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Sat 19 Sep 1953
- 19:30
  Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1953
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Jeremiah Clarke
  The Prince of Denmark's March (arr. Henry Wood)
  Arthur Sullivan
  Overture di ballo
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Serenade to Music
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No 28 in C major, K 200
  Robert Schumann
  Piano Concerto in A minor
  Arnold Bax
  Coronation MarchProms premiere
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Benjamin Britten
  The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia!
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)
  Unknown
  National Anthem
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  William Overton
  trumpet
  trumpet
  Arnold Greir
  organ
  organ
  BBC Symphony Orchestra ()
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Singers
  Eileen Joyce
  piano
  piano
  Constance Shacklock
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Composers
  Jeremiah Clarke
  Arthur Sullivan
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Robert Schumann
  Arnold Bax
  Edward Elgar
  Benjamin Britten
  Thomas Arne
  Hubert Parry
  Unknown
Fri 18 Sep 1953
- 19:30
  Prom 48
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Iphigénie en Aulide (arr. Richard Wagner)Overture
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  Arthur Benjamin
  Romantic Fantasy Proms premiere
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (orch. Henry Wood)
  interval
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Gladys Ripley
  contralto
  contralto
  Norman Walker
  bass
  bass
  Elsie Morison
  soprano
  soprano
  Richard Lewis
  tenor
  tenor
  Royal Choral Society
  Trevor Harvey
  conductor
  conductor
  Jean Pougnet
  violin
  violin
  Herbert Downes
  viola
  viola
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Arthur Benjamin
  Johann Sebastian Bach
Thu 17 Sep 1953
- 19:30
  Prom 47
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Gioachino Rossini
  Il viaggio a ReimsOverture Proms premiere
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 7 in D minor
  interval
  Edmund Rubbra
  Viola Concerto in A majorProms premiere
  Hector Berlioz
  The damnation of Faust - Marche hongroise
  The damnation of Faust - Ballet des sylphes
  The damnation of Faust - Menuet des follets
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Myra Hess
  piano
  piano
  William Primrose
  viola
  viola
  Trevor Harvey
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Gioachino Rossini
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Antonín Dvořák
  Edmund Rubbra
  Hector Berlioz
Wed 16 Sep 1953
- 19:30
  Prom 46
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
  Johannes Brahms
  Vier ernste Gesänge, Op 121 (orch. Malcolm Sargent)
  Robert Schumann
  Cello Concerto in A minor
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 7 in C major
  interval
  Edward Elgar
  The Music Makers
  Performers
  Gladys Ripley
  contralto
  contralto
  André Navarra
  cello
  cello
  Royal Choral Society
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Johannes Brahms
  Robert Schumann
  Jean Sibelius
  Edward Elgar
Tue 15 Sep 1953
- 19:30
  Prom 45
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op 11No. 4a Minuet I (G major)
  Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op 11No. 4b Minuet II (G minor)
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Symphony No. 4 in E minor
  interval
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Scheherazade
  Performers
  Ossy Renardy
  violin
  violin
  David McCallum
  violin
  violin
  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov