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:
4 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Sep 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Thomas Orchestra

2)

Fierabras, overture

Composer(s): Schubert

3)

Symphony, no. 94, G major. Andante

aka Surprise symphony

Composer(s): Haydn

4)

Nautilus waltz

Composer(s): Cooney

5)

Ungarische Suite, op. 16

aka Hungarian suite

Composer(s): Hofmann

6)

Francs-juges, Les, overture

aka Franc juges

Composer(s): Berlioz

7)

Variationen uÌˆber ein Thema von Haydn

Composer(s): Brahms

8)

Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, unspecified

Composer(s): Liszt

9)

Don Carlos, act 3, finale

Composer(s): Verdi

10)

Wein, Weib, und Gesang, op. 333

aka Wine, women, and song; Wine women and song

Composer(s): Strauss

11)

Zampa, overture

aka Introduction

Composer(s): HeÌrold

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 September 1874, 9.

Includes program.

2)

Review: New York Herald, 02 September 1874, 3.

“Homann’s ‘Hungarian Suite,’ with its strange themes and quaint instrumental coloring, has become such a favorite at Central Park Garden that Mr. Thomas is obliged, by the desire of his patrons, to place it quite frequently on the programme. It was superbly played last night. Schubert’s ‘Fier a Bras’ overture is also very popular this summer, and with the ‘Francs Juges’ overture of Berlioz as a foil, it was received last evening with genuine expressions of gratification. An agreeable surprise on the bill was the magnificent finale of the third act of ‘Don Carlos,’ one of Verdi’s most ambitious efforts.”