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:
1 February 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 May 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
2)
Central Park Garden
Composer(s): Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]
3)
Semiramide, overture
Composer(s): Rossini
4)
An der schönen, blauen Donau, op. 314
aka Blue Danube
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Fantasia on themes from Verdi's Il trovatore
Composer(s): Unknown composer
6)
Oberon, overture
Composer(s): Weber
7)
"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
8)
Libelle, Die, op. 204
aka Devil's darning needle; Sibelle
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
S’ giebt nur a Kaiserstadt, s’ giebt nur a Wien, op. 291
aka 'S giebt nur Kaiserstadt, ’s giebt nur ein Wien; Kaiserstadt polka
Composer(s): Strauss
10)
Fantasie on a theme from Wallace's Lurline
Composer(s): Unknown composer
11)
Mignon, overture
Composer(s): Thomas
12)
Serenade, flute, horn obbligato
aka Romanza; Nocturne, flutes, clarinets
Composer(s): Titl
13)
Linnet, The
Composer(s): Bousquet
14)
Quadrille on a theme from Offenbach's La Grande duchesse de Gérolstein
aka Grande duchesse quadrille
Composer(s): Strauss
15)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 May 1868, 7.

Includes program.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 May 1868.

Includes program.