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)

21 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)
Sphären-Klänge, op. 235
aka Spharen-Klange; Spharen Klange
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
Melusine
aka Melusina
Composer(s): Zellner
5)
Africaine, L', overture
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
6)
Symphony, no. 1, op. 4, D major. Allegretto scherzando
aka Scherzo
Composer(s): Svendsen
7)
Romance, violin, orchestra, op. 40, G major
Composer(s): Beethoven
8)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, unspecified
Composer(s): Liszt
9)
Nozze di Figaro, Le, overture
Composer(s): Mozart
10)
Künstler-Leben, op. 316
aka Kunstler-Leben; Artist's life; Kunstler Leben
Composer(s): Strauss
11)
Tannhäuser, selections
aka souvenirs
Composer(s): Wagner

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 August 1874, 2.

Includes program.