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:
2 January 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Last week of the series; the hall will be closed in order to prepare for winter.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Frederick Letsch;  Henry Schmitz [French horn];  Friedrich [cornet à piston] Dietz;  Herr [flautist] Siedler
2)
En avant, op. 81
aka Avant
Composer(s): Gung'l
3)
Nabucco, overture
Composer(s): Verdi
4)
Zelda
Composer(s): Deems
5)
Fantasie on a theme from Petrella’s Jone
aka Fantasie on a theme from Petrella's Ione
Composer(s): Unknown composer
6)
Alessandro Stradella, overture
Composer(s): Flotow
7)
"Fahnenwacht, Die"
aka The Standard Bearer; The Standard Watch; Der Fahnenträger; Der Fahnen Träger; The Warrior Bard
Composer(s): Lindpaintner
Participants:  Frederick Letsch;  Friedrich [cornet à piston] Dietz
8)
Anvil polka
aka Enclume; Amboss
Composer(s): Parlow
9)
Lohengrin, finale
Composer(s): Wagner
10)
Fra Diavolo, overture
Composer(s): Auber
11)
Éclair, L’, romance
aka Blitz, Der ; Eclair, L'
Composer(s): Halévy
Participants:  Henry Schmitz [French horn];  Herr [flautist] Siedler
12)
Herbstrosen, op. 232
aka Autumn roses
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Sänger, Der, op. 61
aka Sanger, Der, op. 61
Composer(s): Michaelis [comp.-cond.]

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 10 October 1868, 1.
2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 12 October 1868, 6.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 October 1868, 7.
4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 12 October 1868, 5.

Notes this is the last week of the season.

5)
Announcement: New York Post, 12 October 1868, 4.
6)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 October 1868.