Thomas Popular Garden Concert: Grand Gala Night

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

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

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 July 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Aug 1870, Evening

Program Details

100th concert; “Increased orchestra.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]
2)
Krönungsmarsch
aka Kronungsmarsch; Coronation of Wilhelm I; King Wilhelm coronation march
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
3)
Egmont, overture
aka Egmont overture; Goethe's Egmont
Composer(s): Beethoven
4)
Mein Lebenslauf ist Lieb’ und Lust!, op. 263
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Paride ed Elena, ballet
Composer(s): Gluck
6)
Faust-Ouvertüre, Eine, op. 59
Composer(s): Wagner
7)
Quartet, strings, no. 5, op. 18, no. 5, A major. Andante cantabile
Composer(s): Beethoven
8)
Ideale, Die
Composer(s): Liszt
9)
Médée, act 3, introduction
aka Medea; Medee
Composer(s): Cherubini
10)
Zampa, overture
aka Introduction
Composer(s): Hérold
11)
S' Hoamweh, op. 202
aka S'Heimweh; Strayer Ländler; Styrer Ländler
Composer(s): Lanner
Participants:  Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra] (role: violin obligato)
12)
Frauenherz, op. 166
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Eljen a Magyar!, op. 332
Composer(s): Strauss
14)
Am fatherland
Composer(s): Unger

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 August 1870, 7.

Includes programme.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 August 1870, 2.

Includes programme.

3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 15 August 1870, 5.