Includes program. 

“…Music now reasserts her mastery over the human breast, and Thomas and Gilmore have become the reigning divinities. Both sound Apollo’s lyre, and as of old the crowd gathers around to listen to the numbers that speak to their hearts through some mystic channel of sympathy. The classicists visit Central Park Garden and revel in symphonies and the grand works of the great composers, while the people who do not understand the music of the future gather around Gilmore with his admirable band—his soloists and singers—who are content to appeal to the popular heart through the simpler music that touches and moves the masses. Thomas and Gilmore supplied to New York a great want when they established their summer gardens, and the thousands of all classes who nightly visit them is the best proof of popular approval. The music in the Park is at this time of the year something particularly enjoyable.”