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)

26 Aug 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Thomas Orchestra

2)

LodoÃ¯ska, overture

aka Lodoiska

Composer(s): Cherubini

3)

Weihnachts-Oratorium, sinfonia

aka Christmas oratorio; Pastorale; Shepherds' song

Composer(s): Bach

4)

Symphony, no. 34, K. 338, C major

Composer(s): Mozart

5)

aka Coriolan overture; Coriolanus overture; Overture to Collin's Coriolan

Composer(s): Beethoven

6)

Octet, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violins (2), viola, cello, double bass, D. 803, F major. Andante

Composer(s): Schubert

7)

Composer(s): Rubinstein

8)

Maximilian Robespierre

Composer(s): Litolff

9)

Manfred, selections

Composer(s): Schumann

10)

Neue ungarische TaÌˆnze

aka Neue ungarische Tanze

Composer(s): Hofmann

11)

Huldigungs-Marsch

Composer(s): Liszt

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New-York Times, 26 August 1875, 7.

Includes program.

2)

Article: New York Post, 26 August 1875, 2.

Discussion of selected works from the forthcoming program.

3)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 August 1875, 11.

Includes program.

4)

Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 28 August 1875, 6.

“The programme last Thursday at the Central Park Garden included the delicious Pastorale from Bach’s ‘Christmas Oratorio,’ Cherubini’s overture to ‘Lodoiska,’ and Beethoven’s to ‘Coriolanus,’ the Andante from Schubert’s Octet, and several other choice things. The symphony was Mozart’s No. 10 in C, which we do not think was ever played in New-York before. It has only three movements, Allegro vivace, Andante di molto, and Allegro vivace, but the Andante is long enough to raise it to the orthodox proportions. Although it does not rank with Mozart’s most famous works, it is by no means deficient either in strength or melody. The second movement is characteristically tender and emotional, and the third has magnificent spirit, energy, and breadth.”