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28 Sep 1897, Queen's Hall
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Tue 28 Sep 1897
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Proms 1897 Prom 27
Prom 27
20:00 Tue 28 Sep 1897 Queen's Hall
Programme
Gioachino Rossini
William Tell – overture
Semiramide
Cavatina 'Bel raggio lusinghier...Dolce pensiero' Act 1
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor
Edward German
Henry VIII
Morris Dance Act 4
Henry VIII
Shepherd's Dance Act 1
Henry VIII
Torch Dance Act 1
Ruggero Leoncavallo
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Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Richard Wagner
Tannhä, Grand Fantasia, WWV 70 (arr. unknown)
Gerard Cobb
The Scent of the Lilies
Angelo Mascheroni
For all eternity
Frederic Hymen Cowen
Border ballad
Proms premiere
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
No. 6 Wedding March
interval
interval
interval
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Clara Samuell
soprano
soprano
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
W. A. Peterkin
bass
bass
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Composers
Gioachino Rossini
Felix Mendelssohn
Edward German
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Wagner
Gerard Cobb
Angelo Mascheroni
Frederic Hymen Cowen
About this event
Part of
Proms 1897
Discover the Music
Part 02 - Rossini - William Tell Overture
Proms interval talk: Rossini's Semiramide
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
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