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)

22 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)
Hochzeits-Klänge, op. 242
aka Wedding sounds; Hochzeits Klange; Wedding festival
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
Nordische Suite, no. 1, op. 22
Composer(s): Hamerik
5)
Africaine, L', overture
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
6)
Symphony, no. 1, op. 4, D major. Allegretto scherzando
aka Scherzo
Composer(s): Svendsen
7)
Trio, piano, strings, op. 97, B-flat major. Andante cantabile (arr. Liszt)
Composer(s): Beethoven
8)
Huldigungs-Marsch
Composer(s): Wagner
9)
Don Carlos, act 3, finale
Composer(s): Verdi
10)
Rudolfs-Klänge, op. 283
Composer(s): Strauss
11)
Saltarello
Composer(s): Gounod

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 August 1874, 2.

Includes program.