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:
2 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Aug 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Gazza ladra, La, overture
aka Diebische Elster, Die; Thieving magpie
Composer(s): Rossini
3)
Symphony, no. 5, op. 107, D major. Scherzo
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
4)
Wo die Citronen, blüh’n, op. 364
aka Wo die Citronen, bluh’n; Where the lemons bloom
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Euryanthe, selections
Composer(s): Weber
6)
Tannhäuser, overture
aka Tannhauser overture
Composer(s): Wagner
7)
"Ave Maria," (Instrumental version)
aka Méditation sur le 1er Prélude de piano de J. S. Bach; Meditation, prelude, for piano, organ and cello; Meditation on Bach's Prelude No. 1
Composer(s): Gounod
8)
Tempest, "Dance of nymphs and reapers"
9)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 2
Composer(s): Liszt
10)
Wein, Weib, und Gesang, op. 333
aka Wine, women, and song; Wine women and song
Composer(s): Strauss
11)
Albion
Composer(s): Baetens
12)
Prophète, Le, "Marche du sacre"
aka Prophete. Coronation march; Grand processional march; Krönungsmarsch; Crowning march
Composer(s): Meyerbeer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 August 1874, 2.

Includes program.