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:
4 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Jun 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Ruy Blas, op. 95
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
3)
Werber, Die, op. 103
Composer(s): Lanner
4)
Ruinen von Athen, Die, Marcia alla turca
aka Grand march; Turkish march; Bulgarian Gypsy dance
Composer(s): Beethoven
5)
Guillaume Tell, selections
aka potpourri; William Tell potpourri
Composer(s): Rossini
6)
Tannhäuser, overture
aka Tannhauser overture
Composer(s): Wagner
7)
Rouet d'Omphale, Le
aka Poeme symphonique, op. 31
Composer(s): Saint-Saëns
8)
Frithjof, "Lichtelfen und Reifriesen"
aka Elves of light and frost giants
Composer(s): Hofmann
9)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 6 (arr. Doppler, Liszt)
Composer(s): Liszt
10)
Overtura di ballo
Composer(s): Sullivan
11)
Méditation, B-flat
aka Nouvelle meditation; Meditation, B-flat
Composer(s): Gounod
12)
Wein, Weib, und Gesang, op. 333
aka Wine, women, and song; Wine women and song
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
En avant, op. 81
aka Avant
Composer(s): Gung'l

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 June 1875, 11.

Includes program.