Thomas Popular Garden Concert: 16th

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)

25 May 1869, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Düppeler Sturm-Marsch; Düppler Sturm; Duppeler Sturm; Prussian Army march; Sturin quickstep; Dueppel; Storming of the fortifications at Dueppel; Düppelmarsch; Düppel-Schanzen-Sturm-Marsch; Sturm; Doppler storm
Composer(s): Piefke
3)
aka Diebische Elster, Die; Thieving magpie
Composer(s): Rossini
4)
aka Träume auf dem Ozean Waeltzer; Dreams of the ocean waltz; Dreams on the ocean; Rêves sur l'océan; Traume auf dem Ozean
Composer(s): Gung'l
5)
Composer(s): Unknown composer
6)
aka Tannhauser overture
Composer(s): Wagner
7)
Composer(s): Beriot
Participants:  Jules [cornet] Levy
9)
aka Hungarian March; Rákóczi March; Rakoczy
Composer(s): Berlioz
10)
aka König von Yvetot, Der
Composer(s): Adam
11)
Composer(s): Levy
Participants:  Jules [cornet] Levy
12)
Composer(s): Offenbach

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 May 1869, 9.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 25 May 1869, 7.
3)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 25 May 1869.
4)
Review: New York Sun, 26 May 1869, 2.

“The Central Park Gardens were crowded again last night, and so popular are the concerts that the present quarters are hardly sufficient for the music-loving multitude. Mr. Thomas is extending his area and taking in a space at the south of the large hall. He will have it ready in a few days, and in the meantime the public will content itself with the very spacious quarters that have been furnished for it.

The music last night was excellent, and received much applause. Mr. Levy’s performance on the cornet-a-piston wrought the enthusiasm to a high pitch, and the applause terminated only when Mr. Levy responded to the call for an encore. If the garden concerts continue to increase in popularity, Mr. Thomas may be forced to annex a few acres of the park.”