Thomas Orchestral and Promenade Concert: 21st

"Theodore Thomas' Concerts.--The regular season of concerts, under the direction of Theodore Thomas on Wednesdays and Saturdays, at that delightful suburban retreat, the Lion Park, Belvidere [sic], have been hitherto attended with success which is only equal to their merit. On to-morrow afternoon the performance will be unusually brilliant. The Belvidere [sic], with its fine gardens and the magnificent landscape it commands, is one of the pleasantest places of resort within reach of the people. The music provided by Mr. Thomas and his orchestra of thirty artists cannot be be excelled in any concert room in the metropolis."

"A GRAND EXTRAORDINARY ENTERTAINMENT,

To take place to-morrow

(SATURDAY) AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AUG. 12,

Consisting of

A GRAND ORCHESTRAL CONCERT

BY TWO COMPLETE AND DISTINCT ORCHESTRAS,

Under the direction of

THEODORE THOMAS.

BRILLIANT ILLUMINATION

OF THE PARK, GARDEN AND BUILDINGS, &C.

The new and varied prgoramme contains

A GRAND MILITARY POT POURRI,

Expressly arranged for this concert, entitled

A DAY IN CAMP;

OR, RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WAR,

Which will be performed by the two orchestras at half-past nine precisely.

Also, for the first time, a grand Pot pourri, for two orchestras, entitled

DER MUSIKALISCHE STECKBRIEF,

Which will be performed at half-past sevent precisely.

Admission free to the entire enetertainment,

Which will commence at half-past four to-morrow (Saturday), August 12."

"THIS SATURDAY, EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTION.

The proprietor takes pleasure in announcing

A GRAND EXTRAORDINARY ENTERTAINMENT,

to take place this

(SATURDAY) AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AUG. 12

Consisting of A GRAND ORCHESTRAL CONCERT,

BY TWO COMPLETE AND DISTINCT ORCHESTRAS.

Under the direction of

THEODORE THOMAS.

BRILLIANT ILLUMINATION OF THE PARK, GARDEN AND BUILDINGS, &c.

The new and varied programme contains

A GRAND MILITARY POT POURRI,

Expressly arranged for this concert, entitled,

A DAY IN CAMP;

OR, RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WAR.

Which will be performed by the two orchestras at 9 1/2 [sic] precisely.

Also, for the first time, a grand pot pourri, for two orchestras, entitled,

DER MUSIKALISCHE STECKBRIEF,

Which will be performed at 7 1/2 [sic] precisely.

Admission free to the entire entertainment.

The Concert will commence at 4 1/2."

“Al Fresco Concerts—The Lion Park Entertainment.—On the upper part of the Island, at Falk’s Belvidere [sic] Lion Park, music reigned supreme all Saturday afternoon and evening. Mr. F. offered to a crowd of pleasure-seekers a grand entertainment, in which two distinct bands performed on the grounds and in the noble concert hall; and two extraordinary features of that musical entertainment were found in grand Pot Pouris [sic], arranged for two bands placed at opposite ends of the halls—one called ‘The Musikalische Steckbrief,’ the other ‘A day in Camp,’ or pyrotechnics and imitations of the combat’s crash and din. Mr. Falk’s band, in chief, has been reduced, cutting off stringed instruments, and is, perhaps, better fitted now to give sensation music than before. The performance on Saturday was creditable, and highly relished by the large audience, who, as in Vienna, Berlin and other German cities, enjoyed music at their ease, sipping lager been, Rhine wine, lemonade, &c., or else refreshing themselves with ice creams, cake and more solid promoters of the complacent, agreeable frame of mind that follows ‘restoration.’ That hall is excellent for its purpose, uniting free and true conveyance of sound with all the means for comfortable location of a very large assemblage. Quiet and order are strictly enforced, and when, as in one solitary case, which happened mid war’s stern alarms in that battle piece, misbehavior appeared in the guise of a rude young man, a speedy exit was provided for the person, who there found himself in the wrong place for rude behavior or noisy, turbulent conversation. There is but one disagreeable incident connected with these meritorious al fresco concerts, got up by the experienced manager who originated musical performances of a high order on the plan so universally approved in Germany, to combine good music with rational enjoyment. Mr. Falk’s original enterprise proved highly lucrative, he clearing $18,000 in one year’s trial of it, although the best musicians were employed and the best conductor in this country presided over his band. That one disagreeable, annoying incident springs not from any matter controlled by Mr. Falk, but the Eighth ave. Horse Railway, which provides inadequate conveyance for visitors to his popular entertainment and grounds. On Saturday night, the 10 1/2 o’clock car passengers had to work their passage homeward ever that road, and pretty hard was their work to lift the car over high grades, the outside passengers or those who hung upon its steps and sides with many others suspended by the straps, getting off frequently and pushing, tugging with all their might to prevent stranding upon Eighth avenue a dreary line of travel. Advertisements promised ample accommodation for visitors to Lion Park Concerts, but if that be a specimen of finales to musical entertainments, we apprehend that Mr. Falk will find his patrons diminish with every like experience of bad faith on the part of horse-railway managers. It cannot be that deficient remuneration causes short supply of cars, when abundance of passengers are sure to be realized, for that road charges higher than any other like mode of passenger conveyance on Manhattan Island. We allude to this disagreeable accompaniment or rather winding-up of very enjoyable pastime, not for the sake of faultfinding, but in justice to all who are induced by public announcement to participate in these entertainments, in full confidence that nothing will mar the enjoyment they rightfully expect there.”