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)

13 Aug 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Beherrscher der Geister, Der
aka Ruler of the spirits
Composer(s): Weber
3)
In memoriam
Composer(s): Reinecke
4)
Roméo et Juliette, "Reine Mab"
aka Queen Mab scherzo; Romeo et Juliette, Reine Mab; Fee des songes, La
Composer(s): Berlioz
5)
Orpheus
Composer(s): Liszt
6)
Symphony, D. 944, C major
aka Great symphony; Symphony, no. 9, C major
Composer(s): Schubert
7)
Rienzi, ballet
Composer(s): Wagner
8)
Aus den Bergen, op. 292
aka From the mountains; Von den Bergen
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
En avant, op. 81
aka Avant
Composer(s): Gung'l

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 August 1874, 2.

Includes program; Schubert’s symphony was performed in its entirety.