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Sat 23 Oct 1920
20:00
Prom 61 - Last Night of the Proms 1920
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) (arr. Henry Wood)
Unknown
La perle du Brésil (arr. Henry Wood)
Aria 'Charmant oiseau' Act 3
Enrique Granados
12 Danzas españolas, Op 37 (orch. Henry Wood)
No. 4 Villanesca (Allegretto alla pastorale)
12 Danzas españolas, Op 37 (orch. Henry Wood)
No. 5 Andantino quasi allegretto
12 Danzas españolas, Op 37 (orch. Henry Wood)
No. 6 Allegretto, poco a poco accelerando
Richard Strauss
Burleske
interval
Eric Coates
Woodnymphs
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
Aria 'Celeste Aïda' Act 1 Scene 1
Antonín Dvořák
8 Humoreskes, Op 101 (orch. Henry Wood)
No. 7 in G flat major
Édouard Lalo
Rapsodie norvégienne
Henry Wood
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
Hermann Löhr
Little corner of your heart
World premiere
Samuel Liddle
Onward
Robert Coningsby Clarke
The blind ploughman
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major
Unknown
National Anthem
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Frederick Kiddle
organ
piano
organ
piano
Charles A(lfred) Crabbe
cello
cello
John T(homas) Cockerill
harp
harp
Robert Murchie
flute
flute
Louise Dale
soprano
soprano
Johanne Stockmarr
piano
piano
Eric Coates
conductor
conductor
Lauritz Melchior
tenor
tenor
William W Thompson
organ
organ
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
Unknown
Enrique Granados
Richard Strauss
Eric Coates
Giuseppe Verdi
Antonín Dvořák
Édouard Lalo
Henry Wood
Hermann Löhr
Samuel Liddle
Robert Coningsby Clarke
Edward Elgar
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Fri 22 Oct 1920
20:00
Prom 60
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute
No. 1 Overture
Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas – 'Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am laid in earth' (arr. Wood)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major
Giuseppe Verdi
A Masked Ball
Recitative & aria 'Alzati!...Eri tu che macchiavi' Act 3 Scene 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 8 in F major
interval
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049
Frank Lambert
In memory of my sweet
World premiere
Robert Coningsby Clarke
Golden dancing days
Jean Sibelius
6 Songs, Op 36
No. 1 Svarta rosor
Gerald Carne
Provence
George Enescu
2 Romanian Rhapsodies, Op 11
No. 2 in D major
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Carmen Hill
contralto
contralto
Jelly Aranyi
violin
violin
Giorgio Corrado
baritone
baritone
Charles Woodhouse
violin
violin
Robert Murchie
flute
flute
W. G. Smith
flute
flute
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Henry Purcell
Ludwig van Beethoven
Giuseppe Verdi
Johann Sebastian Bach
Frank Lambert
Robert Coningsby Clarke
Jean Sibelius
Gerald Carne
George Enescu
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Thu 21 Oct 1920
20:00
Prom 59
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
Tristan and Isolde
Prelude (with Wagner's concert-ending) Act 1
Granville Bantock
Sappho
No. 1b Hymn to Aphrodite
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D 797
No. 10 Ballet No. 2 in G major: Andantino
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
Percy Pitt
Air de Ballet, Op 1a.1
interval
Hubert Parry
Judith
Aria 'God breaketh the battle'
Franz Liszt
Symphonic Poem No. 3 'Les Préludes', S 97
Julius Harrison
Worcestershire Suite
Samuel Liddle
Fulfilment
Colin Taylor
A visit from the sea
Peter Warlock
Dedication
Léo Delibes
Le roi l'a dit
Overture
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Margaret Balfour
contralto
contralto
Frederic Lamond
piano
piano
Gervase Elwes
tenor
tenor
Julius Harrison
conductor
conductor
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
Composers
Richard Wagner
Granville Bantock
Franz Schubert
Ludwig van Beethoven
Percy Pitt
Hubert Parry
Franz Liszt
Julius Harrison
Samuel Liddle
Colin Taylor
Peter Warlock
Léo Delibes
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Wed 20 Oct 1920
20:00
Prom 58
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
Overture
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Alceste
No. 3 Recitative & aria 'Où suis-je?...Non! Ce n'est point un sacrifice!' Act 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
Richard Wagner
Siegfried
No. 17b Mime, der Künstler Act 1 Scene 3
Siegfried
No. 16 Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert! Act 1 Scene 3
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
interval
Johann Sebastian Bach
acaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (orch. Francis Sanders and Henry Wood)
No. 1 acaglia
Montague Phillips
6 Songs, Op 30
No. 3 The silver lamps
Gustav Adolph Lembcke
May Song
Johan Backer-Lunde
Rise, Sun!
Emmanuel Chabrier
España
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Ethel Dyer
soprano
soprano
Harold Samuel
piano
piano
Lauritz Melchior
tenor
tenor
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Johann Sebastian Bach
Richard Wagner
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Montague Phillips
Gustav Adolph Lembcke
Johan Backer-Lunde
Emmanuel Chabrier
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Tue 19 Oct 1920
20:00
Prom 57
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
Antonín Dvořák
The Spectre's Bride, Op 69
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Swan Lake
No. 13d Danse des cygnes: Allegro moderato Act 2 No. 4d
Swan Lake
No. 10 Scène Act 2 No. 1
Swan Lake
No. 2 Valse Act 1 No. 2
Swan Lake
No. 20 Danse hongroise (Czárdás) Act 3 No. 6
Swan Lake
No. 13e Pas d'action Act 2 No. 4e
César Franck
Les Djinns
Sir Eugene Goossens
The Eternal Rhythm, Op 5
World premiere
interval
Edric Cundell
Our Dead, Op 11
First public performance
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman
Overture
George Henschel
Spring
Henry Ley
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
Peter Warlock
As ever I saw
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
Louise Trenton
soprano
soprano
Kathleen Frise-Smith
piano
piano
Sir Eugene Goossens
conductor
conductor
Gervase Elwes
tenor
tenor
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
Composers
Richard Wagner
Antonín Dvořák
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
César Franck
Sir Eugene Goossens
Edric Cundell
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
George Henschel
Henry Ley
Peter Warlock
Moritz Moszkowski
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