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:
2 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Jun 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Fest-Ouvertüre
Composer(s): Lassen
3)
Vorstädtler, Die, op. 195
aka Vorstadtler, Die
Composer(s): Lanner
4)
Allegro agitato, organ, D minor
Composer(s): Pearce
5)
Tannhäuser, selections
aka souvenirs
Composer(s): Wagner
6)
Oberon, overture
Composer(s): Weber
7)
Trio, piano, strings, op. 97, B-flat major. Andante cantabile (arr. Liszt)
Composer(s): Beethoven
8)
Fantaisies, piano, op. 16. Scherzo
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
9)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 6 (arr. Doppler, Liszt)
Composer(s): Liszt
10)
Marches militaires, D. 733, unidentified [arr. Liszt]
aka Cavalry march
Composer(s): Schubert
11)
Faust, ballet
aka Nuit de Walpurgis
Composer(s): Gounod
12)
Tausend und eine Nacht, op. 346
aka Thousand and one nights; Arabian nights
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Mignon, "Je suis Titania"
aka Polonaise; Polacca
Composer(s): Thomas

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 June 1875, 2.

Includes program.