Thomas Popular Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

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

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 October 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Aug 1868, 3:30 PM

Program Details

Thomas and his orchestra gave two concerts on 08/30/68 at the Central Park Garden: one at 3:30pm and another at 8pm. (See separate event entry for evening concert.)

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Herr [flautist] Siedler;  [clarinetist] Wendelschaefer
2)
Gut Heil!
aka Good health quickstep; Turner March, “Good Health”; Leipziger Turnfest; Turnfest in Leipzig; Turnerfest march; Turner-Fest march
Composer(s): Hamm
3)
Zauberflöte, Die, overture
aka The Magic Flute; Zauberflote, Die
Composer(s): Mozart
4)
Debatten-Walzer, op. 202
Composer(s): Gung'l
5)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, notturno
aka nocturne ; notturino;
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
6)
Postillon d’amour, op. 317
aka Postillion; Pavillon d'amour
Composer(s): Strauss
7)
Reine de Saba, La, ballet
aka Queen of Sheba
Composer(s): Gounod
8)
Robert le diable, overture
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
9)
König Manfred, Vorspiel
aka Konig Manfred overture
Composer(s): Reinecke
10)
Tarantella, flute, clarinet, orchestra, op. 6, A minor
aka Tarantelle
Composer(s): Saint-Saëns
Participants:  Herr [flautist] Siedler;  [clarinetist] Wendelschaefer
11)
Wiener Stimmen, op. 239
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
Fantasie on Rossini’s Mosè in Egitto
Composer(s): Unknown composer
13)
Vom Fels zum Meer
aka Victory march; March of victory; From crag to sea
Composer(s): Liszt

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 August 1868.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 August 1868, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 30 August 1868, 8.

Includes program.