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25 Aug 1956, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Sat 25 Aug 1956 Next Event

Prom 31

19:30 Sat 25 Aug 1956 Royal Albert Hall

Programme

- - Gioachino Rossini
  - Il viaggio a ReimsOverture
- - Franz Schubert
  - Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D 797No. 6 Entr'acte No. 3 in B flat major: Andantino
  - Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D 797No. 10 Ballet No. 2 in G major: Andantino
- - Franz Liszt
  - Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Symphony No. 5 in C minor
- - Sergey Prokofiev
  - Peter and the Wolf, Op 67
- - Edvard Grieg
  - Two Elegiac Melodies, Op 34
- - Arthur Sullivan
  - Overture di ballo

Performers

Richard Farrell
piano
piano
Frank Phillips
narrator
narrator
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor

Composers

About this event

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BBC Symphony Orchestra links

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Malcolm Sargent links

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