Central Park Band Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Mall

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Sep 1873, 3:00 PM

Program Details

The citation is imprecise about the programmed Beethoven work (the New York Herald reads: “Allegretto, Scherzando and Symphony”); Music in Gotham assumes it was the second movement from Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Central Park Band
2)
Lucia di Lammermoor, march
Composer(s): Donizetti
3)
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die, overture
aka Merry Wives of Windsor
Composer(s): Nicolai
4)
Sogno, Il
aka Happy dream, A
Composer(s): Abt
5)
Excelsior, [polka]
Composer(s): Frewin
6)
INTERMISSION
7)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, overture
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
8)
Symphony, no. 8, op. 93, F major. Allegretto scherzando
Composer(s): Beethoven
9)
Juive, La, selection
aka Jüdin, Die
Composer(s): Halévy
10)
March, op. 108, D major
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
11)
INTERMISSION
12)
Don Pasquale, selection
Composer(s): Donizetti
13)
Hibernian quadrille
aka Ireland; Quadrille on Irish airs
Composer(s): Jullien
14)
Fata Morgana, op. 330
Composer(s): Strauss
15)
Tour of Europe
aka Musical tour of Europe; Panorama musicale
Composer(s): Conradi
16)
National potpourri
aka National pot pouri; National potpourri; National medley; National airs
Composer(s): Dodworth

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 September 1873, 6.