Thomas Popular Garden Concert
Event Information
Venue(s):
Central Park Garden
Manager / Director:
J. [manager] Gosche
Conductor(s):
Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]
Event Type:
Band, Orchestral
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
16 August 2020
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
14 Sep 1869, 8:00 PMProgram Details
“Grand gala night.” No price given. Unclear what Jules Levy did this evening, as he was advertised to perform both at this concert and at the Lafayette Harrison Benefit Concert (see separate event entry of 09/14/69 of that title). Music in Gotham assumes that Berlioz’s orchestral arrangement of Weber’s Aufforderung zum Tanze and Thomas’s own fantasie on Verdi’s Ernani were the versions of those pieces performed, as the attributions in the citations are ambiguous.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
3)
aka Leonore overture, no. 4;
Fidelio overture;
Fidelio overture, no. 4;
Fidelio overture, E major
Composer(s): Beethoven
4)
aka Invitation to the dance;
Invitation a la valse
Composer(s): Weber
10)
aka Etoile du nord, L', overture
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
Participants: Thomas Orchestra; Thomas Band
13)
aka Braut-Prozession;
Wedding march;
Bridal chorus;
Brautgesang
Composer(s): Wagner
15)
aka Thou art so near and yet so far ;
Beloved star;
Thou art so near
Composer(s): Reichardt [composer]
Participants: Thomas Band
17)
aka Daughter of the Regiment, The ;
Figlia del reggimento, La;
Child of the Regiment, The;
Regimentstochter, Die;
La fille du regiment
Composer(s): Donizetti