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7 Sep 1909, Queen's Hall
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Programme
Edward Elgar
In the South (Alassio)
Gioachino Rossini
Semiramide
Cavatina 'Bel raggio lusinghier...Dolce pensiero' Act 1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Suite, Op 71a
Sergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov
Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes, Op 28
First performance in England
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Henry VIII
Ballet Music No. 1: Introduction - Entry of the Clans Act 2
Henry VIII
Ballet Music No. 2: Idylle écossaise Act 2
Henry VIII
Ballet Music No. 4: Gipsy Dance Act 2
Henry VIII
Ballet Music No. 6: Gigue and Finale Act 2
Charles Gounod
Roméo et Juliette
Trio & quartet 'Dieu qui fis l'homme à ton image' Act 3 - sung without the accompanying solo voices
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Overture '1812'
Hector Berlioz
Benvenuto Cellini
Overture
interval
Frederic Clay
She wandered down the mountain side
Healey Willan
The tourney
Proms premiere
Antonín Dvořák
Overture 'Carnival'
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Joyce Bessly
soprano
soprano
Frederick Kiddle
celesta
piano
celesta
piano
Evelyn Suart
piano
piano
Ward Cowdery
bass
bass
Composers
Edward Elgar
Gioachino Rossini
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Charles Gounod
Hector Berlioz
Frederic Clay
Healey Willan
Antonín Dvořák
About this event
Part of
Proms 1909
Discover the Music
Elgar: In the South
Proms interval talk: Rossini's Semiramide
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Nicole Cabell sings Berlioz
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