Thomas Popular Garden Concert: 15th

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

Conductor(s):
Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]

Price: $.35; $2.35 private boxes

Event Type:
Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 September 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 May 1869, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Jules [cornet] Levy
2)
Preussens Helden-Marsch
aka Heroic march; Prussia's heroes
Composer(s): Herrmann
3)
Martha, overture
Composer(s): Flotow
4)
Soldaten-Tänze, op. 173
aka Soldier's dance; Danses militaires; Soldiers' Dances
Composer(s): Lanner
5)
Fantasia on themes from Verdi's Il trovatore
Composer(s): Unknown composer
6)
Maximilian Robespierre
Composer(s): Litolff
7)
Hungarian fantasy
aka Air Hongroise
Composer(s): Levy
8)
Telegramme, op. 318
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
Fantasie on Mendelssohn's Ein Sommernachtstraum
aka Midsummer night's dream, A; Songe d'une nuit d'été
Composer(s): Unknown composer
10)
Fra Diavolo, overture
Composer(s): Auber
11)
Maud waltz
Composer(s): Levy
12)
Serenade, unidentified
Composer(s): Schubert
13)
Geneviève de Brabant, selection
Composer(s): Offenbach

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 24 May 1869, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 24 May 1869.

“Among the concerts of the week the most attractive are those given every evening by Theodore Thomas at the Central Park Garden, with Mr. Levy as the soloist on the cornet, and a full orchestra to interpret the most admired music of the day.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 May 1869, 12.