Thomas Popular Garden Concert: 45th

Event Information

Venue(s):
Terrace Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
Philipp Bernet

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

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
29 January 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Jul 1867, 8:00 PM

Program Details

The following pieces are marked as "new" in the citations, which indicates that they are either new to America or new to the Popular Garden concert series:

Strauss:Die Libelle, op. 204
Strauss: Wildfeuer, op. 313

(The first concert at which Thomas began to premiere new works in this concert series was the Thomas Popular Garden Concert: 19th on 07/02/67.)

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Frederick Letsch
2)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, "Hochzeitsmarsch"
aka Midsummer night's dream, A; wedding march
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
3)
Don Giovanni, overture
aka Introduction
Composer(s): Mozart
4)
Wiener Bonbons, op. 307
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Lohengrin, act 1, finale
Composer(s): Wagner
6)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
7)
Libelle, Die, op. 204
aka Devil's darning needle; Sibelle
Composer(s): Strauss
8)
Morceaux de salon, op. 22. Rêverie
Composer(s): Vieuxtemps
9)
Carnival of Venice march
Composer(s): Unknown composer
10)
Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien, overture
aka Tag in Wien; Day in Vienna; Morning, noon and night in Vienna
Composer(s): Suppé
11)
"Wanderer, Der," D. 489
Composer(s): Schubert
Text Author: Schmidt von Lübeck
Participants:  Frederick Letsch
12)
Bürgersinn, op. 295
aka Burgersinn
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Wildfeuer, op. 313
Composer(s): Strauss

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 July 1867, 2.

Includes program.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 29 July 1867, 7.

Includes program.

3)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 29 July 1867, 6.

Includes program.

4)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 29 July 1867, 7.

Includes program.

5)
Review: New York Post, 30 July 1867, 2.

"Theodore Thomas's delightful out-of-doors concerts continue to attract large audiences to Terrace Garden. The programme of last evening was unusually good, including overtures by Mozart, Rossini and Suppe, and the familiar 'Wedding March,' a delicious 'Reverie' by Viexutemps, Schubert's 'Wanderer,' the amusing burlesque 'Carnival of Venice,' and sundry polkas and waltzes by Strauss. The overture to 'William Tell' was boisterously encored, but Mr. Thomas was deaf, as usual, to the entreaties of his audience. This evening the lovers of classical music will find their tastes consulted in the arrangement of the programme."

6)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 30 July 1867, 8.

Vieuxtemps’, Strauss’ “Libelle”, and Suppe’s “Day in Vienna” were most pleasing to the audience. Schubert’s “Wanderer” enthused even more; people called for da capo. Letsch played perfectly except for the low volume. The accompaniment was stronger than the solo at times. (…)

7)
Review: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 03 August 1867, 824.

The concerts here have been fairly well attended despite the inclement weather at times. Five to six novelties are in the program each night, which Thomas bought during his travels in France and Germany this summer.