Thomas Popular Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

Manager / Director:
J. [manager] Gosche

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

Price: $.35; $2.35 private boxes

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 August 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Sep 1869, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Meyerbeer’s Fackeltänz given by request. Singer’s march, Lux’s fantasie, and Gounod’s ballet advertised as “new,” though at least the Singer and Gounod pieces had been performed in this series before.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Jules [cornet] Levy
2)
Grand march
Composer(s): Singer
3)
Wiener Couplets, op. 150
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
"Ellens Gesang," D. 839 [arranged by Lux]
aka Ave Maria
Composer(s): Schubert
5)
Faust, ballet
aka Nuit de Walpurgis
Composer(s): Gounod
6)
Symphony, no. 2, op. 36, D major. Adagio molto/Allegro con brio
Composer(s): Beethoven
7)
Symphony, no. 2, op. 36, D major. Larghetto
Composer(s): Beethoven
8)
Air varié, no. 7
Composer(s): Beriot
Participants:  Jules [cornet] Levy
9)
Fackeltänz, military band, no. 1
aka Torch dance, no. 1
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
10)
Roi d’Yvetot, Le, overture
aka König von Yvetot, Der
Composer(s): Adam
11)
Hydropathen, Die, op. 149
Composer(s): Gung'l
12)
Excelsior, [polka]
Composer(s): Frewin
Participants:  Jules [cornet] Levy
13)
Galoppin, op. 237
Composer(s): Strauss

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 10 September 1869, 3.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 September 1869, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 September 1869, 12.