Thomas Sunday Sacred Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

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

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 November 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Joanna [pianist] Hess;  Willie [violinist] Hess;  Marietta Gazzaniga
2)
Ouvertüre, Scherzo und Finale, orchestra, op. 52, E major. Andante con moto
Composer(s): Schumann
3)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, notturno
aka nocturne ; notturino;
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
4)
Fantasia on themes from Wagner's Tannhäuser
aka Fantasia on themes from Wagner's Tannhauser; Fantasie on themes from Wagner's Tannhäuser
Composer(s): Unknown composer
5)
Maximilian Robespierre
Composer(s): Litolff
6)
Reine de Saba, La, ballet
aka Queen of Sheba
Composer(s): Gounod
7)
Damnation de Faust, La, "Marche hongroise"
aka Hungarian March; Rákóczi March; Rakoczy
Composer(s): Berlioz

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 December 1868.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 December 1868, 7.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 05 December 1868, [2].
4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 05 December 1868, 4.
5)
Review: New York Post, 07 December 1868.

“There was another agreeable concert by Theodore Thomas’s orchestra at Steinway Hall last night, at which Madame Gazzaniga was the vocalist.”

6)
Review: Dwight's Journal of Music, 19 December 1868, 366.

“Here is the programme of Mr. Thomas’s 2d Sunday evening concert, (Dec. 5). [see above]

“Mme. Gazzaniga and the little Hess children again appeared and were cordially received. Master Willie plays the violin with an aplomb which would do credit to many an artist of greater age and experience, and his tone is wonderfully strong and clear."