Thomas 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 extra, private boxes

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 May 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Kaiser-Ouvertüre
aka Kaiser overture
Composer(s): Westmeyer
3)
Lob der Frauen, op. 315
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
Jocus, op. 216
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Impromptus, piano, D. 899, no. 1
Composer(s): Schubert
6)
Lohengrin, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
7)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
8)
Symphony, no. 5, op. 177, E major, selections
aka Leonore
Composer(s): Raff
9)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 1
Composer(s): Liszt
10)
Wein, Weib, und Gesang, op. 333
aka Wine, women, and song; Wine women and song
Composer(s): Strauss
11)
"Ave Maria," (Instrumental version)
aka Méditation sur le 1er Prélude de piano de J. S. Bach; Meditation, prelude, for piano, organ and cello; Meditation on Bach's Prelude No. 1
Composer(s): Gounod
12)
Ballet comique de la royne, "Clochette"
aka Amaryllis
Composer(s): Beaujoyeulx
13)
Prophète, Le, ballet
Composer(s): Meyerbeer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 May 1875, 11.

Includes program.