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:
18 April 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Sep 1865, 3:30 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Central Park Band
2)
Tancredi, overture
Composer(s): Rossini
3)
Terrace, The
Composer(s): Kochkeller
4)
Symphony, no. 3, op. 56, A minor. Scherzo
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
5)
Aspinwall
Composer(s): Dodworth
6)
Maritana, overture
Composer(s): Wallace
7)
"Himmel im Thale, Der"
aka Heaven in the valley
Composer(s): Dietto
8)
Semiramide, selections
aka Medley; Melange
Composer(s): Rossini
9)
Cricket polka
Composer(s): Jullien
10)
Belle Ettie, La
Composer(s): Dodworth
11)
Nabucco, "Immenso Jehova"
aka Nabuco
Composer(s): Verdi
12)
Moss-rose, The
Composer(s): Luckner
13)
Union, The
aka Union: north, south, east, and west
Conductor: Dodworth, Harvey Bradley
Composer(s): Dodworth

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 22 September 1865, 4.

Program.

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 23 September 1865, 4.
3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 23 September 1865, 7.
4)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 23 September 1865.
5)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 25 September 1865, 8.

“The skies were lowering on Saturday, and neither the music nor the attendance at the open-air concert, on the afternoon of that day, were quite as satisfactory as could have been desired. Most persons who went to the Park took with them their umbrellas, and perhaps the musicians were careless in their performance, knowing that the audience was prepared to hoise parasols and decamp at a moment’s notice. The Scherzo from Mendelssohn’s ever delightful Scotch symphony, was given however, in a very creditable manner, and was the feature of the entertainment, although a stirring march by Kochkeller drew out considerable applause.  Those of an appreciative turn, who attend these concerts, observe that the marches bearing the foregoing name are uniformly good, and it is due to the composer to inform the public that he is a young German musician of this city, a member of the Central Park band, and a skillful performer as well as a talented composer.”