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Sat 24 Oct 1908
20:00
Prom 61 - Last Night of the Proms 1908
Queen's Hall
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Programme
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)
Gioachino Rossini
William Tell – overture
George Frideric Handel
Sosarme, re di Media, HWV 30 (arr. Henry Wood)
Aria 'Rend' il sereno al ciglio' Act 1 Scene 2
Joshua, HWV 64 (arr. Henry Wood)
Aria 'Oh! had I Jubal's lyre' Act 3 Scene 3
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
Edward German
The Seasons
No. 2 Harvest Dance Proms premiere
interval
Benjamin Godard
Suite, Op 116
Jacques Offenbach
The Tales of Hoffmann
Entr'acte Act 2
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
Aria 'Madamina! il catalogo è questo' Act 1 Scene 5
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)
No. 2 in D minor (ending in G major)
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major
Henry Wood
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
César Franck
Panis angelicus
Proms premiere
Edward German
Tom Jones (arr. unknown for voice & piano)
West Country Lad Act 1
Hector Berlioz
The Damnation of Faust
Marche hongroise
Unknown
National Anthem
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Olga Wood
soprano
soprano
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Frederic Austin
baritone
baritone
Frederick Kiddle
organ
piano
organ
piano
Alfred Kastner
harp
harp
Jacques Renard
cello
cello
Composers
Johannes Brahms
Gioachino Rossini
George Frideric Handel
Edvard Grieg
Edward German
Benjamin Godard
Jacques Offenbach
Jean Sibelius
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Franz Liszt
Edward Elgar
Henry Wood
César Franck
Hector Berlioz
Unknown
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Fri 23 Oct 1908
20:00
Prom 60
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047 (arr. Felix Mottl)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute
No. 4 Recitative & aria 'O zittre nicht...Zum Lieden bin ich' Act 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major
George Frideric Handel
Berenice, HWV 38
Aria 'Si, tra i ceppi' Act 2
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'
interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro
Overture
Robert Coningsby Clarke
Miniatures: a series of little songs
No. 4 A bowl of roses
A Birthday Song
Proms premiere
Sir Ivor Atkins
Too Late
Frederic Hymen Cowen
Onaway! awake, belovèd
Jules Massenet
Le Cid
Marche du Cid Act 3
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Arthur Catterall
violin
violin
F. L. Gyp
trumpet
trumpet
Henri Busscher
oboe
oboe
Caroline Hatchard
soprano
soprano
Maurice Sons
violin
violin
Robert Burnett
bass-baritone
bass-baritone
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
M. Wolters
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
George Frideric Handel
Felix Mendelssohn
Robert Coningsby Clarke
Sir Ivor Atkins
Frederic Hymen Cowen
Jules Massenet
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Thu 22 Oct 1908
20:00
Prom 59
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute
No. 1 Overture
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D 797
No. 10 Ballet No. 2 in G major: Andantino
Charles Gounod
Sapho
Recitative & aria 'Où suis-je?...O ma lyre immortelle' Act 3
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
Colomba, Op 28
Ballet Music No. 1: Presto - Allegretto grazioso Act 2
Colomba, Op 28
Ballet Music No. 2: Andantino Act 2
Colomba, Op 28
Ballet Music No. 3: Rustic March Act 2
Colomba, Op 28
No. Ballet Music No. 4: Saltarello Act 2
Charles Gounod
La reine de Saba
Recitative & aria 'La Reine?...Sous les pieds d'une femme' Act 4
Ambroise Thomas
Mignon
No. 1 Overture
interval
Frédéric Chopin
Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57
Proms premiere of this arrangement
Albert Zabel
Legend
Proms premiere
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished'
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Mazeppa
Entr'acte: The Battle of Poltava Act 3 No. 15
Olga Rudd
Love of mine
Proms premiere
Kennedy Russell
Haste to the fair
Richard Wagner
Huldigungsmarsch, WWV 97
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Gwladys Roberts
contralto
contralto
Max Mossel
violin
violin
Peter Dawson
bass-baritone
bass-baritone
Alfred Kastner
music arranger
harp
music arranger
harp
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
M. Wolters
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Franz Schubert
Charles Gounod
Felix Mendelssohn
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
Ambroise Thomas
Frédéric Chopin
Albert Zabel
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Olga Rudd
Kennedy Russell
Richard Wagner
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Wed 21 Oct 1908
20:00
Prom 58
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Franz Schubert
Die Zauberharfe, D 644
Overture
Claude Debussy
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Giuseppe Verdi
Requiem
No. 2c Liber scriptus
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Polish Fantasia on Original Themes, Op 19
George Frideric Handel
Samson
Aria 'Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed' Act 3 No. 7
Samson
Recitative 'Brethren, farewell!' Act 3 No. 6
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor
interval
Richard Strauss
Death and Transfiguration
Maude Valérie White
So we'll go no more a-roving
Antonín Dvořák
7 Zigeunermelodien, Op 55
No. 4 Als die alte Mutter
John Rogers Thomas
At Parting
Emmanuel Chabrier
Joyeuse marche
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Carmen Hill
contralto
contralto
Isador Epstein
piano
piano
Paul Reimers
tenor
tenor
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
M. Wolters
conductor
conductor
Composers
Franz Schubert
Claude Debussy
Giuseppe Verdi
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
George Frideric Handel
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Richard Strauss
Maude Valérie White
Antonín Dvořák
John Rogers Thomas
Emmanuel Chabrier
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Tue 20 Oct 1908
20:00
Prom 57
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
Edward Elgar
The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 2, Op 1b
Proms premiere
George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40 (arr. Henry Wood)
Recitative & aria 'Frondi tenere e belle...Ombra mai fù' Act 1 Scene 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor
César Franck
Les Djinns
Proms premiere
Hector Berlioz
The Damnation of Faust
Recitative & aria 'Vrai Dieu, messieurs...Une puce gentille'
The Damnation of Faust
Aria 'Voici des roses'
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Overture '1812'
interval
Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel
Dream Pantomime Act 2 Scene 3
Alicia Ann Spottiswoode
Annie Laurie
s Allitsen
6 Songs
No. 3 Margaret
Agnes Lambert
Give a man a horse he can ride
Proms premiere
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
Overture 'Britannia', Op 52
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Elizabeth Swinton
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Johanne Stockmarr
piano
piano
Robert Burnett
bass-baritone
bass-baritone
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
M. Wolters
conductor
conductor
Composers
Richard Wagner
Edward Elgar
George Frideric Handel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
César Franck
Hector Berlioz
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Engelbert Humperdinck
Alicia Ann Spottiswoode
s Allitsen
Agnes Lambert
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
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