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: $.50; $2.50 private boxes

Event Type:
Band, Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 August 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Sep 1869, 8:00 PM

Program Details

“Grand gala night.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Thomas Band;  Jules [cornet] Levy
2)
Rakoczy-Marsch
Composer(s): Hamm
3)
König Manfred, Vorspiel
aka Konig Manfred overture
Composer(s): Reinecke
4)
Promotionen, op. 221
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Fantasia on themes from Wagner's Tannhäuser
aka Fantasia on themes from Wagner's Tannhauser; Fantasie on themes from Wagner's Tannhäuser
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Thomas Band
6)
Hero's march
Composer(s): Herrmann
Participants:  Thomas Band
7)
"Lob der Tränen," D. 711
aka Lob der Tranen; Tear, The
Composer(s): Schubert
Text Author: Schlegel
Participants:  Thomas Band
8)
Capricio
aka Capricia; Capriccio
Composer(s): Hager
Participants:  Thomas Band
9)
Étoile du nord, L', overture
aka Etoile du nord, L', overture
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Thomas Band
10)
Elle m’aimait tant
Composer(s): Pierson
Participants:  Jules [cornet] Levy
11)
An der schönen, blauen Donau, op. 314
aka Blue Danube
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
Mosè in Egitto, "Dal tuo stellato soglio"
aka Prayer; Preghiera; Mose in Egitto, Dal tuo stellato soglio; O esca viatorum
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Thomas Band
13)
Gruss aus der Ferne, op. 34
aka Greeting march
Composer(s): Michaelis [comp.-cond.]
Participants:  Thomas Band
14)
"Gut' Nacht, fahr' wohl mein treues Herz"
aka Good night, farewell; Gute Nacht
Composer(s): Kücken
Participants:  Thomas Band
15)
Fantasie on a theme from Petrella’s Jone
aka Fantasie on a theme from Petrella's Ione
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Thomas Band
16)
Freischütz, Der, overture
aka Freischutz overture
Composer(s): Weber
17)
Excelsior, [polka]
Composer(s): Frewin
Participants:  Jules [cornet] Levy
18)
Lohengrin, "Feierlicher Zug zum Münster"
aka Zug der Frauen zum Münster; Elsa's procession to the Cathedral
Composer(s): Wagner

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 18 August 1869, 4.

“A very fine programme is announced for Central Park Garden to-night. There will be a full orchestra and a military band, with Mr. Levy as cornet soloist.”

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 September 1869, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 September 1869, 12.