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:
12 May 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

“Grand Mozart night.” “Die Thräne” was arranged for trombone.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Frederick Letsch
2)
En avant, op. 81
aka Avant
Composer(s): Gung'l
3)
Zauberflöte, Die, overture
aka The Magic Flute; Zauberflote, Die
Composer(s): Mozart
4)
Carnevals-Botschafter, op. 270
aka Carnival messenger
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Reine de Saba, La, ballet
aka Queen of Sheba
Composer(s): Gounod
6)
Symphony, no. 38, K. 504, D major
aka Symphony, no. 1; Prague symphony
Composer(s): Mozart
7)
Fantasia on themes from Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Composer(s): Unknown composer
8)
Mignon, overture
Composer(s): Thomas
9)
"Thräne, Die," op. 12
aka Tear; Thraene; Träne; Trane, Die; Thrane, Die
Composer(s): Stigelli
Text Author: Brandes
Participants:  Frederick Letsch
10)
Dorfschwalben aus Oesterreich, op. 164
aka Village swallows; Village swallows from Austria; Die Dorfschwalben
Composer(s): Strauss
11)
Sonata, piano, no. 11, K. 331. 3rd movement
aka Alla turca; Türkischer Marsch; Turkish March; Allegretto in A minor
Composer(s): Mozart

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 19 September 1868, 1.
2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 23 September 1868, 6.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 September 1868, 7.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 September 1868.