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Sat 20 Oct 1923
20:00
Prom 61 - Last Night of the Proms 1923
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel
Overture
Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly
Aria 'Un bel di vedremo' Act 2
Frederick Delius
A Dance Rhapsody No. 2
World premiere
Franz Schubert
Fantasy in C major, D760, 'Wanderer' (orch. Liszt)
interval
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt, Suite No. 2, Op 55
Arthur Sullivan
Ivanhoe
Aria 'Woo thou thy snowflake' Act 2 Scene 2
Hubert Parry
Suite for Strings and Organ in E minor (arr. unknown)
Carl Maria von Weber
Invitation to the Dance (orch. Hector Berlioz)
Henry Wood
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
Montague Phillips
6 Songs, Op 36
No. 5 Daffodils in London Town
Florence Aylward
Play the game
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
Unknown
National Anthem
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Rosina Buckman
soprano
soprano
Jeanne-Marie Darré
piano
piano
Harold Williams
baritone
baritone
Frederick Kiddle
organ
piano
organ
piano
Composers
Engelbert Humperdinck
Giacomo Puccini
Frederick Delius
Franz Schubert
Edvard Grieg
Arthur Sullivan
Hubert Parry
Carl Maria von Weber
Henry Wood
Montague Phillips
Florence Aylward
Edward Elgar
Unknown
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Fri 19 Oct 1923
20:00
Prom 60
Queen's Hall
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Programme
George Frideric Handel
Chandos Anthem No. 2 'In the Lord put I my trust', HWV 247 (arr. Edward Elgar)
Overture in D minor London premiere
Carl Maria von Weber
Der Freischütz
Recitative & aria 'Wie nahte mir der Schlummer...Leise, leise' Act 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
George Frideric Handel
Water Music Suite (arr. Hamilton Harty)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro
Recitative & aria ''Hai già vinto la causa'...Vedrò, mentr'io sospiro' Act 3
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished'
interval
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite 'No. 6' (Bach/Wood)
Montague Phillips
Starry woods
Percy Fletcher
The Great Adventure
World premiere
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance in G minor (unspecified), WoO 1 (orch. unknown)
Hungarian Dance (unspecified), WoO 1 (orch. unknown)
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Florence Austral
soprano
soprano
Winifred MacBride
piano
piano
Malcolm McEachern
bass
bass
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
Composers
George Frideric Handel
Carl Maria von Weber
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Franz Schubert
Johann Sebastian Bach
Montague Phillips
Percy Fletcher
Johannes Brahms
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Thu 18 Oct 1923
20:00
Prom 59
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
Max Bruch
Das Feuerkreuz, Op 52
Aria 'Ave Maria'
John Rippiner Heath
Scherzo
London premiere
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor
Richard Wagner
Tannhä
No. 2 Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1
George Frideric Handel
Acis and Galatea
Aria 'O ruddier than the cherry' Act 2
Henry Walford Davies
A Memorial Suite in C major
World premiere of complete work
interval
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
sca da Rimini
Haydn Wood
A brown bird singing
Hermann Löhr
Roadways
Daniel François Esprit Auber
La muette de Portici, S 16
Overture
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Isobel Baillie
soprano
soprano
John Rippiner Heath
conductor
conductor
Beatrice Harrison
cello
cello
Peter Dawson
bass-baritone
bass-baritone
Sir Henry Walford Davies
piano
piano
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
Composers
Richard Wagner
Max Bruch
John Rippiner Heath
Edward Elgar
George Frideric Handel
Henry Walford Davies
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Haydn Wood
Hermann Löhr
Daniel François Esprit Auber
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Wed 17 Oct 1923
20:00
Prom 58
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Carl Maria von Weber
Euryanthe, J291
Overture
Richard Strauss
Four Songs, Op. 27
No. 4 Morgen!
Four Songs, Op. 27
No. 2 Cäcilie
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043
Arthur Goring Thomas
Esmeralda
Recitative & aria 'And she says true...O vision entrancing' Act 2
Edward Elgar
Symphony No. 1 in A flat major
interval
John Foulds
Keltic Suite, Op 29
London premiere of complete work
Ethel Barns
O soul of mine!
Hubert Wilfrid-Jones
Glimpses
A Shepherd's Love Song
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor
Polovtsian March Act 3
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Rose Myrtil
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Adila Fachiri
violin
violin
Jelly Aranyi
violin
violin
Hubert Eisdell
tenor
tenor
John Foulds
conductor
conductor
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
William W Thompson
organ
organ
Composers
Carl Maria von Weber
Richard Strauss
Johann Sebastian Bach
Arthur Goring Thomas
Edward Elgar
John Foulds
Ethel Barns
Hubert Wilfrid-Jones
Alexander Borodin
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Tue 16 Oct 1923
20:00
Prom 57
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Alexander Glazunov
Overture 'Carnaval', Op 45
Maurice Ravel
Shéhérazade
Proms premiere
Jean Sibelius
Valse triste
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Piano Concerto No 4 in C minor
Ethel Smyth
Fête galante (opera version)
Sarabande and Musette Proms premiere
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Scenes from 'The Song of Hiawatha', Op 30
No. 3a Aria 'True is all Iagoo tells us'
Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka (1911 version)
Proms premiere
interval
Richard Wagner
Rienzi
Overture
Graham Peel
The country lover
No. 4 The early morning
Gipsies
interval
F. S. Breville-Smith
The song of the waggoner
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Mazeppa
Gopak Act 1 No. 4a
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Frederick Kiddle
organ
piano
organ
piano
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Maria Sandra
soprano
soprano
Leff Pouishnoff
piano
piano
Ethel Smyth
conductor
conductor
Frederick Taylor
bass
bass
Ernest Jenner
piano
piano
Composers
Alexander Glazunov
Maurice Ravel
Jean Sibelius
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Ethel Smyth
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Igor Stravinsky
Richard Wagner
Graham Peel
F. S. Breville-Smith
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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