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:
3 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

The finale to Fidelio is likely that for Act II. The citations list: “Finale, (second), ‘Fidelio.’”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Fackeltänz, military band, no. 3
aka Princess Charlotte
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
3)
Telegramme, op. 318
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
Anvil polka
aka Enclume; Amboss
Composer(s): Parlow
5)
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
6)
Jessonda, overture
Composer(s): Spohr
7)
Quartet, strings, H. III, 77, C major. Poco adagio
aka Variations on the Emperor hymn; Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser; Austrian National hymn variations; Kaiser Franz theme and variations
Composer(s): Haydn
8)
Momento capriccioso, op. 12
aka Caprice, unidentified
Composer(s): Weber
9)
Fidelio, finale
Composer(s): Beethoven
10)
Roi d’Yvetot, Le, overture
aka König von Yvetot, Der
Composer(s): Adam
11)
Serenade, unidentified
Composer(s): Reissiger
12)
Publicisten, Die, op. 321
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Quadrille on Offenbach's Barbe-bleue
Composer(s): Unknown composer

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 26 September 1868, 1.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 October 1868.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 02 October 1868, 7.
4)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 02 October 1868, 6.
5)
Review: New York Herald, 03 October 1868, 4.

“Theodore Thomas’ Central Park Garden concerts still continue with unvarying success. To those who have regularly attended them during the season they have proved instructive as well as entertaining, for every style and school of music receives attention on the programme.”