Thomas Central Park Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

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

Price: $.50; $2 extra private boxes

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 April 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Sep 1868, 3:00 PM

Program Details

Two orchestras performed this concert. The name of the second is not provided. The Norma and Ernani fantasies, Weber’s Jubel-Ouvertüre, Rossini’s “Dal tuo stellate soglio,” and Meyerbeer’s “Marche du sacre” were performed by both orchestras.

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka New York Schutzen; N. Y. Schutzen; NY Schutzen
Composer(s): Mallach
3)
Composer(s): Kreutzer
4)
Composer(s): Unknown composer
5)
aka Soldier's dance; Danses militaires; Soldiers' Dances
Composer(s): Lanner
6)
Composer(s): Heyer
7)
Composer(s): Strauss
8)
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
Composer(s): Unknown composer
10)
aka Jubel overture; Jubilee
Composer(s): Weber
11)
aka Prayer; Preghiera; Mose in Egitto, Dal tuo stellato soglio; O esca viatorum
Composer(s): Rossini
12)
Composer(s): Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]
13)
aka Masaniello; Mute Girl of Portici; Stumme von Portici
Composer(s): Auber
14)
Composer(s): Offenbach
15)
Composer(s): Strauss
16)
aka Thou art so near and yet so far ; Beloved star; Thou art so near
Composer(s): Reichardt [composer]
Text Author: Oxenford
17)
aka Prophete. Coronation march; Grand processional march; Krönungsmarsch; Crowning march
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
18)
aka Turkischer Sturm-Marsch
Composer(s): Hamm

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 19 September 1868, 1.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 September 1868.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 19 September 1868, 7.
4)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 19 September 1868, 6.
5)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 19 September 1868, 8.

Announces overtures to Zampa and Stummen, although neither piece appears on the program in the advertisement on page 6.