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:
20 December 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM

Program 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 Norma fantasie, the Jubel-Ouvertüre, “Dal tuo stellate soglio” from Mosè in Egitto, and the march and chorus from Tannhäuser.

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Gräzer Coloseum March; Colosseum March
Composer(s): Gung'l
3)
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
4)
Composer(s): Unknown composer
5)
Composer(s): Strauss
6)
aka Tear; Thraene; Träne; Trane, Die; Thrane, Die
Composer(s): Stigelli
Text Author: Brandes
7)
aka Spring sounds; Sounds of spring; Fruhlings-Klange
Composer(s): Herzog
8)
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Thomas Band
9)
aka Jubel overture; Jubilee
Composer(s): Weber
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Thomas Band
10)
aka Prayer; Preghiera; Mose in Egitto, Dal tuo stellato soglio; O esca viatorum
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Thomas Band
11)
aka Tannhauser, chorus
Composer(s): Wagner
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Thomas Band
12)
aka March; Fest march; Festmarsch; Grand march; Tannhauser. Freudig begrussen wir die edle Halle. Allegro
Composer(s): Wagner
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Thomas Band
13)
aka Souvenir de Petersdorf
Composer(s): Faust
14)
aka Poet and peasant overture
Composer(s): Suppé
15)
aka How fair art thou; How beautiful you are
Composer(s): Weidt
16)
aka Village swallows; Village swallows from Austria; Die Dorfschwalben
Composer(s): Strauss
17)
aka Stay with me
Composer(s): Abt
18)
aka Grande duchesse quadrille
Composer(s): Strauss

Citations

1)
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.”

2)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 10 October 1868, 1.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 October 1868.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 October 1868, 7.
5)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 10 October 1868, 6.