Thomas Popular Garden Concert: 57th

Event Information

Venue(s):
Terrace Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
7th Ave. between 58th and 59th Sts. Central Park Garden

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

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 November 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Aug 1866, 8:00 PM

Program Details

The selections from Faust included the the Soldiers’ chorus and “Parlatele d’amor,” among other "well known airs," as per the review in the New York Herald.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Deutscher Schützenfest-Marsch, op. 133
aka Frankfurt Schutzen March; Schützen March; Schuetzen Marsch; Frankfurter-Serenaden-Marsch; Bayerischer Schützenfest-Marsch; Würzburger Schützenfest-Marsch; Schutzenfest Marsch ; Frankfurter Schützenmarsch; German Singermarch
Composer(s): Hamm
3)
Gazza ladra, La, overture
aka Diebische Elster, Die; Thieving magpie
Composer(s): Rossini
4)
Pesther-Walzer, op. 93
aka Pesther; Pesther waltz
Composer(s): Lanner
5)
Faust, selections
aka Grand Potpourri
Composer(s): Gounod
6)
Symphony, no. 4, op. 60, B-flat major
Composer(s): Beethoven
7)
Humoresken, selections
Composer(s): Riede
8)
Extravaganten, Die, op. 205
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
Bauern, op. 276
Composer(s): Strauss
10)
Trovatore, Il, selection
Composer(s): Verdi

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 08 August 1866, 5.

Brief and at conclusion of review for concert on 08/07/66. "On Friday night the next classical selections will be given."

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 August 1866.

Program.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 August 1866, 7.

Program.

4)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 10 August 1866.

Program.

5)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 10 August 1866, 6.

No program given.

6)
Review: New York Herald, 11 August 1866, 4.

     “Musical. Theodore Thomas’ Symphony Soirees. Terrace Garden was last night inflicted with a jam; chairs were numerous but all occupied, and it was a matter of no small difficulty to get a seat even with such ample space as the garden affords. The concerts are becoming more and more popular, and it is now quite a rarity to find a New Yorker who has not been to at least one of them. The selection last night was choice. The overture to La Gazza Ladra and a grand selection from the everlasting Faust were the gems of the first part. When will people have enough of this opera? It would seem as impossible to bring anything novel into a thing worn to very tatters, but the manner in which Mr. Thomas introduced the Soldiers’ Chorus was quite new. The parlatele d’amo[r] sounded the best of the many well known airs. The second part of the programme was taken up solely with the symphony in B, No. 4. It opens with an adagio movement, then gliding into an allegro vivace, closing with an allegro ma non troppo. This beautiful symphony was not listened to as attentively as might have been expected, the audience being much too busy greeting friends and sipping cobblers. The efficacy and strength of the orchestra was well shown in this symphony, a work of Beethoven’s mature years. The concert closed with a potpourri, introducing many well known airs, among which the Carnival di Venice was beautifully executed.”