Includes program. 

“This beautiful summer resort, which is now considered one of the chief attractions of the metropolis, was crowded last evening. Gilmore’s band, numbering over 100 musicians, among whom are the principal virtuosi of the country, had a new bill and gave to each number a standard of perfection in rendering such as is rarely heard from a military band. In Wagner’s overture, ‘Rienzi,’ the power and finished expression of the band was shown in its best light and again in the very clever transcription of the Chevalier de Kontsky’s ‘Le Reveil du Lion’ a second triumph was achieved. A potpourri from Lecocq’s last work, ‘Le Près St. Gervais,’ was very cleverly rendered. Mr. Gilmore has assembled together in his band the best virtuoso talent that any military band in the world can boast of, and the long, painstaking, daily rehearsals, to which they are subjected, have brought forth good fruit. His soloists are also of the very best kind that can be selected. Levy has no equal living as a cornet player; Arbuckle, in his portraiture of melodies on the cornet has a host of admirers, and Sohst is an accomplished baritone singer. Other soloists will be introduced in a very short time. But the band itself, as a grand military organization, is the principal feature. Its répertoire is gradually extending and in a little while we may expect a new bill every night.”