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Sat 24 Jul 1948
19:30
Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1948
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Unknown
National Anthem
Hector Berlioz
Overture 'Le carnaval romain'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
Aria 'Il mio tesoro' Act 2 Scene 10
Camille Saintâ€Saëns
Le rouet d'Omphale, Op 31
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
Gustav Holst
The Perfect Fool
Ballet music
Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Sergey Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf, Op 67
Emmanuel Chabrier
Joyeuse marche
Performers
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
Heddle Nash
tenor
tenor
Clifford Curzon
piano
piano
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Constance Cummings
narrator
narrator
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Unknown
Hector Berlioz
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Camille Saintâ€Saëns
Ludwig van Beethoven
Gustav Holst
Paul Dukas
Sergey Prokofiev
Emmanuel Chabrier
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Mon 26 Jul 1948
19:30
Prom 02
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche slave, Op 31
The Maid of Orleans
Recitative & aria 'So wills the Lord!...Farewell you native hills and fields' Act 1 No. 7
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra
Symphony No. 5 in E minor
interval
Richard Strauss
Don Quixote, Op 35
Performers
Oda Slobodskaya
soprano
soprano
Paul Tortelier
cello
cello
Harry Danks
viola
viola
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Richard Strauss
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Tue 27 Jul 1948
19:30
Prom 03
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068
Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056
Cantata No. 152, 'Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn', BWV 152
No. 4 Aria 'Stein, der über alle Schätze'
Cantata No. 68, 'Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt', BWV 68
No. 2 Aria 'Mein gläubiges Herze'
interval
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (orch. Ottorino Respighi)
Gustav Holst
Concerto for Two Violins
The Planets
No. 1 Mars, the Bringer of War
The Planets
No. 2 Venus, the Bringer of Peace
The Planets
No. 4 Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Performers
Ronald Smith
piano
piano
Joan Alexander
soprano
soprano
Harry Danks
viola
viola
Geoffrey Gilbert
flute
flute
Peter Muscant
cello
cello
Frederick Grinke
violin
violin
David Martin
violin
violin
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gustav Holst
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Wed 28 Jul 1948
19:30
Prom 04
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Abduction from the Seraglio
Overture
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No 1 in C minor
interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia concertante in E flat major
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
Performers
Denis Matthews
piano
piano
Jean Pougnet
violin
violin
Frederick Riddle
viola
viola
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johannes Brahms
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Thu 29 Jul 1948
19:30
Prom 05
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Carl Maria von Weber
Euryanthe, J291
Overture
Edward Elgar
Sea Pictures
No. 3 Sabbath morning at sea
Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D major
interval
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Partita
First concert performance
Maurice Ravel
Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No. 2
Performers
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
Gladys Ripley
contralto
contralto
Albert Ferber
piano
piano
Ralph Vaughan Williams
conductor
conductor
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Carl Maria von Weber
Edward Elgar
Sergey Rachmaninov
Jean Sibelius
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Maurice Ravel
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Fri 30 Jul 1948
19:30
Prom 06
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture ‘Coriolan’
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’
Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 3 in A minor
Performers
Solomon
piano
piano
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sergey Rachmaninov
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Sat 31 Jul 1948
19:30
Prom 07
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville – overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
Recitative & aria 'Crudele? Ah no, mio bene!...Non mi dir' Act 2 Scene 10
Frederick Delius
A Village Romeo and Juliet
The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
Richard Strauss
Don Juan
George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto in G minor/major
interval
interval
interval
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
Performers
Elena Danieli
soprano
soprano
Irene Kohler
piano
piano
Jeanne Demessieux
organ
organ
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Gioachino Rossini
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Frederick Delius
Sergey Rachmaninov
Richard Strauss
George Frideric Handel
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Mon 2 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 08
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Jeremiah Clarke
The Prince of Denmark's March (arr. Henry Wood)
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor
Giuseppe Verdi
La forza del destino
Aria 'Pace, pace mio Dio!' Act 4 Scene 2
AntonÃn Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’
Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose – suite
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
Aria 'Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore' Act 2
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor
Polovtsian Dances Act 2
Performers
George Eskdale
trumpet
trumpet
Arnold Greir
organ
organ
London Symphony Orchestra (members)
London Symphony Orchestra
Eileen Joyce
piano
piano
Margherita Grandi
soprano
soprano
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Jeremiah Clarke
Edvard Grieg
Giuseppe Verdi
AntonÃn Dvořák
Maurice Ravel
Giacomo Puccini
Alexander Borodin
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Tue 3 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 09
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Franz Schubert
Die Zauberharfe, D 644
Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor
Franz Schubert
Die Zwillingsbrüder, D 647
Aria 'Der Vater mag wohl immer Kind mich nennen'
Symphony No 5 in B flat major
interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oboe Concerto in C major, K314
First performance in England
interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 in D major, ‘Prague’
Performers
Clifford Curzon
piano
piano
Daria Bayan
soprano
soprano
Evelyn Rothwell
oboe
oboe
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Franz Schubert
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Wed 4 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 10
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro
Overture
Carl Maria von Weber
Der Freischütz
Recitative & aria 'Wie nahte mir der Schlummer...Leise, leise' Act 1
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 6 in E minor
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasia, S 123
Claude Debussy
La mer
Performers
Emelie Hooke
soprano
soprano
Solomon
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Carl Maria von Weber
Robert Schumann
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Franz Liszt
Claude Debussy
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Thu 5 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 11
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
AntonÃn Dvořák
Overture 'Carnival'
Violin Concerto in A minor
Symphony No. 8 in G major
Bohuslav Martinů
Concertino for Piano, H 269
First performance in England
interval
interval
Bedrich Smetana
Má vlast
No. 2 Vltava
Performers
Max Rostal
violin
violin
Liza Fuchsova
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
Composers
AntonÃn Dvořák
Bohuslav Martinů
Bedrich Smetana
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Fri 6 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 12
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Creatures of Prometheus
No. 1 Overture
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
interval
Jean Sibelius
En saga
Edvard Grieg
Reminiscences from Mountain and Fjord, Op 44
No. 3 Ragnhild
Peer Gynt (Solveig's cradle song)
Humphrey Searle
Fuga giocosa, Op 13
World premiere
Performers
Kendall Taylor
piano
piano
Astra Desmond
contralto
contralto
Anon.
orchestrator
orchestrator
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Jean Sibelius
Edvard Grieg
Humphrey Searle
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Sat 7 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 13
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Carl Maria von Weber
Der Freischütz
Overture
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Two Keyboards in C major, BWV 1061
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished'
interval
Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlos
Aria 'Tu che le vanità ' Act 5
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Camille Saintâ€Saëns
The Carnival of the Animals
Maurice Ravel
µþ´Ç±ôé°ù´Ç
Performers
Rae Robertson
piano
piano
Ethel Bartlett
piano
piano
Eva Turner
soprano
soprano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Carl Maria von Weber
Johann Sebastian Bach
Franz Schubert
Giuseppe Verdi
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Camille Saintâ€Saëns
Maurice Ravel
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Mon 9 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 14
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Mazeppa
Gopak Act 1 No. 4a
Piano Concerto No 2 in G major
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
Constant Lambert
Horoscope
Jean Sibelius
Lemminkäinen Suite, Op 22
No. 2 The Swan of Tuonela
Lemminkäinen Suite, Op 22
No. 4 Lemminkäinen's Return
Performers
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
Noel Mewton-Wood
piano
piano
Constant Lambert
conductor
conductor
Helen Gaskell
cor anglais
cor anglais
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Constant Lambert
Jean Sibelius
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Tue 10 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 15
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Frederick Delius
A Dance Rhapsody No. 1
Piano Concerto in C minor
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Appalachia
Joseph Haydn
Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major
Bedrich Smetana
Má vlast
No. 4 From Bohemia's Woods and Fields
interval
Performers
Clifford Curzon
piano
piano
George Pizzey
baritone
baritone
Alexandra Choir
Peter Muscant
cello
cello
Paul Beard
violin
violin
Edward Selwyn
oboe
oboe
Richard Newton
bassoon
bassoon
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Frederick Delius
Joseph Haydn
Bedrich Smetana
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Wed 11 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 16
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
George Frideric Handel
Water Music Suite (arr. Hamilton Harty)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Two Keyboards in C minor, BWV 1060
George Frideric Handel
Theodora
No. 35 Reciative 'O thou bright Sun!' Act 2 Scene 2
Theodora
No. 38 Recitative 'But why art thou disquieted' Act 2 Scene 2
Theodora
No. 34 Symphony of Soft Musick Act 2 Scene 2
Theodora
No. 36 Air 'With darkness deep' Act 2 Scene 2
Theodora
No. 37 Symphony Act 2 Scene 2
Theodora
No. 39 Air 'Oh that I on wings could rise' Act 2 Scene 2
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047
interval
George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto in G minor (Handel/Wood)
Igor Stravinsky
Concerto for Two Solo Pianos
John Ireland
A London Overture
Performers
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Vitya Vronsky
piano
piano
Victor Babin
piano
piano
Jo Vincent
soprano
soprano
Geoffrey Gilbert
flute
flute
Paul Beard
violin
violin
Edward Selwyn
oboe
oboe
Jack Mackintosh
trumpet
trumpet
Arnold Richardson
organ
organ
Composers
George Frideric Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach
Igor Stravinsky
John Ireland
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Thu 12 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 17
Royal Albert Hall
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Richard Wagner
Lohengrin
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
William Walton
Violin Concerto
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 1 in E minor
Erno Dohnanyi
Variations on a Nursery Song, Op 25
Hector Berlioz
Benvenuto Cellini
Overture
Performers
Alfredo Campoli
violin
violin
Ivey Dickson
piano
piano
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Richard Wagner
William Walton
Jean Sibelius
Erno Dohnanyi
Hector Berlioz
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Fri 13 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 18
Royal Albert Hall
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
Symphony No 8 in F major
Bernard George Stevens
Fugal Overture, Op 9
World premiere
interval
AntonÃn Dvořák
Symphonic Variations, Op 78
Performers
Cyril Preedy
piano
piano
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Bernard George Stevens
AntonÃn Dvořák
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Sat 14 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 19
Royal Albert Hall
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Arthur Sullivan
Overture di ballo
Sir George Dyson
The Canterbury Pilgrims
No. 11 The Wife of Bath
Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No 2 in B minor
Johann Strauss II
The Blue Danube
Edvard Grieg
Two Elegiac Melodies, Op 34
Proms premiere
Benjamin Britten
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
interval
Performers
Isobel Baillie
soprano
soprano
Colin Horsley
piano
piano
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Arthur Sullivan
Sir George Dyson
Sergey Rachmaninov
Alexander Borodin
Johann Strauss II
Edvard Grieg
Benjamin Britten
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Mon 16 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 20
Royal Albert Hall
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Richard Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 36 Wahn! Wahn! Ãœberall Wahn! Act 3 Scene 1
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 49 Dance of the Apprentices Act 3 Scene 5
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 23b Was duftet doch der Flieder Act 2 Scene 3
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 33 Prelude Act 3
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 24 Gut'n Abend, Meister! Act 2 Scene 4
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 47 Selig, wie die Sonne Act 3 Scene 4
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 51 Wach auf! es nahet gen den Tag Act 3 Scene 5
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 35a Am Jordan Sankt Johannes stand Act 3 Scene 1
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 56 Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein Act 3 Scene 5
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 48b Sankt Krispin, lobet ihn! Act 3 Scene 5
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 58 Ehrt eure deutschen Meister Act 3 Scene 5
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 34b Blumen und Bänder seh' ich dort Act 3 Scene 1
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 35b Schön' Dank, mein Jung! Act 3 Scene 1
interval
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major
Fantasy-Overture 'Hamlet'
Performers
Joan Cross
Eva
Eva
Frank Titterton
Walther
Walther
Tom Williams
Hans Sachs
Hans Sachs
George James
Pogner
Pogner
Constance Shacklock
Magdalene
Magdalene
Alfred Hepworth
David
David
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Singers
Goldsmiths Choral Union
Iris Loveridge
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Richard Wagner
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Tue 17 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 21
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johannes Brahms
Variations on the St Anthony Chorale
Alto Rhapsody
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
Symphony No. 4 in E minor
interval
Performers
Kathleen Ferrier
contralto
contralto
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, Â鶹ԼÅÄ Chorus) (men's voices)
Solomon
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Johannes Brahms
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Wed 18 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 22
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento No 11 in D major, K251
Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K 467
The Abduction from the Seraglio
Aria 'Ha! wie will ich triumphieren' Act 3 Scene 5
Symphony No. 40 in G minor
interval
AntonÃn Dvořák
Cello Concerto in B minor
Slavonic Dances, Op 46
No. 3 in A flat major
Performers
Nina Milkina
piano
piano
Trevor Anthony
bass
bass
Pierre Fournier
cello
cello
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
AntonÃn Dvořák
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Thu 19 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 23
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Hector Berlioz
Overture ‘Le corsaire’
Edward Elgar
Violin Concerto in B minor
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 in C major
interval
Constant Lambert
The Rio Grande
Maurice Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole
Performers
Jean Pougnet
violin
violin
Gladys Ripley
contralto
contralto
Eric Harrison
piano
piano
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Singers
London Symphony Orchestra
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
Composers
Hector Berlioz
Edward Elgar
Jean Sibelius
Constant Lambert
Maurice Ravel
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Fri 20 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 24
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont
No. 1 Overture
Concerto for violin, cello and piano in C major, 'Triple Concerto'
Symphony No. 7 in A major
interval
Arnold Cooke
Concert Overture No. 2
London premiere
Max Reger
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart
Performers
James Whitehead
cello
cello
Leonard Hirsch
violin
violin
Harry Isaacs
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Arnold Cooke
Max Reger
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Sat 21 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 25
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor
Overture
Giuseppe Verdi
A Masked Ball
Recitative & aria 'Ecco l'orrido campo...Ma dall' arido stelo divulsa' Act 2
Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo in G minor, from Octet, Op 20 (orchestral version)
Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major
Edward Elgar
‘Enigma’ Variations
interval
Percy Grainger
Danish Folk-Music Suite
First performance in England
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Overture '1812'
Performers
Victoria Sladen
soprano
soprano
Kendall Taylor
piano
piano
Percy Grainger
piano
piano
Thomas Best
organ
organ
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Alexander Borodin
Giuseppe Verdi
Felix Mendelssohn
Sergey Prokofiev
Edward Elgar
Percy Grainger
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Mon 23 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 26
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty
No. 6 Valse Act 1 No. 2
Violin Concerto in D major
Symphony No. 4 in F minor
interval
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Concerto for Piano No. 2 in G minor, Op 23
First performance in England
Hector Berlioz
The damnation of Faust - Marche hongroise
The damnation of Faust - Menuet des follets
Performers
Ida Haendel
violin
violin
Noel Mewton-Wood
piano
piano
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Hector Berlioz
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Tue 24 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 27
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066
Keyboard Concerto in D minor
Georg Philipp Telemann
Cantata 'Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt', TWV 1:877 (arr. Henry Wood)
No. 1 Aria 'Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt' - Misattributed to J. S. Bach in the printed programme as Cantata No. 160 (BWV 160)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major
interval
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537, Op 86 (orch. Edward Elgar)
No. 2 Fugue
Edward Elgar
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
Performers
Eric Hope
piano
piano
William Herbert
tenor
tenor
Paul Beard
violin
violin
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
Georg Philipp Telemann
Edward Elgar
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Wed 25 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 28
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon, J306
Overture
Gabriel Fauré
Pavane
- Additional item not listed in 1948 Proms Prospectus.
Alan Rawsthorne
Violin Concerto No. 1
London premiere
Edward Elgar
Falstaff
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Performers
Theo Olof
violin
violin
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Carl Maria von Weber
Gabriel Fauré
Alan Rawsthorne
Edward Elgar
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Thu 26 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 29
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op 11
No. 6 Rondo: Allegro
Violin Concerto in D major
Symphony No. 3 in F major
Béla Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 3
Zoltán Kodály
Dances of Galánta
interval
Performers
Ida Haendel
violin
violin
Monique Haas
piano
piano
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
Composers
Johannes Brahms
Béla Bartók
Zoltán Kodály
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Fri 27 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 30
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major
interval
Arthur Bliss
Music for Strings
Maurice Ravel
La valse
Performers
Denis Matthews
piano
piano
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Arthur Bliss
Maurice Ravel
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Sat 28 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 31
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Gioachino Rossini
William Tell (Overture)
Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut
Aria 'In quelle trine morbide' Act 2
Manon Lescaut
Aria 'Sola, perduta, abbandonata' Act 4
Jean Sibelius
Valse triste
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor
Zoltán Kodály
Háry János - suite
Georges Auric
Overture
First performance in England
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Suite, Op 71a
Performers
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
Joan Hammond
soprano
soprano
Alan Loveday
violin
violin
Zoltán Kodály
conductor
conductor
Sandor Kolompar
cimbalom
cimbalom
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Gioachino Rossini
Giacomo Puccini
Jean Sibelius
Felix Mendelssohn
Zoltán Kodály
Georges Auric
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Mon 30 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 32
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman
Overture
°Õ²¹²Ô²Ô³óä³Ü²õ±ð°ù
No. 10 Dich, teure Halle, grüss' ich wieder Act 2 Scene 1
Parsifal
Good Friday Music (concert version) Act 3 Scene 1
Tristan and Isolde
No. 8c O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe Act 2 Scene 2
³Òö³Ù³Ù±ð°ù»åä³¾³¾±ð°ù³Ü²Ô²µ
No. 32 Frau Sonne, sendet lichte Strahlen Act 3 Scene 1
Die Walküre
No. 40 Leb' wohl [Wotan's Abschied] Act 3 Scene 3
Die Walküre
No. 43 Feuerzauber Act 3 Scene 3
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Performers
Mary Bothwell
soprano
Isolde
soprano
Isolde
Walter Widdop
Tristan
Tristan
Constance Shacklock
µþ°ù²¹²Ô²µÃ¤²Ô±ð
µþ°ù²¹²Ô²µÃ¤²Ô±ð
Margaret Godley
soprano
soprano
Margaret Rees
soprano
soprano
Margaret Rolfe
contralto
contralto
Harold Williams
baritone
baritone
Louis Kentner
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Richard Wagner
Franz Liszt
Ottorino Respighi
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Tue 31 Aug 1948
19:30
Prom 33
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Lennox Berkeley
Piano Concerto in B flat major
World premiere
AntonÃn Dvořák
Symphony No. 7 in D minor
interval
Ernest Chausson
±Ê´Çè³¾±ð
Hector Berlioz
The Trojans
Chasse royale et orage Act 4
The Trojans
Marche troyenne (Concert version, arr. Berlioz)
Performers
Colin Horsley
piano
piano
Yfrah Neaman
violin
violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lennox Berkeley
AntonÃn Dvořák
Ernest Chausson
Hector Berlioz
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Wed 1 Sep 1948
19:30
Prom 34
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046
Violin Concerto in E major
Cantata No. 53, 'Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde', BWV 53
Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049
Concerto for Four Keyboards in A minor, BWV 1065
interval
Ralph Vaughan Williams
A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2)
Performers
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
Marie Wilson
violin
violin
Nancy Evans
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Edward Walker
flute
flute
George Stratton
violin
violin
Gordon Walker
flute
flute
Eleanor Pembridge
piano
piano
Christine Pembridge
piano
piano
Violet Graham
piano
piano
Ruth Harte
piano
piano
Ralph Vaughan Williams
conductor
conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Thu 2 Sep 1948
19:30
Prom 35
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Jean Sibelius
Tapiola
Violin Concerto
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major
interval
Ernest John Moeran
Serenade in G major
World premiere
Arnold Bax
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
Performers
Henry Holst
violin
violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Jean Sibelius
Ernest John Moeran
Arnold Bax
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Fri 3 Sep 1948
19:30
Prom 36
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture 'Leonore' No. 1, Op 138
Symphony No. 2 in D major
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
Arnold Bax
Symphony No. 7
Performers
Myra Hess
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Arnold Bax
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Sat 4 Sep 1948
19:30
Prom 37
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride
Overture
Claude Debussy
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor
Recitative & aria 'Slowly the day died away...Come, give answer!' Act 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 in D major, 'Haffner'
interval
William Walton
Sinfonia concertante
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto in D minor (Handel/Wood)
Richard Wagner
Traüme, WWV 91b (arr. Johan Svendsen)
Die Walküre
Walkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1
Performers
Parry Jones
tenor
tenor
Phyllis Sellick
piano
piano
Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball
organ
organ
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Bedrich Smetana
Claude Debussy
Alexander Borodin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
William Walton
Richard Strauss
George Frideric Handel
Richard Wagner
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Mon 6 Sep 1948
19:30
Prom 38
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin
Polonaise Act 3 Scene 1
Eugene Onegin
Aria 'Puskay pogibnu ya' Act 1 Scene 2
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55
No. 4 Tema con variazioni
Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55
No. 1 Elegie
Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55
No. 2 Valse melancolique
interval
William Walton
Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor
Performers
Oda Slobodskaya
soprano
soprano
Cyril Smith
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
William Walton
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Tue 7 Sep 1948
19:30
Prom 39
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 29 in A major, K 201
Joseph Haydn
Keyboard Concerto in D major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 in G major 'The Surprise'
interval
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’
No. 3 Moonlight
Performers
Kathleen Long
piano
piano
Dennis Brain
horn
horn
Frederick Grinke
violin
violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Joseph Haydn
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Benjamin Britten
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Wed 8 Sep 1948
19:30
Prom 40
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Felix Mendelssohn
Overture 'Ruy Blas'
Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
Symphony No. 2 in D major
interval
Performers
Myra Hess
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Felix Mendelssohn
Johannes Brahms
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Thu 9 Sep 1948
19:30
Prom 41
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Così fan tutte, K 588
Overture
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor
Paul Hindemith
Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'
interval
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique
Performers
Marjorie Avis
soprano
soprano
Margaret Godley
soprano
soprano
Margaret Rees
soprano
soprano
Margaret Rolfe
contralto
contralto
Betty Hutchings
soprano
soprano
Maude Baker
contralto
contralto
Gladys Bishop
contralto
contralto
Kathleen Kay
contralto
contralto
Bradshaw Macmillan
tenor
tenor
Emlyn Bebb
tenor
tenor
John Duncan
tenor
tenor
Reginald Mitchell
tenor
tenor
Stanley Riley
bass
bass
Leonard Hubbard
bass
bass
Victor Utting
bass
bass
Roland Izzard
bass
bass
Anthony Pini
cello
cello
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Edward Elgar
Paul Hindemith
Hector Berlioz
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Fri 10 Sep 1948
19:30
Prom 42
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio
Overture
Violin Concerto in D major
Symphony No. 5 in C minor
John Ireland
Legend
Frederick Delius
Paris (The Song of a Great City)
Performers
Ida Haendel
violin
violin
Kyla Greenbaum
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
John Ireland
Frederick Delius
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Sat 11 Sep 1948
19:30
Prom 43
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
°Õ²¹²Ô²Ô³óä³Ü²õ±ð°ù
No. 1 Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
Aria 'Madamina! il catalogo è questo' Act 1 Scene 5
Sergey Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
César Franck
Symphony in D minor
Maurice Jaubert
Suite française, Op 36a
First performance in England
Camille Saintâ€Saëns
Samson et Dalila
Recitative & aria 'Samson, recherchant ma présence...Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!' Act 2
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio italien, Op 45
Performers
Owen Brannigan
bass
bass
Cyril Smith
piano
piano
Muriel Brunskill
contralto
contralto
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Richard Wagner
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sergey Rachmaninov
César Franck
Maurice Jaubert
Camille Saintâ€Saëns
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Mon 13 Sep 1948
19:30
Prom 44
Royal Albert Hall
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Richard Wagner
Siegfried
Act 1 Scene 3
Siegfried
Forest Murmurs (orchestral synthesis) Act 2 Scene 2
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No. 3 Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde (Prologue)
³Òö³Ù³Ù±ð°ù»åä³¾³¾±ð°ù³Ü²Ô²µ
No. 2 Tagesgrauen und Sonnenaufgang (Prologue)
³Òö³Ù³Ù±ð°ù»åä³¾³¾±ð°ù³Ü²Ô²µ
No. 5 Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (Prologue)
³Òö³Ù³Ù±ð°ù»åä³¾³¾±ð°ù³Ü²Ô²µ
No. 4 O heilige Götter! (Prologue)
³Òö³Ù³Ù±ð°ù»åä³¾³¾±ð°ù³Ü²Ô²µ
No. 40 Starke Scheite Act 3 Scene 3
interval
Cyril Scott
Oboe Concerto
World premiere
Richard Strauss
Death and Transfiguration
Performers
Torsten Ralf
Siegfried
Siegfried
Hubert Norville
Mime
Mime
Mary Bothwell
µþ°ùü²Ô²Ô³ó¾±±ô»å±ð
soprano
µþ°ùü²Ô²Ô³ó¾±±ô»å±ð
soprano
Léon Goossens
oboe
oboe
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
Composers
Richard Wagner
Cyril Scott
Richard Strauss
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Tue 14 Sep 1948
19:30
Prom 45
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro
Ralph Vaughan Williams
A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1)
interval
Frederick Delius
Violin Concerto
John Ireland
These Things Shall Be
Performers
Elsie Suddaby
soprano
soprano
Harold Williams
baritone
baritone
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Chorus
Jean Pougnet
violin
violin
Gordon Clinton
baritone
baritone
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Edward Elgar
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Frederick Delius
John Ireland
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Wed 15 Sep 1948
19:30
Prom 46
Royal Albert Hall
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Franz Schubert
Overture in C major in the Italian Style
Fantasy in C major, D760, 'Wanderer' (orch. Liszt)
Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
Franz Liszt
Rhapsodie espagnole, S 254 (orch. Ferruccio Busoni)
Franz Schubert
Erlkönig, D. 328
(arr. unknown)
Franz Liszt
Two Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S 110
No. 2 Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke
Performers
Louis Kentner
piano
piano
Owen Brannigan
bass
bass
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Franz Schubert
Franz Liszt
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Thu 16 Sep 1948
19:30
Prom 47
Royal Albert Hall
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute (Overture)
Don Giovanni
Canzonetta 'Deh vieni alla finestra' Act 2
The Marriage of Figaro
Recitative & aria 'Tutto è disposto...Aprite un po' quegl' occhi' Act 4
Concerto in E flat major for two pianos
interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 in C major, ‘Jupiter’
Darius Milhaud
Suite française, Op 254
First performance in England
Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)
Performers
Roy Henderson
baritone
baritone
Cyril Smith
piano
piano
Phyllis Sellick
piano
piano
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Darius Milhaud
Igor Stravinsky
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Fri 17 Sep 1948
19:30
Prom 48
Royal Albert Hall
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Alceste - Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Hubert Parry
Blest Pair of Sirens
interval
Performers
Mary Jarred
contralto
contralto
Norman Walker
bass
bass
Parry Jones
tenor
tenor
Joan Hammond
soprano
soprano
Royal Choral Society
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Hubert Parry
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Sat 18 Sep 1948
19:30
Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1948
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Wasps – overture
John Ireland
Piano Concerto
Frederick Delius
Brigg Fair
Rutland Boughton
The Immortal Hour
No. 49 In the days of the great fires Act 2 - harp appears in 'How beautiful they are'
The Immortal Hour
No. 55 How beautiful they are Act 2 - harp appears in 'How beautiful they are'
William Walton
Coronation March ‘Crown Imperial’
interval
Edward Elgar
Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op 20
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
Henry Wood
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 5 Jack's the Lad
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 6 Farewell and Adieu, Ye Spanish Ladies - Cadenza
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 7 Â鶹ԼÅÄ, Sweet Â鶹ԼÅÄ
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 9 Rule, Britannia!
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 3 The Saucy Arethusa
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 4 Tom Bowling
Unknown
National Anthem
Performers
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Eileen Joyce
piano
piano
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
Marie Goossens
harp
harp
Trefor Jones
tenor
tenor
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Ralph Vaughan Williams
John Ireland
Frederick Delius
Rutland Boughton
William Walton
Edward Elgar
Henry Wood
Unknown
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