Central Park Band Concert
Event Information
Venue(s):
Central Park Mall
Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth
Price: Free
Event Type:
Band
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
2 November 2011
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
15 Aug 1863, 4:00 PMProgram Details
Concert in three parts.
Performers and/or Works Performed
2)
aka Park march, The;
Central Park;
Central Park music;
Salutory park march;
Salutary park march;
Concert-Signal March;
Proem;
Attention;
Introductory march
Composer(s): Dodworth
4)
aka Ah! che la morte ognori;
Ah! I have sigh’d to rest me;
Lord have mercy;
Preghiera
Composer(s): Verdi
6)
7)
aka Hungarian March;
Rákóczi March;
Rakoczy
Composer(s): Berlioz
10)
aka Marche aux flambeaux;
Torch song;
Torch dance;
Fackeltanze
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
11)
16)
aka National pot pouri;
National potpourri;
National medley;
National airs
Composer(s): Dodworth
Citations
1)
“The Central Park Commissaires indicate that there will be a concert this afternoon at Dodworth’s Orchestra Mall. On the program, among other things, will be Dodworth’s Central Park March, the overture to Donizetti's ‘Märthrern’ [Il Poliuto], arias and the miserere chorus from the ‘Troubadour’ [Il trovatore], Wallace’s overture to ‘Maritana’ and potpourris from the [operas] ‘Freischütz’ and ‘Semiramide.’”
2)
“There will be music in the Central Park . . . if the weather is fine.”