Thomas Popular Garden Concert: 61st
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)
15 Aug 1866, 8:00 PMProgram Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
"ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15,
A MENDELSSOHN NIGHT,
when the second part of the Programme will consist of compositions by that illustrious composer exclusively."
"ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15,
A MENDELSSOHN NIGHT,
when the second part of the Programme will consist of compositions by that illustrious composer exclusively."
"ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, April [sic] 15,
A MENDELSSOHN NIGHT,
when the second part of the Programme will consist of compositions by that illustrious composer exclusively."
No program given. Does not mention "Mendelssohn Night."
This announcement for Mendelssohn Night was published a day after the event took place.
"THEODORE THOMAS'S SUMMER CONCERTS.
When Mr. Thomas announced that he would give nightly concerts in a public garden during the Summer months the undertaking was deemed extra hazardous, and but few believed that it would last a month. We as a people do not care to mix indiscriminately at places of amusement, more especially when it is a question whether ladies shall or shall not go. The idea of a public garden has long been classed with associations of by no means a high-toned character, and our sense of propriety was at once on the alert to examine the cause thoroughly. The name of Mr. Theodore Thomas was, to all who knew him, a guarantee of high excellence in his department, and gave assurance that all else connected with the enterprise would be in proper keeping. The first visit satisfied all present that the place was delightful, the music charming in variety and good in execution, and that ladies could visit there with perfect propriety. It has now been in operation for nearly three months, the company visiting there is of the best class in the city. Gentlemen do not go there alone, but are, in almost every instance, accompanied by their families. On every visit we recognize hundreds of habitues of our opera house and concert rooms.
The musical selections are always excellent. We have rarely heard a poor prrogramme. Overtures, pot-pourris from favorite operas, waltzes, fantasies, marches, solos, and characteristic and descriptive polkas, fare the staples of the general programmes, but on Tuesday and Friday evenings, the second act consists entirely of Classical Music, such as the Midssummer Night's music, and whole symphonies by Beethoven, Mozart, &c. These works are finely performed, and the deep attention of the crowded audiences prove not only how keenly the works are relished, but the high musical intelligence of the listeners. The solo performances, by members of the orchestra, are delightful featuers of the programme, and their fine execution shows of what material the orchestra is composed. We are satisfied that these concerts, besides being delightful to listen to, do incalculable good to the cause of music; they sustain the interest which dies out in Summer time from the lack of means of gratifying it, and educate the taste for the finest styles of composition.
This evening [sic] a Mendelssohn programme will be performed, the second act being exclusively devoted to the works of that great master. The occasion will attract a crowd of the lovers of Mendelssohn."