Thomas Popular Garden Concert
Event Information
Venue(s):
Central Park Garden
Conductor(s):
Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]
Price: $.50; $2 extra for private boxes
Event Type:
Orchestral
Performance Forces:
Instrumental
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
19 December 2018
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
03 Oct 1868, 8:00 PMProgram Details
Two separate ensembles performed this concert: the Thomas Orchestra and an “orchestra†unnamed by the citations. Music in Gotham understands the second ensemble to be the Thomas Band. Both groups performed the Ernani and Tannhäuser fantasies and the Jubel-Ouvertüre.
Performers and/or Works Performed
5)
aka Wedding sounds;
Hochzeits Klange;
Wedding festival
Composer(s): Strauss
7)
aka Ave Maria;
Ellens dritter Gesang;
Hymne an die Jungfrau;
Serenade
Composer(s): Schubert
Participants: Joseph Eller
8)
aka Fantasia on themes from Wagner's Tannhauser;
Fantasie on themes from Wagner's Tannhäuser
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants: Thomas Orchestra; Thomas Band
14)
aka Orpheus;
Orphee aux enfers;
Orpheus in the Underworld
Composer(s): Offenbach
17)
aka Good night;
Thee only I love
Composer(s): Abt