Central Park Band Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Mall

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
29 December 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Sep 1873, Afternoon

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Central Park Band
2)
Ernani, introduction
Composer(s): Verdi
3)
Semiramide, overture
Composer(s): Rossini
4)
An der schönen, blauen Donau, op. 314
aka Blue Danube
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Jenny l'Hirondelle
Composer(s): Lachner
6)
INTERMISSION
7)
Fidelio, overture, unidentified
aka Leonore overture, unidentified
Composer(s): Beethoven
8)
Symphony, no. 3, op. 56, A minor. Scherzo
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
9)
Faust, selection
Composer(s): Gounod
10)
Fackeltänz, military band, no. 2
aka Torch dance, no. 2
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
11)
INTERMISSION
12)
Bohemian girl, The, selection
Composer(s): Balfe
13)
Quadrille on Bizet’s La jolie fille de Perth
Composer(s): Unknown composer
14)
Arm in arm, op. 215
Composer(s): Strauss
15)
Shamrock garland, The
Composer(s): Dodworth
16)
National potpourri
aka National pot pouri; National potpourri; National medley; National airs
Composer(s): Dodworth

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 06 September 1873, 3.

“The Department of Parks announce that if the weather be fine there will be music by the Central Park Band on the Mall at Central Park this afternoon.” Lists program.