Prom 11
19:30 Thu 4 Aug 1955 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
- TannhäuserNo. 1 Overture
- TannhäuserNo. 2 Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1
- Wesendonck-Lieder - sung in the usual order (1,2,3,4,5), not in the order set out in the 1955 Proms Guide and the printed programme.
- Die WalküreNo. 40 Leb' wohl [Wotan's Abschied] Act 3 Scene 3
- Die WalküreNo. 43 Feuerzauber Act 3 Scene 3
- Tristan and IsoldePrelude and Liebestod
- Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
Performers
- BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (women's voices)
- Erna Schlütersoprano
- Hervey Alanbass-baritone
- Basil Cameronconductor
