Thomas Popular Garden Concert: 78th

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:
14 November 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Sep 1866, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra
2)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
3)
Hexen-Tanz, op. 203
aka Witches' Dance; Witches' Dances
Composer(s): Lanner
4)
Aurora Polka, op. 165
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Deux journées, Les, overture
aka Porteur d’eau, Le; Wasserträger, Der; Water carrier, The
Composer(s): Cherubini
6)
Divertimento, K. 136, D major. Andante & Variations
aka Sextell
Composer(s): Mozart
7)
Huguenots, Les, duet
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
8)
Huguenots, Les, finale
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
9)
Nebelbilder
aka Cloud pictures; Dissolving views
Composer(s): Lumbye
10)
Minos-Klänge, op. 145
Composer(s): Strauss
11)
German Fire Department
Composer(s): Stasny
12)
Oberon, act 1, finale
Composer(s): Weber

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 September 1866.

Program.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 September 1866, 7.

Program.

3)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 04 September 1866, 6.

No program given.

4)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 04 September 1866, 7.

Program. Difficult to read.

5)
Announcement: New York Herald, 04 September 1866, 8.

"MR. THEODORE THOMAS

has a host of engagements on his hands for the [illeg.]. His garden concerts will continue until October, and will be succeeded by similar popular concerts given at Steinways' [sic] Hall every Thursday."