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:
10 December 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Sep 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Friedrich [cornet à piston] Dietz;  Mr. [cornetist] Müller
2)
Fliegende Holländer, Der, overture
aka Flying Dutchman overture
Composer(s): Wagner
3)
Paride ed Elena, ballet
Composer(s): Gluck
4)
Fantasy on Verdi's Don Carlos
Composer(s): Unknown composer
5)
Genoveva, overture
Composer(s): Schumann
6)
Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Die, adagio
aka Geschopfe des Prometheus, Die, adagio
Composer(s): Beethoven
7)
Aufforderung zum Tanze, [arranged by Berlioz]
aka Invitation to the dance; Invitation a la valse
Composer(s): Weber
8)
Marches caractéristiques, D. 968b, C major
aka 2 marches caracteristiques, C, D. 968b; 2 marches caractéristiques, op. 121; 2 marches caracteristiques, op. 121; March "Characteristic," op.121; Marches caractéristiques (2) for Piano 4 hands in C major, D 968b/Op. 121; Reiter Marsch
Composer(s): Schubert
9)
Mignon, overture
Composer(s): Thomas
10)
Concert polka
Composer(s): Hamm
Participants:  Friedrich [cornet à piston] Dietz;  Mr. [cornetist] Müller
11)
Aquarellen, op. 258
Composer(s): Strauss
12)
Mazeppa
Composer(s): Liszt

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 September 1870, 8.

Includes program.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 September 1870, 7.

Includes program.

3)
Review: New York Herald, 19 September 1870, 7.

Brief; “These entertainments are of the highest standard of merit, and supply during the summer months what the Philharmonic Society gives in the winter.”