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:
15 August 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Jun 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Frederick Letsch;  Henry Schmitz [French horn];  Herr [flautist] Siedler
2)
Reine de Saba, La, Marche et cortège
aka March and Cortege; Grand march
Composer(s): Gounod
3)
Jubel-Ouvertüre
aka Jubel overture; Jubilee
Composer(s): Weber
4)
Auf hoher See
Composer(s): Ziehrer
5)
Huguenots, Les, "Conjuration et bénédiction des poignards"
aka Schwer und Waffenweihe; Schwur und Waffenweihe; Schwur und Schwerterweihe; Gebet und Waffenweihe; Prayer and Presentation of Weapons; Consecration of the swords; Benediction of the daggers
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
Text Author: Scribe, Deschamps
6)
"Thräne, Die," op. 12
aka Tear; Thraene; Träne; Trane, Die; Thrane, Die
Composer(s): Stigelli
Text Author: Brandes
7)
Künstler-Leben, op. 316
aka Kunstler-Leben; Artist's life; Kunstler Leben
Composer(s): Strauss
8)
Carnaval de Venise, Le
aka Variations burlesques; Cara mia mamma; Carnival of Venice
Composer(s): Ernst
9)
Alessandro Stradella, overture
Composer(s): Flotow
10)
Éclair, L’, romance
aka Blitz, Der ; Eclair, L'
Composer(s): Halévy
11)
Tanzi Bäri, op. 134
aka Tanzi Bari
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
Quadrille on a theme from Offenbach's La Grande duchesse de Gérolstein
aka Grande duchesse quadrille
Composer(s): Strauss

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 21 June 1868, 8.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 June 1868.

Does not include program.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 June 1868, 7.
4)
Review: New York Herald, 22 June 1868, 5.

“Central Park Garden concerts, under the direction of Theodore Thomas, are meeting with the encouragement they so justly merit.  They are now a decided institution, and the matinees of Saturday and Sunday are particularly well attended.”

5)
Review: New-York Times, 22 June 1868, 5.

“Garden concerts are flourishing now.  Mr. Theodore Thomas, at Central Park Garden, is prospering hugely.  It is a matter of little concern whether it rain or whether it shine.  The ample hall is a protection from every extreme, and the garden itself serves as a supplemental place of recreation in the brief intervals of atmospheric unpleasantness.  The programmes are most excellently made, and the orchestra of forty-two is the best of its kind anywhere.  The matinees on Saturday are fashionable and popular.”