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)

18 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Herr [flautist] Siedler;  Henry Schmitz [French horn]
2)
Athalie, overture
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
3)
Carnevals-Botschafter, op. 270
aka Carnival messenger
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
Fantaisie sur Auber's La muette de Portici
Composer(s): Unknown composer
5)
Africaine, L', "Marche indienne"
aka Indian march
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
6)
Fest-Ouvertüre, C major, op. 15
aka Festival overture
Composer(s): Ulrich
7)
Symphony, no. 1, op. 38, B-flat major. Larghetto
Composer(s): Schumann
8)
Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Die, Allegro con brio
Composer(s): Beethoven
9)
Reine d’un jour, La, overture
Composer(s): Adam
10)
Serenade, flute, horn obbligato
aka Romanza
Composer(s): Titl
Participants:  Henry Schmitz [French horn];  Herr [flautist] Siedler
11)
Hochzeits-Klänge, op. 242
aka Wedding sounds; Hochzeits Klange
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
Preussische Parade, Die, op. 47
aka Prussian Parade; Potpourri
Composer(s): Gung'l
13)
Symphony, no. 1, op. 38, B-flat major. Scherzo
Composer(s): Schumann

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 12 September 1868, 1.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 September 1868.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 18 September 1868, 2.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 September 1868, 7.
5)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 18 September 1868, 6.