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21 Sep 1899, Queen's Hall
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20:00
Thu 21 Sep 1899
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Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata and Fugue in F major, BWV 540 (orch. Heinrich Esser)
No. 1 Toccata
Arthur Sullivan
Ivanhoe
Aria 'Come, gentle sleep' Act 3 Scene 1
Henri Rabaud
Eglogue, Op 7
UK premiere
sco Schira
Sognai
Heinrich Hofmann
Serenade, Op 65
No. 2 Andante UK premiere
Paul Taffanel
Sicilienne-étude, Op 7
Charles Villiers Stanford
Suite of Ancient Dances, Op 58a
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Caprice héroïque, Op 106
Proms premiere
Édouard Lalo
Rapsodie norvégienne
Arthur Sullivan
Thou’rt ing Hence
interval
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Suite, Op 71a
Arthur Sullivan
The Gondoliers, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Hermann Löhr
When thou art near me
Frank Lewis Moir
The Harbour Bay
Jules Massenet
Hérodiade
Ballet Music Act 2 London premiere
Xaver Scharwenka
Scherzo, Op 8
Proms premiere
Florence Aylward
The song of the bow
Proms premiere
Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dances, Op 46
No. 4 in F major
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Herbert Grover
tenor
tenor
Percy Pitt
piano
celesta
piano
celesta
Belle Cole
contralto
contralto
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Giulia Cerasoli
piano
piano
Maria Beatrice Cerasoli
piano
piano
W. A. Peterkin
bass
bass
Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
Arthur Sullivan
Henri Rabaud
sco Schira
Heinrich Hofmann
Paul Taffanel
Charles Villiers Stanford
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Édouard Lalo
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Hermann Löhr
Frank Lewis Moir
Jules Massenet
Xaver Scharwenka
Florence Aylward
Antonín Dvořák
About this event
Part of
Proms 1899
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