Thomas Popular Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

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

Price: $.25; $2 extra for private boxes

Event Type:
Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 September 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Aug 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Ninety-fifth concert in series.

The Quadrille on Offenbach’s La Belle Hélène is identified as “No. 2.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Jubal
Composer(s): Fahrbach
3)
aka Freischutz overture
Composer(s): Weber
4)
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Composer(s): Unknown composer
6)
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
7)
aka Ave Maria; Ellens dritter Gesang; Hymne an die Jungfrau; Serenade
Composer(s): Schubert
Text Author: Scott
Participants:  Joseph Eller
8)
aka One heart, one soul
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
Composer(s): Strauss
10)
aka Midsummer night's dream, A; Songe d'une nuit d'été
Composer(s): Unknown composer
11)
Composer(s): Auber
12)
aka Variations burlesques; Cara mia mamma; Carnival of Venice
Composer(s): Ernst
13)
Composer(s): Strauss
14)
aka Quadrille on Schöne Zuluna
Composer(s): Unknown composer

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 15 August 1868, 1.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 August 1868.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 August 1868, 7.
4)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 17 August 1868, 6.
5)
Review: New York Herald, 18 August 1868, 5.

The Central Park Garden concerts are the most enjoyable activity for August’s hot summer nights and are well attended.