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Sat 17 Sep 1960
- 19:30
  Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1960
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Bedrich Smetana
  The Bartered BrideOverture
  Edvard Grieg
  Lyric Suite, Op 54
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
  Richard Strauss
  Don Juan
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Gustav Holst
  Beni Mora
  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
  Colin Horsley
  piano
  piano
  Constance Shacklock
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Bedrich Smetana
  Edvard Grieg
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Richard Strauss
  Edward Elgar
  Gustav Holst
  Henry Wood
  Thomas Arne
  Hubert Parry
  Unknown
Fri 16 Sep 1960
- 19:30
  Prom 48
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Alceste - Overture
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  Darius Milhaud
  La création du monde, Op 81Proms premiere
  Franz Liszt
  Two Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S 110No. 2 Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  John Mitchinson
  tenor
  tenor
  Elsie Morison
  soprano
  soprano
  Monica Sinclair
  contralto
  contralto
  Donald Bell
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  Royal Choral Society
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Stanford Robinson
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Darius Milhaud
  Franz Liszt
Thu 15 Sep 1960
- 19:30
  Prom 47
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Felix Mendelssohn
  A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture
  Alan Rawsthorne
  Symphonic Studies
  Alban Berg
  Violin Concerto
  George Frideric Handel
  Organ Concerto No 7 in B flat major
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 4 in E minor
  Performers
  Ralph Holmes
  violin
  violin
  Ralph Downes
  organ
  organ
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Alan Rawsthorne
  Alban Berg
  George Frideric Handel
  Johannes Brahms
Wed 14 Sep 1960
- 19:30
  Prom 46
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Cantata 'Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir', BWV 29 – Sinfonia (arr. A. Guilmant)No. 1 Sinfonia
  Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049
  Cantata No. 21, 'Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis', BWV 21
  Thea Musgrave
  Triptych World premiere
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No 36 in C major 'Linz', K 425
  Performers
  Francis Jackson
  organ
  organ
  Hugh Maguire
  violin
  violin
  Lowry Sanders
  flute
  flute
  Alexander Murray
  flute
  flute
  Duncan Robertson
  tenor
  tenor
  Heather Harper
  soprano
  soprano
  Charles Spinks
  harpsichord
  harpsichord
  Maude Baker
  contralto
  contralto
  Donald Bell
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  BBC Singers
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Meredith Davies
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Thea Musgrave
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Tue 13 Sep 1960
- 19:30
  Prom 45 - 86th Anniversary of Schoenberg's Birth
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Variations on the St Anthony Chorale
  Alto Rhapsody
  Symphony No. 3 in F major
  Arnold Schoenberg
  De profundis, Op 50b Proms premiere
  De profundis, Op 50b - This was the second of two performances of De profundis, played in succession
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No. 1 in F minor
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Norma Procter
  contralto
  contralto
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (men's voices)
  London New Music Singers (men's voices)
  Graham Treacher
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Singers
  London New Music Singers
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Dmitry Shostakovich