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:
30 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Jun 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Thomas Orchestra

2)

Coronation march for Oscar II

Composer(s): Svendsen

3)

Rosamunde, entre-act, no. 1

Composer(s): Schubert

4)

Composer(s): Korbay

5)

TannhÃ¤user, overture

aka Tannhauser overture

Composer(s): Wagner

6)

AbencÃ©rages, Les, overture

aka Abencerages, Les ; Ã‰tendard de Grenade, L'; Etendard de Grenade

Composer(s): Cherubini

7)

Rouet d'Omphale, Le

aka Poeme symphonique, op. 31

Composer(s): Saint-SaÃ«ns

8)

Aufforderung zum Tanze

aka Invitation Ã la valse

Composer(s): Weber

9)

Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 5 (arr. Doppler, Liszt)

Composer(s): Liszt

10)

Damnation de Faust, La, "Marche hongroise"

aka Hungarian March; RÃ¡kÃ³czi March; Rakoczy

Composer(s): Berlioz

11)

Gazza ladra, La, overture

aka Diebische Elster, Die; Thieving magpie

Composer(s): Rossini

12)

Publicisten, Die, op. 321

Composer(s): Strauss

13)

Robert le diable, ballet music

aka Scene de ballet; ScÃ¨ne de ballet

Composer(s): Meyerbeer

14)

Composer(s): Conradi

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 June 1875, 2.

Includes program.

2)

Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 12 June 1875, 7.

Rumor that Central Park Garden is about to close without foundation.

3)

Article: New York Herald, 12 June 1875, 2.

“The prompt contradiction by the manager of the Central Park Garden of the report that Mr. Thomas’s delightful summer-night concerts at that place were to be abruptly terminated, was exceedingly welcome to a large part of the best class of people in New York.

The Central Park Garden is something more than a pleasant lounging place on a warm evening. Of course, many people who frequent these concerts merely drop in to while away the time, to smoke and chat between the numbers. But it is equally true that a considerable proportion of the audience every night is composed of persons who live at great distances from the Garden. People go there from Brooklyn and Jersey City, and other neighboring towns. That the concerts will be continued is a matter of interest to the music-lover as well as to the pleasure-seeker. There is another rumor current concerning the Central Park Garden, which is a pleasanter one than that which has just been contradicted. It is said that Mr. Thomas has abandoned his intention of visiting Europe this summer, and that he will personally direct the orchestra every night.”