Central Park Band Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Mall

Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 November 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Aug 1864, 4:30 PM

Program Details

The concert was performed in three parts.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Central Park Band
2)
Central Park
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
3)
Part du diable, La, overture
Composer(s): Auber
4)
"Why do I weep for thee?"
Composer(s): Wallace
Text Author: Linley
5)
Eldorado
aka Dorado
Composer(s): Fahrbach
6)
INTERMISSION
7)
Jubel-Ouvertüre
aka Jubel overture; Jubilee; Feste
Composer(s): Weber
8)
Puritani, I, "A te, o cara, amor talora"
Composer(s): Bellini
9)
Puritani, I, "Son vergin vezzosa"
aka "Bridal Song"; Polacca
Composer(s): Bellini
10)
Gazza ladra, La, selection
aka Dieblische Elster, Die; Thieving magpie
Composer(s): Rossini
11)
INTERMISSION
12)
Welcome home
aka Volunteers' welcome home march
Composer(s): Downing
13)
Freischütz, Der, selections
aka Freischutz; Freischütz, potpourri; Grand potpourri; Samiels Reise Abenteuer
Composer(s): Weber
14)
Fauvettes, Les
Composer(s): Bousquet
15)
National potpourri
aka National pot pouri; National potpourri; National medley; National airs
Composer(s): Dodworth
16)
Hoffnung-Strahlen, op. 158
aka Rays of hope; Star of hope; Rayons de repertoire, Les
Composer(s): Lanner
17)
Festmarsch
aka Schiller fest march
Composer(s): Meyerbeer

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 05 August 1864, 2.
Program.
2)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 06 August 1864.

3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 06 August 1864, 5.

“if the weather is fine”. Program included

4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 06 August 1864.

5)
Announcement: New York Herald, 06 August 1864.

6)
Review: New York Herald, 07 August 1864, 4.
“The Park Concert was attended yesterday afternoon by over twenty-five thousand persons, notwithstanding the heat and the threatening aspect of the weather.  The programme was finely selected, and the cornopean and baritone solos well executed.”