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Sat 16 Sep 1961
- 19:30
  Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1961
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Gioachino Rossini
  The Barber of Seville – overture
  Roberto Gerhard
  The DuennaWhat bard, O Time, discover Act 2 Scene 2 Proms premiere
  The DuennaSo speed you well Act 1 Scene 3 Proms premiere
  Edvard Grieg
  Piano Concerto in A minor
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 102 in B flat major
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Gustav Holst
  The Perfect FoolBallet music
  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. 3 The Saucy Arethusa
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 4 Tom Bowling
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia!
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)
  Unknown
  National Anthem
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Marie Collier
  soprano
  soprano
  Gina Bachauer
  piano
  piano
  Constance Shacklock
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Gioachino Rossini
  Roberto Gerhard
  Edvard Grieg
  Joseph Haydn
  Edward Elgar
  Gustav Holst
  Henry Wood
  Thomas Arne
  Hubert Parry
  Unknown
Fri 15 Sep 1961
- 19:30
  Prom 48
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  George Frideric Handel
  Ezio, HWV 29Overture Proms premiere
  Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K 297b (version for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn )
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  Performers
  Bernard Keeffe
  conductor
  conductor
  Janet Craxton
  oboe
  oboe
  Douglas Moore
  horn
  horn
  Colin Bradbury
  clarinet
  clarinet
  Geoffrey Gambold
  bassoon
  bassoon
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Elizabeth Simon
  soprano
  soprano
  Marjorie Thomas
  contralto
  contralto
  Donald Bell
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  Ronald Dowd
  tenor
  tenor
  BBC Singers
  Royal Choral Society
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  George Frideric Handel
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Thu 14 Sep 1961
- 19:30
  Prom 47
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 91 in E flat major Proms premiere
  Michael Tippett
  The Midsummer MarriageAria 'Who hopes to conjure with the world of dreams' Act 3
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Violin Concerto in E minor
  Arnold Bax
  Mater ora Filium Proms premiere
  Robert Schumann
  Symphony No. 2 in C major Proms premiere
  Performers
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Janet Baker
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Bronislaw Gimpel
  violin
  violin
  BBC Singers
  Meredith Davies
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
  Michael Tippett
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Arnold Bax
  Robert Schumann
Wed 13 Sep 1961
- 19:30
  Prom 46
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Idomeneo (Overture)
  Alban Berg
  Three Fragments from 'Wozzeck'
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043
  Franz Liszt
  Symphonic Poem No. 2 'Tasso: lamento e trionfo', S 96
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No 1 in C minor
  Performers
  Marie Collier
  soprano
  soprano
  Winifred Roberts
  violin
  violin
  Nona Liddell
  violin
  violin
  London Symphony Orchestra
  John Pritchard
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Alban Berg
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Franz Liszt
  Johannes Brahms
Tue 12 Sep 1961
- 19:30
  Prom 45
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Pohjola's Daughter
  Alan Rawsthorne
  Piano Concerto No. 1
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 6 in E minor
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Piano Concerto No 1 in D flat major
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
  Performers
  Dame Moura Lympany
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Alan Rawsthorne
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky