Thomas Central Park Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

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

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Aug 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Freischütz, Der, overture
aka Freischutz overture
Composer(s): Weber
3)
Introduction and caprice
aka Introduction and capriccio
Composer(s): Brandeis
4)
Septet, strings, winds, op. 20, E-flat major. Adagio cantabile
Composer(s): Beethoven
5)
Lohengrin, selections
Composer(s): Wagner
6)
Ritterliche Ouvertüre
aka Ritterliche Ouverture
Composer(s): Stör
7)
Symphony, no. 3, op. 153, F major. Tanz der Dryaden
aka Dance of the wood nymphs; Dance of the Dryads
Composer(s): Raff
8)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 3
Composer(s): Liszt
9)
Faust, ballet
aka Nuit de Walpurgis
Composer(s): Gounod
10)
Ballet comique de la royne, "Clochette"
aka Amaryllis
Composer(s): Beaujoyeulx
11)
Dorfschwalben aus Oesterreich, op. 164
aka Village swallows; Village swallows from Austria; Die Dorfschwalben
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
En avant, op. 81
aka Avant
Composer(s): Gung'l

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 August 1875, 7.

Includes program. 

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 August 1875, 1.

Includes program.