Thomas Central Park Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

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

Price: $.25; $2 extra private boxes

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 February 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Gounod’s “Ave Maria” was performed by request.

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Good health quickstep; Turner March, “Good Health”; Leipziger Turnfest; Turnfest in Leipzig; Turnerfest march; Turner-Fest march
Composer(s): Hamm
3)
aka Ariel Acosta
Composer(s): Schindelmeisser
4)
aka Morgenblatter; Melodische Depeschen; Morning flowers
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
aka potpourri; pot pourri
Composer(s): Petrella
6)
aka Merry Wives of Windsor
Composer(s): Nicolai
7)
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)
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
10)
aka Introduction
Composer(s): Hérold
11)
aka Drommebilleder; Drømme Billeder fantasi; Traumbilder potpourri; Traumbilder selections; Traumbilder fantasie; Visions in a Dream; Pictures of dreams; Frambileter; Fraumbileter
Composer(s): Lumbye
12)
Composer(s): Gung'l
13)
aka Grande duchesse quadrille
Composer(s): Strauss

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 September 1868.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 02 September 1868, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 02 September 1868, 6.
4)
Review: New York Post, 03 September 1868, 2.

“The approach of cool weather does not diminish the audiences at Central Park Garden. The great concert hall will be comfortable all winter, and no other concerts that are likely to be given will compare with those at the Garden. Mr. Thomas’s orchestra is by far the best and most efficient that we have; it is under regular drill and is constantly improving, and the indefatigable leader is continually bringing out the best of the old and new music.”