Thomas Popular Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

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

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 June 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Jun 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Gounod’s "Ave Maria" was arranged for solo violins, cornet, piano and organ.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Central Park Garden
Composer(s): Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]
3)
Martha, overture
Composer(s): Flotow
4)
Telegramme, op. 318
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
6)
"Ave Maria," (Instrumental version)
aka Méditation sur le 1er Prélude de piano de J. S. Bach; Meditation, prelude, for piano, organ and cello; Meditation on Bach's Prelude No. 1
Composer(s): Gounod
7)
Anvil polka
aka Enclume; Amboss
Composer(s): Parlow
8)
Fantasy on a national aria
aka Yankee Doodle variations
Composer(s): Scholl
9)
Zampa, overture
aka Introduction
Composer(s): Hérold
10)
Tannhäuser, romanza
Composer(s): Wagner
11)
Morgenblätter, op. 279
aka Morgenblatter; Melodische Depeschen; Morning flowers
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
Quadrille on a theme from Offenbach's La Grande duchesse de Gérolstein
aka Grande duchesse quadrille
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Fantasy on Verdi's Don Carlos
Composer(s): Unknown composer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 02 June 1868, 6.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 02 June 1868, 7.

Includes program.

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 June 1868.

Includes program.

4)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 03 June 1868, 8.

“The Central Park Garden and Music Hall, where Theodore Thomas nightly wields his baton, has been literally crowded every evening since the date of opening, with fashionable audiences, who, judging from the deafening and constant applause, seem to appreciate the elegant and choice music of the well-disciplined orchestra. The tables in the spacious dining hall are always filled, and the supply of eatables has frequently not equaled the demand. The Central Park Garden is now one of the institutions of the city, and its success is an established fact.”

5)
Review: New York Post, 03 June 1868.

“The Central Park Garden concerts are becoming more and more popular. The most cultivated musical taste is satisfied with the performances, and the pleasure that comes from hearing the best music is supplemented by social delights and the enjoyment of more material satisfaction.”