Thomas Popular Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

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

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 March 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Jul 1868, 3:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Joseph Eller
2)
Schützenmarsch
aka Schutzenmarsch; Prussian riflemen
Composer(s): Voigt
3)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
4)
Publicisten, Die, op. 321
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
"Ellens Gesang," D. 839
aka Ave Maria; Ellens dritter Gesang; Hymne an die Jungfrau; Serenade
Composer(s): Schubert
Text Author: Scott
Participants:  Joseph Eller
6)
Fantasie on Mendelssohn's Ein Sommernachtstraum
aka Midsummer night's dream, A; Songe d'une nuit d'été
Composer(s): Unknown composer
7)
Orphée aux enfers, overture
aka Orpheus; Orphee aux enfers; Orpheus in the Underworld
Composer(s): Offenbach
8)
Amélie
aka Amalia
Composer(s): Lumbye
9)
Symphony, no. 8, op. 93, F major. Allegretto scherzando
Composer(s): Beethoven
10)
Stadt und Land, op. 322
aka Town and country
Composer(s): Strauss
11)
Unter Donner und Blitz, op. 324
aka Thunder and lightning
Composer(s): Strauss

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 11 July 1868, 1.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 July 1868.

No program given.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 July 1868, 7.
4)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 12 July 1868, 8.

Includes program.

5)
Review: New-York Times, 13 July 1868, 5.

“Mr. Theodore Thomas, at the Central Park Garden, draws the town. Whether it rain or shine, the spacious hall of the establishment is filled; and on festival nights the ‘glad overflow’ extends to the Garden.”