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9 Aug 1947, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Sat 9 Aug 1947
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Programme
Felix Mendelssohn
Overture 'Ruy Blas'
George Frideric Handel
Theodora
No. 23 Recitative 'Oh, worse than death indeed!' Act 1 Scene 5
Theodora
No. 24 Air 'Angels, ever bright and fair' Act 1 Scene 5
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished'
Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
interval
Richard Wagner
Traüme, WWV 91b (arr. Johan Svendsen)
Die Walküre
Walkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1
Sergey Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf, Op 67
Emmanuel Chabrier
España
Performers
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Lilian Stiles-Allen
soprano
soprano
Dame Moura Lympany
piano
piano
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
George Baker
narrator
narrator
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Felix Mendelssohn
George Frideric Handel
Franz Schubert
Sergey Rachmaninov
Richard Wagner
Sergey Prokofiev
Emmanuel Chabrier
About this event
Part of
Proms 1947
Discover the Music
Handel: Theodora
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished'
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Wagner: Die Walkure
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