Thomas Central Park Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
same address Academy of Music (2) after 1866

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

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Aug 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
March, op. 108, D major
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
3)
Abenteuer Händels, Ein, overture
aka Macht des Liedes, Die; Adventure of Handel's; Episode in the life of Handel
Composer(s): Reinecke
4)
Abends
aka Evening
Composer(s): Raff
5)
Neue ungarische Tänze
aka Neue ungarische Tanze
Composer(s): Hofmann
6)
Lohengrin, Vorspiel
aka Overture to Lohengrin; Introduction to Lohengrin; Prelude to Lohengrin
Composer(s): Wagner
7)
Carnaval romain, Le
aka Roman Carnival overture
Composer(s): Berlioz
8)
Trio, piano, strings, op. 97, B-flat major. Andante cantabile (arr. Liszt)
Composer(s): Beethoven
9)
Rouet d'Omphale, Le
aka Poeme symphonique, op. 31
Composer(s): Saint-Saëns
10)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 1
Composer(s): Liszt
11)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
12)
"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
13)
Marche Persanne, op. 289
aka Persischer Marsch; Persian march
Composer(s): Strauss

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 August 1875, 7.

Includes program. 

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 August 1875, 1.

Includes program.