Thomas Popular Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

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

Price: $.50; $2.50 private boxes

Event Type:
Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 April 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Jul 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Sixth grand extra gala night; prices increased accordingly.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Cavallerie
Composer(s): Eberle
3)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
4)
Nabucco, aria
Composer(s): Verdi
5)
Schönbrunner, Die, op. 200
Composer(s): Lanner
6)
"Wiegenlied"
aka Cradle song
Composer(s): Heinemann
7)
Lob der Frauen, op. 315
Composer(s): Strauss
8)
Jocus, op. 216
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
Serenade, unidentified
Composer(s): Schubert
10)
Fantasia on Meyerbeer's L'Africaine
Composer(s): Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]
11)
Advance
Composer(s): Roi
12)
Maximilian Robespierre
Composer(s): Litolff
13)
Victoria
Composer(s): Sekat
14)
"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
15)
Tannhäuser, "Freudig begrüssen wir die edle Halle," Allegro
aka March; Fest march; Festmarsch; Grand march; Tannhauser. Freudig begrussen wir die edle Halle. Allegro
Composer(s): Wagner
16)
Festtag
Composer(s): Michaelis
17)
Orphée aux enfers, overture
aka Orpheus; Orphee aux enfers; Orpheus in the Underworld
Composer(s): Offenbach
18)
"Du bist mir nah und doch so fern"
aka Thou art so near and yet so far ; Beloved star; Thou art so near
Composer(s): Reichardt [composer]
Text Author: Oxenford
19)
Wiener Bonbons, op. 307
Composer(s): Strauss
20)
"Schlaf wohl, du süsser Engel du"
aka Sleep well, sweet angel; Sleep well, dear angel
Composer(s): Abt
21)
Champagner-Galop, op. 14
aka Champagne galop; Champagner Galopp; Champaign
Composer(s): Lumbye

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 18 July 1868, 1.
2)
Article: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 18 July 1868, 793.

Thomas’ Central Park Garden Concerts are well attended by New York’s elegant audiences. The programs and the catering are excellent.

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 July 1868.

Includes program.

4)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 18 July 1868, 6.
5)
Announcement: New York Post, 18 July 1868, 2.
6)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 July 1868, 7.

Includes program.