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)

06 Aug 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Hebriden, Die, op. 26
aka The Hebrides; Fingal's Cave; Staffa, Fingal’s Cave; Fingalshöhle; Ouvertüre zur einsamen Insel
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
3)
Neue ungarische Tänze
aka Neue ungarische Tanze
Composer(s): Hofmann
4)
Méditation, B-flat
aka Nouvelle meditation; Meditation, B-flat
Composer(s): Gounod
5)
Prophète, Le, ballet
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
6)
Tannhäuser, overture
aka Tannhauser overture
Composer(s): Wagner
7)
Symphony, no. 5, op. 177, E major, selections
aka Leonore
Composer(s): Raff
8)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 1
Composer(s): Liszt
9)
Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Die, finale
aka Geschopfe des Prometheus, Die, finale
Composer(s): Beethoven
10)
Serenade, unidentified
Composer(s): Schubert
11)
Wiener Fresken, op. 249
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
Sonata, piano, no. 11, K. 331. 3rd movement
aka Alla turca; Türkischer Marsch; Turkish March; Allegretto in A minor
Composer(s): Mozart

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 06 August 1875, 9.

Includes program. 

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 August 1875, 1.

Includes program.