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:
1 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Aug 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Alfonso und Estrella, overture
aka Alphonso und Estrella
Composer(s): Schubert
3)
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, op. 325
aka Legends of the Vienna Woods
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
Scènes pittoresques
aka Scenes pittoresques
Composer(s): Massenet
5)
St. John the Baptist, overture
Composer(s): Macfarren [composer]
6)
Symphony, no. 3, op. 78, C minor. Larghetto
Composer(s): Spohr
7)
Fantaisie-caprice, op. 11, A major
aka Fantasy caprice; Fantasia caprice
Composer(s): Vieuxtemps
8)
Lohengrin, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
9)
Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Die, selection
Composer(s): Beethoven
10)
Freuet euch des Lebens, op. 340
aka Life let us cherish
Composer(s): Strauss
11)
Freischütz, Der, "Leise, leise, fromme Weise [arr. by Lux]"
aka Freischutz, Der, Leise, leise, fromme Weise [arr. by Lux]
Composer(s): Weber
12)
Fra Diavolo, overture
Composer(s): Auber

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 August 1874, 2.

Includes program; no indication how much of Prometheus was performed; unlikely it was the entire ballet.