Thomas Popular Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

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

Price: $2.25 private boxes; $.25

Event Type:
Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 October 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Aug 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Overture, op. 7, A major
aka Concert overture
Composer(s): Rietz
3)
Liebesträume, Brünner Walzer, op. 150
aka Liebes-Träume; Liebes Träume; Brünner Walzer; Dreams of Love
Composer(s): Lanner
4)
Tanz-Regulator, op. 238
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Galoppin, op. 237
Composer(s): Strauss
6)
Fantasia on Donizetti’s Dom Sébastien
Composer(s): Unknown composer
7)
Paride ed Elena, ballet
Composer(s): Gluck
8)
Symphony, no. 94, G major. Andante
aka Surprise symphony
Composer(s): Haydn
9)
Symphony, no. 41, K. 551, C major. Molto allegro
Composer(s): Mozart
10)
Ruinen von Athen, Die, Marcia alla turca
aka Grand march; Turkish march; Bulgarian Gypsy dance
Composer(s): Beethoven
11)
Gazza ladra, La, overture
aka Diebische Elster, Die; Thieving magpie
Composer(s): Rossini
12)
Morceaux de salon, op. 22. Rêverie
Composer(s): Vieuxtemps
13)
Sphären-Klänge, op. 235
aka Spharen-Klange; Spharen Klange
Composer(s): Strauss
14)
Quadrille on Offenbach’s La Belle Hélène
aka Quadrille on Schöne Zuluna
Composer(s): Unknown composer

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 22 August 1868, 1.
2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 28 August 1868, 6.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 August 1868, 7.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 August 1868.