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:
14 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Aug 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
König Stephan, overture
aka King Stephen; King Steven; Konig Stephan
Composer(s): Beethoven
3)
Aufforderung zum Tanze
aka Invitation à la valse
Composer(s): Weber
4)
Drei Charakterstücke, op. 15
aka Drei Characterstucke; Drei Charakterstucke
Composer(s): Hofmann
5)
Damnation de Faust, La, "Marche hongroise"
aka Hungarian March; Rákóczi March; Rakoczy
Composer(s): Berlioz
6)
Aladdin
Composer(s): Horneman
7)
Quartet, strings, D. 810, D minor. Andante con moto
aka Theme and variations
Composer(s): Schubert
8)
Scherzo, orchestra, op. 19
Composer(s): Goldmark
9)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 3
Composer(s): Liszt
10)
Lohengrin, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
11)
"Ave Maria," (Instrumental version)
aka Méditation sur le 1er Prélude de piano de J. S. Bach; Meditation, prelude, for piano, organ and cello; Meditation on Bach's Prelude No. 1
Composer(s): Gounod
12)
Wein, Weib, und Gesang, op. 333
aka Wine, women, and song; Wine women and song
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Red cloud
Composer(s): Pease

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 August 1875, 9.

Includes program. 

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 August 1875, 1.

Includes program.