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)

08 Aug 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Jubel-Ouvertüre
aka Jubel overture; Jubilee; Feste
Composer(s): Weber
3)
Nautilus waltz
Composer(s): Cooney
4)
Muette de Portici, La, selections
aka potpourri; Masaniello; Stummin; Stumme von Portici
Composer(s): Auber
5)
Wohltemperierte Klavier, selection [arr. Abert]
aka Prelude and fugue
Composer(s): Bach
6)
Choral
Composer(s): Abert
7)
Work, organ, selection [arr. Abert]
aka Prelude and fugue
Composer(s): Bach
8)
Roswitha, Vorspiel
aka Dornroschen
Composer(s): Linder
9)
Rienzi, ballet
Composer(s): Wagner
10)
Fantaisie-caprice, op. 11, A major
aka Fantasy caprice; Fantasia caprice
Composer(s): Vieuxtemps
11)
Grandes marches, D. 819, no. 3, B minor [arr. Liszt]
Composer(s): Schubert
12)
Martha, overture
Composer(s): Flotow
13)
Méditation, B-flat
aka Nouvelle meditation; Meditation, B-flat
Composer(s): Gounod
14)
Freuet euch des Lebens, op. 340
aka Life let us cherish
Composer(s): Strauss
15)
Fête militaire
aka Fete militaire
Composer(s): Lange

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 August 1874, 2.

Includes program.