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30 Aug 1940, Queen's Hall
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Fri 30 Aug 1940
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont
No. 1 Overture
Romance in F major, Op 50
Romance in G major, Op 40
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
interval
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major
Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel
Dream Pantomime Act 2 Scene 3
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Fantasia on Two Russian Themes in B minor, Op 33
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
6 Humoresques de Concert, Op 14 (orch. Henry Wood)
No. 1 Minuet in G major
Nicolò Paganini
Moto perpetuo in C major, Op 11 (arr. Percy Pitt)
Performers
May Harrison
violin
piano
violin
piano
Myra Hess
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Engelbert Humperdinck
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Nicolò Paganini
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