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)

26 Jun 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Alessandro Stradella, overture
Composer(s): Flotow
3)
Libelle, Die, op. 204
aka Devil's darning needle; Sibelle
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
For ever, op. 193
aka Für immer; Forever
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Muette de Portici, La, selections
aka potpourri; Masaniello; Stummin; Stumme von Portici
Composer(s): Auber
6)
Rienzi, ballet
Composer(s): Wagner
7)
Euryanthe, overture
Composer(s): Weber
8)
Wohltemperierte Klavier, selection [arr. Abert]
aka Prelude and fugue
Composer(s): Bach
9)
Choral
Composer(s): Abert
10)
Danses allemandes, op. 24
Composer(s): Bargiel
11)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 6 (arr. Doppler, Liszt)
Composer(s): Liszt
12)
Semiramide, overture
Composer(s): Rossini
13)
Waltz, unidentified
Composer(s): Strauss
14)
Ballet comique de la royne, "Clochette"
aka Amaryllis
Composer(s): Beaujoyeulx
15)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, "Hochzeitsmarsch"
aka Midsummer night's dream, A; wedding march
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 26 June 1875, 7.

Includes program. 

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 June 1875, 2.

Includes program.