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:
15 April 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Henry Schmitz [French horn];  Herr [flautist] Siedler
2)
March, unidentified
Composer(s): Reinbold
3)
Gazza ladra, La, overture
aka Diebische Elster, Die; Thieving magpie
Composer(s): Rossini
4)
Telegrafische Depeschen, op. 195
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Fantasie on Verdi's Rigoletto
Composer(s): Unknown composer
6)
Robert le diable, overture
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
7)
Morceaux de salon, op. 22. Rêverie
Composer(s): Vieuxtemps
8)
Anvil polka
aka Enclume; Amboss
Composer(s): Parlow
9)
Fantaisie sur Auber's La muette de Portici
Composer(s): Unknown composer
10)
Dichter und Bauer, overture
aka Poet and peasant overture
Composer(s): Suppé
11)
Éclair, L’, romance
aka Blitz, Der ; Eclair, L'
Composer(s): Halévy
Participants:  Henry Schmitz [French horn];  Herr [flautist] Siedler
12)
Wiener Stimmen, op. 239
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Preussische Parade, Die, op. 47
aka Prussian Parade; Potpourri
Composer(s): Gung'l

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 12 September 1868, 1.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 September 1868.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 16 September 1868.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 16 September 1868, 7.
5)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 16 September 1868, 6.