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:
31 May 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
04 Aug 1874, 8:00 PMPerformers and/or Works Performed
5)
aka Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Die, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
7)
aka Méditation sur le 1er Prélude de piano de J. S. Bach;
Meditation, prelude, for piano, organ and cello;
Meditation on Bach's Prelude No. 1
Composer(s): Gounod
8)
aka Wo die Citronen, bluh’n;
Where the lemons bloom
Composer(s): Strauss
Citations
2)
Letter to the editor from “Talker” in defense of visitors to Garden concerts who carry on conversations to the accompaniment of music, much of which is of too high a character to be understood by the majority of its listeners; idea of a staid and formal gathering precluded by the open air, beer, and ice cream; only fault to be found with the grumblings of those who go to open air concerts and find fault because they are not like Steinway Hall.