The Knights, a dynamic young chamber orchestra, had to cut short their performance in June at the Naumburg Bandshell when it began to pour. But they were luckier on Tuesday.... Read More...

With all the great new music out there, .... why did they play so much old stuff? Maybe because they knew they could bring so much joy to it - and counterintuitivity, too. Read More...

Photographic shots of August 3rd concert -

The historic Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, is one of New York City's great cultural icons. WQXR's Midge Woolsey recently spoke to Christopher W. London, a great-grandson of the bandshell donor Elkan Naumburg, about his hopes for the preservation of the bandshell.
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Naumburg Orchestral Concerts on MYFOXNY.COM -

Since 1923, the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park has hosted free, classical music concerts for the public.

Good Day NY entertainment reporter Julie Chang stopped in on the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players

Can't make it on July 6? There are shows on July 20 and August 3.

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" ... the Knights, a stylish, adventurous young chamber orchestra..."
"The concert, presented by Naumburg Orchestral Concerts .... drew what appeared to be hundreds of aficionados and curiosity seekers."
"The old band shell served its original purpose, focusing and projecting the ensemble's appealing sound..."

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On Tuesday evening at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park, Ms. St. John was joined by her older brother, Scott St. John - a violinist, violist and member of the St. Lawrence String Quartet - for a spirited performance of Bach's Concerto for Two Violins in D minor (BWV 1043). The work concluded an excellent concert by the Knights, a dynamic young chamber orchestra.
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"The hint of poignancy in this modest affair wasn't simply a matter of the setting. Farther up in the park, the New York Philharmonic was hosting its own boisterous concert on the Great Lawn. Still, about 1,200 people turned up for the Naumburg event, according to a Brooklyn Philharmonic representative, and they responded generously." Read More...

"The main business of the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts at the Central Park Bandshell is what the name suggests: symphonic music. And all but one of this summer's free performances are by the Naumburg Orchestra, but the exception was the opening concert, on Tuesday evening, by Imani Winds, a woodwind quintet." Read More...

"... the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, now in their 101st year, are presented in a facility actually designed for music: the Naumburg Bandshell, which opened in 1923. The classically inspired limestone structure on the west side of the park near 72nd Street was the venue for the opening concert of this summer's series on Tuesday evening." Read More...

"Most of the 600 folding chairs were taken and the nearby benches filled, but the concert had a much more intimate feel than the Great Lawn extravaganzas. Best of all, the crowd showed a genuine interest in listening. It helped that Carlos Miguel Prieto, who leads orchestras in Xalapa, Mexico, and Huntsville, Ala., offered an ambitious and engaging program of works from North and South America, including music by Ives, Copland, Barber and Bernstein but also fascinating selections by Alberto Ginastera and Silvestre Revueltas." Read More...

"They say that people never value something until it's taken from them. Well, the devotion of the Naumburg family to the cause of classical music has never been in doubt: Its members were instrumental in creating the Naumburg Foundation Awards for young musicians, the classical radio station WQXR-FM, and teh Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. But in 1989, they came close to losing something dear to their hearts - the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park, which has hosted concerts since 1923." Read More...

"For years, the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park has been in need of extensive repairs. Last week, the city began emergency work to deal with severe water damage to the roof of the bandshell, an 80-year-old half-dome in neo-Classical style that was donated to the city by a banker named Elkan Naumburg." Read More...

"The immediate cause of this complaint was the sudden, unannounced decision, a week ago, to turn the bandshell area, the focal point of the entire park, into a construction site. Scaffolding now encases the bandshell itself and a 10-foot tall chicken-wire gate, supported by massive metal piles driven into the pavement, has taken over half of the adjoining plaza." Read More...

"On Tuesday evening, under the baton of Derrick Inouye, the Naumburg Orchestra will perform works by Haydn, Stravinsky and Elgar under the Naumburg Band Shell on the mall in Central Park.... Unknown to most listeners, however, the neo-Classical limestone half-dome lies at the heart of a feud that has been raging for more than a decade and shows no sign of abating." Read More...

"Despite threatening showers and dreadful humidity, Tuesday night was another welcome opportunity to savor a local treasure: the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts in their 94th season." Read More...

"Five years after a court ruling saved the Naumburg Band Shell from demolition, a plan for its restoration has gained broad local support. But community boards around the park say the Parks Department has not responded to requests to repair the 75-year-old band shell, which presides over Bethesda Mall just south of the 72d Street transverse." Read More...

"Naturally, the concerts have changed over the years. For most of their history, they were given at the band shell that the Naumburg family gave to the city in 1923, although in the 1980's, they moved from Central Park to Damrosch Park, near Lincoln Center. In the early 1990's, it looked as though the band shell would be torn down, but now that it has been saved, and the concert area around it renovated, the concerts are back. And instead of assembling an ad hoc Naumburg Orchestra to play them, the Naumburg Foundation has hired the Orchestra of St. Luke's." Read More...

A prolonged battle over Central Park's band shell cystallizes one of historic preservation's central issues. [PDF of enire article]

"Saturday night's casual crowd had cool, clear skies above and some very interesting music making down below as Jens Nygaard conducted the Naumburg Orchestra. These free concerts have been going on in one venue or another since 1905, and the leisurely yet enthusiastic response here indicated that they are as popular as ever." Read More...

"The New York State Court of Appeals has blocked the demolition of the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park, ending a four-year battle between preservationists who wanted to save it and park officials who wanted it razed." Read More...

"The city yesterday threw in the baton on its plan to tear down the 70-year-old Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park after the state Court of Appeals refused to hear its case." Read More...

"el diario/LA PRENSA urges all the Latino community, and all New Yorkers who would like to continue enjoying the music as we've done in past summers, to support the efforts of London and the Coalition to Save the Naumburg Bandshell" Read More...

"Ruling that the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park was a gift to New York City and therefore must, by law, be preserved, a judge in Manhattan yesterday prohibited the city Department of Parks and Recreation from demolishing the band shell." Read More...

"An unidentified New York group has offered a new Manhattan home for the Central Park band shell, Parks Commissioner Betsy F. Gotbaum said yesterday, joining a roster of would-be rescuers for what was once known as the Temple of Music." Read More...

"In its 6-to-2 vote, the commission modified the preliminary approval it gave last month to an application from the Parks and Recreation Department, which is seeking to raze the band shell. The Art Commission has the final say on works of art and architecture on city-owned property." Read More...

"It is a magical occasion, and it's all free." Read More...

"Ten thousand persons were present in Central Park yesterday at the formal dedication by Elkan Naumburg, banker and music patron, of the new band stand on the Mall, which he gave to the city." Read More...