Central Park Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
John Koch

Conductor(s):
Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]

Price: $.50; $1-2, private box

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Sep 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Gazza ladra, La, overture
aka Diebische Elster, Die; Thieving magpie
Composer(s): Rossini
3)
Bürgersinn, op. 295
aka Burgersinn
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Die, finale
aka Geschopfe des Prometheus, Die, finale
Composer(s): Beethoven
5)
Prophète, Le, ballet
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
6)
Ouverture triomphale
aka Triumphal overture; Russian hymn
Composer(s): Rubinstein
7)
Meditation
aka Santa notte
Composer(s): Orlando
8)
Scherzo, unidentified
Composer(s): Draeseke
9)
Fliegende Holländer, Der, selections
aka Fliegende Hollander, Der, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
10)
Médecin malgré lui, Le, overture
aka Medecin malgre lui, Le, overture; Mock doctor, The, overture
Composer(s): Gounod
11)
"Ellens Gesang," D. 839
aka Ave Maria; Ellens dritter Gesang; Hymne an die Jungfrau; Serenade
Composer(s): Schubert
Text Author: Scott
12)
Ersten Curen, Die, op. 261
aka First flirtation; Kuren
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Düppeler Sturm
aka Düppeler Sturm-Marsch; Düppler Sturm; Duppeler Sturm; Prussian Army march; Sturin quickstep; Dueppel; Storming of the fortifications at Dueppel; Düppelmarsch; Düppel-Schanzen-Sturm-Marsch; Sturm; Doppler storm
Composer(s): Piefke

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 September 1874, 14.

Includes program.