Thomas Central Park Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

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

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 March 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Sep 1868, 3:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Marche hongroise, no. 2
Composer(s): Liszt
3)
König Stephan, overture
aka King Stephen; King Steven; Konig Stephan
Composer(s): Beethoven
4)
Promotionen, op. 221
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
"Pietà, Signore, di me dolente"
aka Have mercy, oh God; Church aria; Pity, O Saviour; Aria di chiesa; Preghiera; Air d'eglise (1667)
Composer(s): Fétis
6)
Symphony, no. 5, op. 107, D major. Scherzo
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
7)
Ernani, selections
aka potpourri
Composer(s): Verdi
8)
Mignon, overture
Composer(s): Thomas
9)
Romanzen und Balladen, op. 49. Beiden Grenadiere, Die
aka Two grenadiers
Composer(s): Schumann
Text Author: Heine
10)
Venus-Reigen, op. 63
Composer(s): Gung'l
11)
Lohengrin, finale
Composer(s): Wagner
12)
Unter Donner und Blitz, op. 324
aka Thunder and lightning
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Africaine, L', "Marche indienne"
aka Indian march
Composer(s): Meyerbeer

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 12 September 1868, 1.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 12 September 1868, 2.
3)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 13 September 1868, 8.

Program.

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 13 September 1868, 7.
5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 September 1868.
No program given