuser, overture
aka Tannhauser overture
Composer(s): Wagner
6)
Wohltemperierte Klavier, selection [arr. Abert]
aka Prelude and fugue
Composer(s): Bach
7)
Choral
Composer(s): Abert
8)
Work, organ, selection [arr. Abert]
aka Prelude and fugue
Composer(s): Bach
9)
Romance, violin, orchestra, op. 40, G major
Composer(s): Beethoven
10)
Symphony, C major, unidentified. Finale
Composer(s): Schubert
11)
Trovatore, Il, selections
aka Poptpourri from Il Trovatore
Composer(s): Verdi
12)
Wo die Citronen, blüh’n, op. 364
aka Wo die Citronen, bluh’n; Where the lemons bloom
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, 31 July 1874, 2.

Includes program.