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22 Aug 1940, Queen's Hall
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Thu 22 Aug 1940
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Proms 1940 Prom 11
Prom 11
20:00 Thu 22 Aug 1940 Queen's Hall
Programme
César Franck
Le chasseur maudit
Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
Recitative & aria 'Gualtier Maldè...Caro nome' Act 1 Scene 2
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
interval
George Frideric Handel
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 (arr. Henry Wood)
Recitative & aria 'My arms!...Sound an alarm' Act 2
Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute
No. 1 Overture
Josef Szulc
10 Mélodies sur des poésies de Verlaine, Op 83
No. 1 Clair de Lune
Félix Fourdrain
Le papillon, Op 77
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The House of Life
No. 2 Silent Noon
Edward Elgar
Shepherd's Song, Op 16.1
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture
Overture
Performers
London Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Noël Eadie
soprano
soprano
Dame Moura Lympany
piano
piano
Frank Titterton
tenor
tenor
George Stratton
violin
violin
Gerald Moore
piano
piano
Composers
César Franck
Giuseppe Verdi
Camille Saint‐Saëns
George Frideric Handel
Richard Strauss
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Josef Szulc
Félix Fourdrain
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Edward Elgar
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
About this event
Part of
Proms 1940
Discover the Music
Verdi: Rigoletto
Saint Saens: Africa and Piano Concerto No 2
Strauss: Heldenleben
Mozart: Music and meaning in The Magic Flute
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