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:
30 August 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 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)
Königgraetzer, Der
aka Koniggratzer Sieges-Marsch
Composer(s): Piefke
3)
Tannhäuser, overture
aka Tannhauser overture
Composer(s): Wagner
4)
"Ellens Gesang," D. 839
aka Ave Maria; Ellens dritter Gesang; Hymne an die Jungfrau; Serenade
Composer(s): Schubert
Text Author: Scott
5)
Fantasia on Meyerbeer's Robert le diable
aka Robert the devil
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Thomas Band
6)
Victoria-Marsch
Composer(s): Neumann
Participants:  Thomas Band
7)
Serenade, unidentified
aka Farewell
Composer(s): Herfurth
Participants:  Thomas Band
8)
Capricio
aka Capricia; Capriccio
Composer(s): Hager
Participants:  Thomas Band
9)
Jubel-Ouvertüre
aka Jubel overture; Jubilee; Feste
Composer(s): Weber
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Thomas Band
10)
Barbiere di Siviglia, Il, "Una voce poco fa"
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Jules [cornet] Levy
11)
Lob der Frauen, op. 315
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
Jocus, op. 216
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Messiah, "Hallelujah chorus"
Composer(s): Handel
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Thomas Band
14)
Crispino e la comare, march
Composer(s): Ricci, Ricci
Participants:  Thomas Band
15)
"Du bist mir nah und doch so fern"
aka Thou art so near and yet so far ; Beloved star; Thou art so near
Composer(s): Reichardt [composer]
Text Author: Oxenford
Participants:  Thomas Band
16)
Faust, selection
Composer(s): Gounod
Participants:  Thomas Band
17)
Central Park Garden polka
Composer(s): Levy
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
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Thomas Band

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 September 1869, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 September 1869, 9.