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:
12 May 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Two orchestras performed this concert. The name of the second is not provided. The Jubel-Ouvertüre, excerpts from Ruinen von Athen, Ernani fantasie, “Halleujah chorus,” and march from Le Prophète” were performed by both orchestras. Schubert’s “Ave Maria” arranged for oboe.

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Greeting
Composer(s): Granes
4)
Composer(s): Gumbert
5)
aka Burgersinn
Composer(s): Strauss
6)
aka Capricia; Capriccio
Composer(s): Hager
7)
aka Ave Maria; Ellens dritter Gesang; Hymne an die Jungfrau; Serenade
Composer(s): Schubert
Text Author: Scott
Participants:  Joseph Eller
8)
aka Jubel overture; Jubilee
Composer(s): Weber
9)
aka Schmükt die Altäre ; Marche religieuse
Composer(s): Beethoven
10)
Composer(s): Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]
11)
Composer(s): Handel
12)
aka Mein Oestreich
Composer(s): Hamm
13)
Composer(s): Wallace
15)
aka Autumn roses
Composer(s): Strauss
16)
Composer(s): Millard
17)
Composer(s): Müller
18)
aka Prophete. Coronation march; Grand processional march; Krönungsmarsch; Crowning march
Composer(s): Meyerbeer

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 19 September 1868, 1.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 September 1868.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 24 September 1868, 2.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 24 September 1868, 7.
5)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 24 September 1868, 6.