Venue(s):
Gilmore's Concert Garden
Manager / Director:
Patrick S. Gilmore
Conductor(s):
Patrick S. Gilmore
Price: $.50; $1 extra, private box
Event Type:
Band
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
7 July 2025
“The programmes at this summer resort, which becomes more and more attractive and popular each week, are increasing in musical interest. Mr. Gilmore, having the best materials that his country can furnish in military band music, is evidently determined to avail himself to the utmost extent of his opportunities. Last night the garden, more lovely than ever with its increased wealth of foliage and flowers, was crowded to its fullest extent, and Levy, Sohst and Arbuckle, the soloists, received double encores. Levy played Schubert’s ‘Ave Maria’ with such exquisite finish and expression that he was recalled twice. Sohst sang ‘Non e Ver’ with warmth and passion. The best efforts of the unrivalled band, over one hundred strong, were directed toward the ‘Tannhäuser’ overture, the grandest that Wagner ever wrote; the ‘Oberon’ overture, the chef d’oeuvre of Weber, and the magnificent potpourri of Meyerbeer’s operas.”