Thomas Popular Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

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

Price: $.35; $2.00 extra for private box

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 April 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Aug 1869, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Thomas Orchestra; Jules [cornet] Levy; Henry Schmitz [French horn]; Herr [flautist] Siedler

2)

Don Giovanni, overture

aka Introduction

Composer(s): Mozart

3)

Träume auf dem Ozean, op. 80

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

4)

Serenade, flute, horn obbligato

aka Romanza

Composer(s): Titl

Participants: Henry Schmitz [French horn]; Herr [flautist] Siedler

5)

Sängerslust, op. 328

aka Sangerslust; Sangerlust

Composer(s): Strauss

6)

Fantasy on Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor

Composer(s): Unknown composer

7)

aka Schiller fest march

Composer(s): Meyerbeer

8)

Elle m’aimait tant

Composer(s): Pierson

Participants: Jules [cornet] Levy

9)

Publicisten, Die, op. 321

Composer(s): Strauss

10)

Fantasia on Weber's Der Freischütz

Composer(s): Unknown composer

11)

Cheval de bronze, Le, overture

Composer(s): Auber

12)

Excelsior, [polka]

Composer(s): Frewin

Participants: Jules [cornet] Levy

13)

aka Thunder storm

Composer(s): Sekat

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 August 1869, 7.

Includes program.

2)

Advertisement: New-York Times, 26 August 1869, 7.

Includes program.

3)

Review: New York Post, 27 August 1869, 2.

“Whatever may be the weather, the Central Park Garden is always full. During the extreme heat of the past week people rushed to the Garden as the coolest place in the city; and now that the nights have become delightfully pleasant, the Garden is instinctively selected as the best possible place in which to enjoy the cool evening breezes. The orchestral concerts are the very best of their kind. Mr. Thomas never gives us poor music, and his programmes are always arranged tastefully and skillfully. This evening …[program for Aug. 27]. Mr,. Levy and his marvelous cornet are still among the chief attractions of the Garden, and are always greeted with enthusiastic applause. The regulations of the Garden are so admirable that perfect order prevails, and the entire establishment deserves nothing but unqualified praise.”