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:
19 November 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

03 Sep 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Königs-Polonaise
aka Konigs-Polonaise; King's polonaise
Composer(s): Bilse
3)
Fliegende Holländer, Der, overture
aka Flying Dutchman overture
Composer(s): Wagner
4)
Hochzeits-Klänge, op. 242
aka Wedding sounds; Hochzeits Klange; Wedding festival
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Symphony, no. 5, op. 67, C minor. Scherzo
Composer(s): Beethoven
6)
Symphony, no. 5, op. 67, C minor. Allegro [finale]
Composer(s): Beethoven
7)
Euryanthe, overture
Composer(s): Weber
8)
"Schlummerlied"
aka Slumber song; Cradle song
Composer(s): Buergel
9)
Episoden aus Lenaus Faust, "Tanz in der Dorfschenke"
aka Mephisto waltz, no. 1; Faust waltz
Composer(s): Liszt
10)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
11)
Pizzicato polka
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
Am schönen Rhein, op. 83
aka Am schonen Rhein; On the beautiful Rhine
Composer(s): Kéler
13)
Krönungsmarsch
aka Kronungsmarsch; Coronation of Wilhelm I; King Wilhelm coronation march
Composer(s): Meyerbeer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 01 September 1870, 7.

Includes program.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 September 1870, 12.

Includes program.

3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 03 September 1870, 4.

“Mr. Theodore Thomas has nearly finished his season of Garden Concerts, next week being the last for this year. They have been a great boon to New-York, and we shall mourn their cessation.”

4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 03 September 1870, 4.

Forthcoming final week of the season.