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)

19 Aug 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Jules César, "Marche des impériaux"
Composer(s): Bülow
3)
Roswitha, Vorspiel
aka Dornroschen
Composer(s): Linder
4)
Introduction and caprice
aka Introduction and capriccio
Composer(s): Brandeis
5)
Ritterliche Ouvertüre
aka Ritterliche Ouverture
Composer(s): Stör
6)
Symphony, no. 3, op. 153, F major
aka Im Walde; In the forest
Composer(s): Raff
7)
König Stephan, overture
aka King Stephen; King Steven; Konig Stephan
Composer(s): Beethoven
8)
Quartet, strings, D. 810, D minor. Andante con moto
aka Theme and variations
Composer(s): Schubert
9)
Struensee, polonaise
aka polka
Composer(s): Meyerbeer

Citations

1)
Article: New York Post, 18 August 1875, 2.

Primarily a descriptive analysis of Raff’s symphony.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 19 August 1875, 7.

Includes program.

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 August 1875, 1.

Includes program.