Central Park Garden Concert

Includes program. 

“Notwithstanding the reaction in the public mind which might be expected to take place after such a remarkable demonstration as that of Thursday night when Mr. John Koch, proprietor of the garden, had a benefit, there was no falling off last evening. The orchestra of Mr. Thomas has taken such a firm hold of the metropolitan public that every time it is announced there is sure to be a good audience. The programme was attractive in many respects. Kreutzer’s overture ‘Nachtlager in Granada’; the andante from the extraordinary ‘Surprise’ symphony of Haydn, a bit of pure fun; the lovely ballet music from ‘Robert le Diable’; the ‘Tannhaeuser’ overture, for the rendering of which Mr. Thomas should get out a patent, as his orchestra plays it in an inimitable style; a lively flute solo, interpreted in a thoroughly artistic manner by one of the best flutists we have ever heard, Mr. Carl Wehner; Liszt’s superb ‘Rhapsodie Hongroise’ No. 2; selections from ‘Il Trovatore,’ the polonaise from ‘Mignon,’ and two waltzes, ‘Fantasiebilder’ and ‘The Nautilus’ made up a mélange of musical attractions that only Thomas could supply. The concerts now are drawing to an end, and they become in consequence more interesting.”