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)

15 Aug 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Marche héroïque, op. 34
aka Marche heroique ; Heroic march
Composer(s): Saint-Saëns
3)
Rosamunde, overture, D. 797
Composer(s): Schubert
4)
Wo die Citronen, blüh’n, op. 364
aka Wo die Citronen, bluh’n; Where the lemons bloom
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Faust, ballet
aka Nuit de Walpurgis
Composer(s): Gounod
6)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
7)
Lobgesang, Adagio religioso
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
8)
Aufforderung zum Tanze, [arranged by Berlioz]
aka Invitation to the dance; Invitation a la valse
Composer(s): Weber
9)
Lohengrin, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
10)
Lurline, overture
aka introduction; Loreley
Composer(s): Wallace
11)
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, op. 325
aka Legends of the Vienna Woods
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
Ballet comique de la royne, "Clochette"
aka Amaryllis
Composer(s): Beaujoyeulx
13)
Champagner-Galop, op. 14
aka Champagne galop; Champagner Galopp; Champaign
Composer(s): Lumbye

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 August 1874, 6.

Includes program.