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23 Sep 1899, Queen's Hall
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Programme
Ferdinand Hérold
Zampa
Overture
Charles Gounod
Roméo et Juliette
Valse-ariette 'Ah! Je veux vivre' Act 1
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
Percy Pitt
Tango
World premiere
William Vincent Wallace
Maritana
Ballad 'There is a flower that bloometh'
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Vincent d’Indy
Chanson et Danses, Op 50
UK premiere
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasia, S 123
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Overture '1812'
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Samson et Dalila
Recitative & aria 'Samson, recherchant ma présence...Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!' Act 2
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
Overture 'Britannia', Op 52
Richard Wagner
Tannhä, Grand Fantasia, WWV 70 (arr. unknown)
interval
Frederic Hymen Cowen
The Swallows
William Shield
The Ploughboy (arr. Wallace Sutcliffe)
Proms premiere of this arrangement
Richard Wagner
Rienzi
Overture
Paolo Tosti
My dreams
John Liptrot Hatton
The enchantress
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Lucile Hill
soprano
soprano
Percy Pitt
piano
organ
piano
organ
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
Ellison Hoose
tenor
tenor
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Miriam Timothy
harp
harp
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Edwin James
bassoon
bassoon
Friedrich Adolf Borsdorf
horn
horn
Désiré-Alfred Lalande
oboe
oboe
George Waddell Anderson
clarinet
clarinet
Wilfred James
bassoon
bassoon
Enrico Toselli
piano
piano
Louise Kirkby-Lunn
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Composers
Ferdinand Hérold
Charles Gounod
Richard Wagner
Percy Pitt
William Vincent Wallace
Johann Sebastian Bach
Vincent d’Indy
Franz Liszt
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
Frederic Hymen Cowen
William Shield
Paolo Tosti
John Liptrot Hatton
Johan Halvorsen
About this event
Part of
Proms 1899
Discover the Music
Wagner: Lohengrin - Opera Guide
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Wagner: Rienzi - Opera Guide
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