Central Park Band Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Mall

Conductor(s):
Claudio Solomon Grafulla

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 August 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Jun 1870, 3:30 PM

Program Details

Unclear if the program provided by the New York Herald is correct, as it is identical to that given the previous week (see event entry of 05/28/70: Central Park Band Concert). Music in Gotham assumes Grafulla the conductor of this event based on other recent events at the Central Park Mall.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Central Park Band
2)
Rendezvous
Composer(s): Wiegand
3)
Banditenstreiche, overture
aka Wild pranks
Composer(s): Suppé
4)
Song, unidentified
Composer(s): Abt
5)
Marien-Klänge, op. 214
Composer(s): Strauss
6)
INTERMISSION
7)
Brüder lustig
aka Jolly brothers; Bruder lustig
Composer(s): Budik
8)
Africaine, L', selection
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
9)
Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal, romanza
Composer(s): Donizetti
10)
Oberon, overture
Composer(s): Weber
11)
INTERMISSION
12)
Publicisten, Die, op. 321
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Dragons de Villars, Les, selection
Composer(s): Maillart
14)
Catherinen
Composer(s): Parlow
15)
Lohengrin, selection
Composer(s): Wagner

Citations

1)
Review: New York Herald, 05 June 1870, 4.

“…The great mass of visitors converged at the Mall so as to hear the splendid music of Grafulla’s incomparable band.

“From the time the concert began, at half-past three o’clock, till nearly six o’clock, when it ended, there was a perfect jam here. Every seat under the various marquees surrounding the music stand was filled and crowds were seated on the grass, and the spacious graveled walks were a solid mass of moving people…

“As for the music, no words can describe the fine execution of the band or the pleasure of listening to its magnificent playing. The programme was as follows, and, as will be seen, embraced a select and pleasing variety:—[Lists program].”

2)
Review: New-York Times, 05 June 1870, 3.

“…About 2 P. M. the crowds began to concentrate upon the mall and the terrace, and by 3½ P. M., the time for the concert to commence, not less than 4,000 people had congregated under the awnings around the musicians’ stand, upon the lawn and in the arbor by the Casino…

“The concert on the Mall yesterday afternoon comprised selections from Mozart, Weber, Wagner, Offenbach, Balfe, Strauss, and others, all of which were performed to the satisfaction and delight of the immense audience in attendance. They will be repeated every Saturday afternoon, when the weather permits, during the season.”