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)

31 May 1875, 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)
Symphony, no. 5, op. 107, D major. Scherzo
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
4)
Ein Herz, ein Sinn, op. 323
aka One heart, one soul
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Unter Donner und Blitz, op. 324
aka Thunder and lightning
Composer(s): Strauss
6)
Lohengrin, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
7)
Triumphal overture, op. 43
aka Triomphale overture
Composer(s): Rubinstein
8)
Impromptus, piano, D. 899, no. 1
Composer(s): Schubert
9)
Roméo et Juliette, ballet
aka Romeo et Juliette, ballet
Composer(s): Gounod
10)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 1
Composer(s): Liszt
11)
Letzten Glücksstunden, Die
aka Derniers moments de bonheur
Composer(s): Kéler
12)
Aus der Musik zu Shakespeare’s Kaufmann von Venedig, entr'actes
Composer(s): Mühldorfer
13)
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die, overture
aka Merry Wives of Windsor
Composer(s): Nicolai

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 31 May 1875, 2.

Includes program. 

2)
Review: New York Herald, 01 June 1875, 7.

“Mr. Thomas still continues to attract large houses to Central Park Garden, his orchestra having lost nothing of that magnetic power that has placed it the first in America. The programme last evening consisted of the following selections [see above]. As may be seen, there was variety enough of schools and styles of music to interest any one. The fantastic measures of Liszt and Rubinstein contrasted with the lovely little scherzo of Mendelssohn and Spontini’s hearty old phrases, and from Wagner to Strauss there was quite a wide margin for the musical mind to wander and reflect. The orchestra shows perceptible signs of the value of constant rehearsals and implicit obedience to the baton of its talented conductor.”