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:
12 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Aug 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Egmont, [incidental music]. Overture
aka Egmont overture; Goethe's Egmont
Composer(s): Beethoven
3)
Symphony, no. 5, op. 107, D major. Scherzo
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
4)
Fantaisie-caprice, op. 11, A major
aka Fantasy caprice; Fantasia caprice
Composer(s): Vieuxtemps
5)
Huldigungs-Marsch
Composer(s): Wagner
6)
Freischütz, Der, overture
aka Freischutz overture
Composer(s): Weber
7)
Serenade, unidentified
Composer(s): Schubert
8)
Struensee, polonaise
aka polka
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
9)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 3
Composer(s): Liszt
10)
Guillaume Tell, selections
aka potpourri; William Tell potpourri
Composer(s): Rossini
11)
Wein, Weib, und Gesang, op. 333
aka Wine, women, and song; Wine women and song
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
Muette de Portici, La, overture
aka Masaniello; Mute Girl of Portici; Stumme von Portici
Composer(s): Auber

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 02 August 1875, 7.

Includes program. 

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 August 1875, 1.

Includes program.