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Sat 20 Oct 1917
19:30
Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1917
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Edward Elgar
Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40 (arr. Joseph Hellmesberger)
Aria 'Ombra mai fù' Act 1 Scene 1
Ambroise Thomas
Mignon
No. 8 Entr'acte Act 2
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Maid of Orleans
Recitative & aria 'So wills the Lord!...Farewell you native hills and fields' Act 1 No. 7
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Suite de Ballet No. 1 (Gluck/Mottl)
interval
Franz Liszt
Totentanz
Joachim Raff
6 Morceaux, Op 85 (orch. Henry Wood)
No. 3 Cavatina
Édouard Lalo
Rapsodie norvégienne
Henry Wood
Fantasia on Scottish Melodies
Graham Peel
The country lover
No. 5 Wander-thirst
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor: Allegro, WoO 1.5 (orch. Albert Parlow)
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major: Vivace, WoO 1.6 (orch. Albert Parlow)
Unknown
National Anthem
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Frederick Kiddle
organ
piano
organ
piano
Arthur Beckwith
violin
violin
Arthur Jones
harp
harp
Olga Haley
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
William Murdoch
piano
piano
Pipe Major David A Smith
bagpipes
bagpipes
Composers
Edward Elgar
George Frideric Handel
Ambroise Thomas
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Franz Liszt
Joachim Raff
Édouard Lalo
Henry Wood
Graham Peel
Johannes Brahms
Unknown
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Fri 19 Oct 1917
19:30
Prom 48
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major
Giulio Caccini
Amarilli, mia bella (arr. Henry Wood)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
No. 1 Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
No. 2 Scherzo & Trio: Molto vivace - Presto
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
No. 3 Adagio molto e cantabile
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite 'No. 6' (Bach/Wood)
interval
Guy d’Hardelot
2 Songs
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Carmen Hill
contralto
contralto
Myra Hess
piano
piano
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
Giulio Caccini
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Guy d’Hardelot
Jean Sibelius
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Thu 18 Oct 1917
19:30
Prom 47
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Carl Maria von Weber
Euryanthe, J291
Overture
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
Aria 'Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore' Act 2
Edward Elgar
The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 2, Op 1b
Montague Phillips
Phantasy, Op 16
World premiere
Gioachino Rossini
William Tell – overture
Edward MacDowell
Suite No. 2 'Indian', Op 48
interval
Otto Nicolai
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Overture
Montague Phillips
Starry woods
5 Songs, Op 27
No. 3 Wild flowers
Ferdinand Hérold
Zampa
Overture
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Clara Butterworth
soprano
soprano
Montague Phillips
conductor
conductor
Arthur Beckwith
violin
violin
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
Composers
Carl Maria von Weber
Giacomo Puccini
Edward Elgar
Montague Phillips
Gioachino Rossini
Edward MacDowell
Otto Nicolai
Ferdinand Hérold
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Wed 17 Oct 1917
19:30
Prom 46
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Abduction from the Seraglio
Overture
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
Aria 'E lucevan le stelle' Act 3
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
George Enescu
2 Romanian Rhapsodies, Op 11
No. 2 in D major
interval
Haydn Wood
O flower divine
Moritz Moszkowski
4 Polish Folk Dances, Op 55 (orchestral version)
No. 4 Krakowiak in G major
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Herbert Cave
tenor
tenor
Arthur De Greef
piano
piano
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Giacomo Puccini
Edvard Grieg
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
George Enescu
Haydn Wood
Moritz Moszkowski
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Tue 16 Oct 1917
19:30
Prom 45
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Anton Stepanovich Arensky
Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, Op 35a
Jean Sibelius
5 Songs, Op 37
No. 1 Den första kyssen
5 Songs, Op 37
No. 5 Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte
Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird Suite
Nikolai Tcherepnin
Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op 30
Moritz Moszkowski
Boabdil, der letzte Maurenkönig, Op 49
Ballet Music No. 1: Moorish Fantasia Act 2
Boabdil, der letzte Maurenkönig, Op 49
Ballet Music No. 2: Scherzo-Valse Act 2
Boabdil, der letzte Maurenkönig, Op 49
Ballet Music No. 3: Malagueña Act 2
interval
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings in C major, Op 48
No. 3 Elegy: Larghetto elegiaco
Eric Coates
Our little home
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Kamarinskaya
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
Carmen Hill
contralto
contralto
Benno Moiseiwitsch
piano
piano
Composers
Anton Stepanovich Arensky
Jean Sibelius
Igor Stravinsky
Nikolai Tcherepnin
Moritz Moszkowski
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eric Coates
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
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