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:
19 November 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Last week but one before close of season. Alterations must be made to the hall in preparation for winter.

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Coronation March; Kronungs-Marsch
Composer(s): Strauss
3)
aka Diebische Elster, Die; Thieving magpie
Composer(s): Rossini
4)
aka Soldier's dance; Danses militaires; Soldiers' Dances
Composer(s): Lanner
5)
Composer(s): Unknown composer
6)
aka Son and stranger overture
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
7)
aka Méditation sur le 1er Prélude de piano de J. S. Bach; Meditation, prelude, for piano, organ and cello; Meditation on Bach's Prelude No. 1
Composer(s): Gounod
8)
aka Town and country
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
aka Thunder and lightning
Composer(s): Strauss
10)
Composer(s): Unknown composer
11)
Composer(s): Kreutzer
12)
aka Rigoletto, quartet
Composer(s): Verdi
13)
aka Kunstler-Leben; Artist's life; Kunstler Leben
Composer(s): Strauss
14)
aka Quadrille on Schöne Zuluna
Composer(s): Unknown composer

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 03 October 1868, 1.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 05 October 1868.
3)
Review: New York Post, 05 October 1868.

“The weather does not seem to affect the attendance at Mr. Thomas’s Central Park Garden concerts. The place is so easily accessible, the large concert hall is so comfortable, and the concerts are so much better than any that we have ever before had, that the undiminished attendance is easily accounted for.”

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 05 October 1868, 7.
5)
Announcement: New-York Times, 05 October 1868, 5.

“The Central Park Garden continues on its smooth path of prosperity. Mr. Theodore Thomas’ orchestra was never in better trim. There will be extra gala nights on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.”

6)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 05 October 1868, 6.