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Sat 20 Sep 1952
- 19:30
  Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1952
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ottorino Respighi
  La boutique fantasque (suite)
  Claude Debussy
  Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
  Franz Liszt
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)
  Benjamin Britten
  The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Henry Wood
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 5 Jack's the Lad
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 6 Farewell and Adieu, Ye Spanish Ladies - Cadenza
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 7 Home, Sweet Home
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 9 Rule, Britannia!
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 3 The Saucy Arethusa
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 4 Tom Bowling
  Unknown
  National Anthem
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Kendall Taylor
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Ottorino Respighi
  Claude Debussy
  Franz Liszt
  Igor Stravinsky
  Benjamin Britten
  Edward Elgar
  Henry Wood
  Unknown
Fri 19 Sep 1952
- 19:30
  Prom 48
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Alceste - Overture
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  Constant Lambert
  Summer's Last Will and TestamentNo. 6 Rondo burlesca 'King Pest'
  Summer's Last Will and TestamentNo. 7 Saraband 'Adieu, farewell earth's bliss!'
  George Frideric Handel
  Music for the Royal Fireworks – overture (arr. Hamilton Harty)
  Music for the Royal Fireworks - No 3. Bourrée (arr. Hamilton Harty)
  Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (arr. Hamilton Harty)No. 3 La paix: Largo alla siciliana
  Music for the Royal Fireworks - No 5. Minuets (arr. Hamilton Harty)
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Mary Jarred
  contralto
  contralto
  Owen Brannigan
  bass
  bass
  Richard Lewis
  tenor
  tenor
  Eleanor Houston
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Trevor Harvey
  conductor
  conductor
  Redvers Llewellyn
  baritone
  baritone
  John Hollingsworth
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Constant Lambert
  George Frideric Handel
Thu 18 Sep 1952
- 19:30
  Prom 47
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  The Magic Flute (Overture)
  Johannes Brahms
  Vier ernste Gesänge, Op 121 (orch. Malcolm Sargent)
  Howard Ferguson
  Concerto for Piano, Op 12Proms premiere
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No. 3)
  interval
  Robert Schumann
  Piano Concerto in A minor
  Isaac Albéniz
  Iberia - La Fête Dieu à Séville (orchestrated by Enrique Arbos)No. 3 Fête-Dieu à Séville
  Performers
  Kathleen Ferrier
  contralto
  contralto
  Myra Hess
  piano
  piano
  Dorothy Bond
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Johannes Brahms
  Howard Ferguson
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Robert Schumann
  Isaac Albéniz
Wed 17 Sep 1952
- 19:30
  Prom 46
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  George Frideric Handel
  Coronation Anthem ‘Zadok the Priest’
  Concerto Grosso in D minor, HWV 328, Op. 6, No. 10
  Organ Concerto in F major, HWV 292, Op. 4 No. 4
  JephthaAria 'Waft her, angels, through the skies' Act 3
  JephthaRecitative 'Deeper, and deeper still' Act 2
  Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B flat major
  Israel in Egypt (Pt 2, No 6: He spake the word)
  Israel in Egypt (Pt 2, No 9: He smote all the first-born)
  Israel in Egypt (Pt 2, No 7: He gave them hailstones)
  Israel in Egypt (Pt 2, No 8: He sent a thick darkness)
  Israel in Egypt (Pt 3, No 39: Sing ye to the Lord)
  Edward Elgar
  The Music Makers
  Performers
  Royal Choral Society
  Margaret Cobb
  organ
  organ
  James Johnston
  tenor
  tenor
  Léon Goossens
  oboe
  oboe
  Marjorie Thomas
  contralto
  contralto
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  George Frideric Handel
  Edward Elgar
Tue 16 Sep 1952
- 19:30
  Prom 45
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Academic Festival Overture
  Double Concerto
  Symphony No. 3 in F major
  interval
  John Gardner
  Variations on a Waltz of Carl Nielsen, Op 13 London premiere
  Bedrich Smetana
  Má vlastNo. 2 Vltava
  Performers
  Alfredo Campoli
  violin
  violin
  André Navarra
  cello
  cello
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  John Gardner
  Bedrich Smetana