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)

07 Aug 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Thomas Orchestra

2)

Gustave III; ou, Le bal masquÃ©, overture

aka Bal masquÃ©

Composer(s): Auber

3)

Stabat Mater, "Cujus animam"

Composer(s): Rossini

4)

Composer(s): Haas

5)

Ungarische Suite, op. 16

aka Hungarian suite

Composer(s): Hofmann

6)

Paradise and the Peri

Composer(s): Bennett

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)

Fliegende HollÃ¤nder, Der, selections

aka Fliegende Hollander, Der, selections

Composer(s): Wagner

10)

Overtura di ballo

Composer(s): Sullivan

11)

Rigoletto, "Bella figlia dell'amore"

aka Rigoletto, quartet

Composer(s): Verdi

12)

Carnevalsbilder, op. 357

Composer(s): Strauss

13)

Mazeppa, allegro marciale

aka march from Mazeppa; Grand maarch

Composer(s): Liszt

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 August 1874, 2.

Includes program.

2)

Article: New-York Daily Tribune, 08 August 1874, 3.

Letter to the editor in support of a recent letter of protest against smoking allowed at Central Park Garden concerts; suggestion that it be prohibited in the concert room proper and permitted in the open air space at the west of the concert room.