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Sat 21 Aug 1943
- 19:00
  Prom 55 - Last Night of the Proms 1943
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  William Walton
  Coronation March ‘Crown Imperial’
  Arnold Bax
  Summer Music Proms premiere
  Rutland Boughton
  The Immortal HourNo. 49 In the days of the great fires Act 2
  The Immortal HourNo. 55 How beautiful they are Act 2
  Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
  Scottish Concerto, Op 55
  interval
  Gustav Holst
  The PlanetsNo. 3 Mercury, the Winged Messenger
  The PlanetsNo. 4 Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
  Henry Wood
  Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
  Unknown
  National Anthem
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Trefor Jones
  tenor
  tenor
  Sidonie Goossens
  harp
  harp
  Adrian Boult
  conductor
  conductor
  Ivey Dickson
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  London Philharmonic Orchestra
  Composers
  William Walton
  Arnold Bax
  Rutland Boughton
  Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
  Gustav Holst
  Henry Wood
  Unknown
Fri 20 Aug 1943
- 19:00
  Prom 54
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Overture ‘Coriolan’
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  Frederick Delius
  Sea Drift Proms premiere
  interval
  George Frideric Handel
  Coronation Anthem ‘Zadok the Priest’
  Performers
  Muriel Brunskill
  contralto
  contralto
  Norman Walker
  bass
  bass
  Parry Jones
  tenor
  tenor
  Joy McArden
  soprano
  soprano
  Alexandra Choir
  Roy Henderson
  baritone
  baritone
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Adrian Boult
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Frederick Delius
  George Frideric Handel
Thu 19 Aug 1943
- 19:00
  Prom 53
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  Introduction and Allegro
  Granville Bantock
  SapphoNo. 2 I loved thee once, Atthis
  Ernest John Moeran
  Rhapsody No. 3 in F sharp major World premiere
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
  Performers
  Mary Jarred
  contralto
  contralto
  Harriet Cohen
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Adrian Boult
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Granville Bantock
  Ernest John Moeran
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Wed 18 Aug 1943
- 19:00
  Prom 52
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537, Op 86 (orch. Edward Elgar)
  Cantata No. 81, 'Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen" href="/proms/events/composers/4e60a56a-514a-4a19-a3cc-49927c96b3cb" >Edward Elgar
  Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  Astra Desmond
  contralto
  contralto
  Marie Wilson
  violin
  violin
  Gerald Jackson
  flute
  flute
  Frank Almgill
  flute
  flute
  Cyril Smith
  piano
  piano
  Phyllis Sellick
  piano
  piano
  Ernest Hall
  trumpet
  trumpet
  Horace Green
  oboe
  oboe
  Adrian Boult
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Edward Elgar
Tue 17 Aug 1943
- 19:00
  Prom 51
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  The Marriage of FigaroOverture
  William Walton
  Violin Concerto
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
  Dmitri Kabalevsky
  Colas Breugnon, Op 24a (suite) First performance in England
  Richard Wagner
  Die WalküreWalkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1
  Performers
  Henry Holst
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Adrian Boult
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  William Walton
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Dmitri Kabalevsky
  Richard Wagner