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:
6 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Sep 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Nurmahal, overture
Composer(s): Spontini
3)
Wein, Weib, und Gesang, op. 333
aka Wine, women, and song; Wine women and song
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Die, finale
aka Geschopfe des Prometheus, Die, finale
Composer(s): Beethoven
5)
Lohengrin, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
6)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, overture
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
7)
Fantaisie-caprice, op. 11, A major
aka Fantasy caprice; Fantasia caprice
Composer(s): Vieuxtemps
8)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 2
Composer(s): Liszt
9)
Mignon, overture
Composer(s): Thomas
10)
Rigoletto, "Bella figlia dell'amore"
aka Rigoletto, quartet
Composer(s): Verdi
11)
An der schönen, blauen Donau, op. 314
aka Blue Danube
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
En avant, op. 81
aka Avant
Composer(s): Gung'l

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 September 1874, 2.

Includes program.