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)

28 Jun 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Die, overture
aka Creatures of Prometheus; Geschopfe des Prometheus; Prometheus overture
Composer(s): Beethoven
3)
Werber, Die, op. 103
Composer(s): Lanner
4)
Faust, ballet
aka Nuit de Walpurgis
Composer(s): Gounod
5)
Lohengrin, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
6)
Carnaval romain, Le
aka Roman Carnival overture
Composer(s): Berlioz
7)
Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Partita, no. 2. Chaconne (arr. Raff)
aka Ciaconne; Chaconne, D minor
Composer(s): Bach
8)
Rouet d'Omphale, Le
aka Poeme symphonique, op. 31
Composer(s): Saint-Saëns
9)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 1
Composer(s): Liszt
10)
Siège de Corinthe, Le, overture
aka Siege of Corinth; Siege of Erwith
Composer(s): Rossini
11)
"Ellens Gesang," D. 839
aka Ave Maria; Ellens dritter Gesang; Hymne an die Jungfrau; Serenade
Composer(s): Schubert
Text Author: Scott
12)
Carnevalsbilder, op. 357
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Marche Persanne, op. 289
aka Persischer Marsch; Persian march
Composer(s): Strauss

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 June 1875, 7.

Includes program. 

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 June 1875, 2.

Includes program.