Thomas Popular Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

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

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 July 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Aug 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Eugene [flautist] Weiner
2)
Athalie, overture
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
3)
Telegramme, op. 318
Composer(s): Strauss
4)
Lohengrin, "Treulich geführt"
aka Braut-Prozession; Wedding march; Bridal chorus; Brautgesang
Composer(s): Wagner
5)
Faust, ballet
aka Nuit de Walpurgis
Composer(s): Gounod
6)
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die, overture
aka Merry Wives of Windsor
Composer(s): Nicolai
7)
Polka de concert, flute, op. 2
Composer(s): Siede
Participants:  Eugene [flautist] Weiner
8)
Arm in arm, op. 215
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
Gnomen, op. 217
Composer(s): Strauss
10)
Fantasie on Verdi's Rigoletto
Composer(s): Unknown composer
11)
Cheval de bronze, Le, overture
Composer(s): Auber
12)
"Fahnenwacht, Die"
aka The Standard Bearer; The Standard Watch; Der Fahnenträger; Der Fahnen Träger; The Warrior Bard
Composer(s): Lindpaintner
13)
Königslieder, op. 334
aka Konigslieder
Composer(s): Strauss
14)
Düppeler Sturm
aka Düppeler Sturm-Marsch; Düppler Sturm; Duppeler Sturm; Prussian Army march; Sturin quickstep; Dueppel; Storming of the fortifications at Dueppel; Düppelmarsch; Düppel-Schanzen-Sturm-Marsch; Sturm; Doppler storm
Composer(s): Piefke

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 27 August 1870, 7.

Includes programme.

2)
Announcement: New York Post, 27 August 1870, 2.

“The programmes are of late especially attractive. That announced for this evening is a good specimen.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 August 1870, 2.

Includes programme.

4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 28 August 1870, 5.

“The music was listened to by an audience numbering many thousands.”