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17 Aug 1940, Queen's Hall
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20:00
Sat 17 Aug 1940
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Programme
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor
Polovtsian Dances Act 2
Ambroise Thomas
Mignon
No. 1 Overture
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci - 'Vesti la giubba'
interval
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Carl Maria von Weber
Der Freischütz
Recitative & aria 'Wie nahte mir der Schlummer...Leise, leise' Act 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman
Overture
Johannes Brahms
5 Songs, Op 105
No. 2 Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
5 Songs, Op 19
No. 4 Der Schmied
Granville Bantock
3 Blake Songs
No. 1 Love's Secret
Alexander Mosolov
Iron Foundry
Performers
London Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Francis Russell
tenor
tenor
Louis Kentner
piano
piano
Lilian Stiles-Allen
soprano
soprano
Gerald Moore
piano
piano
Composers
Alexander Borodin
Ambroise Thomas
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Franz Liszt
Carl Maria von Weber
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Wagner
Johannes Brahms
Granville Bantock
Alexander Mosolov
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Proms 1940
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SoloCam: Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2
Weber: Der Freischutz
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman - Opera Guide
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