Thomas Central Park Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

Conductor(s):
Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]

Price: $.50; $1 & $2 extra, private boxes

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Jul 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Triumphal overture, op. 43
aka Triomphale overture
Composer(s): Rubinstein
3)
Soldaten-Tänze, op. 173
aka Soldier's dance; Danses militaires; Soldiers' Dances
Composer(s): Lanner
4)
Nordische Suite, no. 1, op. 22
Composer(s): Hamerik
5)
Tannhäuser, overture
aka Tannhauser overture
Composer(s): Wagner
6)
Trio, piano, strings, op. 97, B-flat major. Andante cantabile (arr. Liszt)
Composer(s): Beethoven
7)
Fantaisie-caprice, op. 11, A major
aka Fantasy caprice; Fantasia caprice
Composer(s): Vieuxtemps
8)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 3
Composer(s): Liszt
9)
Faust, ballet
aka Nuit de Walpurgis
Composer(s): Gounod
10)
"Ellens Gesang," D. 839
aka Ave Maria; Ellens dritter Gesang; Hymne an die Jungfrau; Serenade
Composer(s): Schubert
Text Author: Scott
11)
An der schönen, blauen Donau, op. 314
aka Blue Danube
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
Marche Persanne, op. 289
aka Persischer Marsch; Persian march
Composer(s): Strauss

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 July 1875, 7.

Includes program. 

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 July 1875, 1.

Includes program.