Thomas Central Park Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

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

Price: $.50; $2 extra private boxes

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 March 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Friedrich [cornet à piston] Dietz;  Frederick Letsch
2)
Marche hongroise, no. 2
Composer(s): Liszt
3)
Athalie, overture
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
4)
Aus den Bergen, op. 292
aka From the mountains; Von den Bergen
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Huguenots, Les, "Conjuration et bénédiction des poignards"
aka Schwer und Waffenweihe; Schwur und Waffenweihe; Schwur und Schwerterweihe; Gebet und Waffenweihe; Prayer and Presentation of Weapons; Consecration of the swords; Benediction of the daggers
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
Text Author: Scribe, Deschamps
6)
Symphony, D. 759, B minor
aka Unfinished symphony; Symphony, no. 8, B minor
Composer(s): Schubert
7)
Aufforderung zum Tanze, [arranged by Berlioz]
aka Invitation to the dance; Invitation a la valse
Composer(s): Weber
8)
Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Die, finale
aka Geschopfe des Prometheus, Die, finale
Composer(s): Beethoven
9)
Orphée aux enfers, overture
aka Orpheus; Orphee aux enfers; Orpheus in the Underworld
Composer(s): Offenbach
10)
"Fahnenwacht, Die"
aka The Standard Bearer; The Standard Watch; Der Fahnenträger; Der Fahnen Träger; The Warrior Bard
Composer(s): Lindpaintner
Participants:  Frederick Letsch;  Friedrich [cornet à piston] Dietz
11)
Linnet, The
Composer(s): Bousquet
12)
Traviata, La, selections
aka potpourri
Composer(s): Verdi

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 04 September 1868, 2.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 September 1868, 7.