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15 Sep 1956, Royal Albert Hall
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Sat 15 Sep 1956
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Proms 1956 Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1956
Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1956
19:30 Sat 15 Sep 1956 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser
No. 1 Overture
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Le rouet d'Omphale, Op 31
César Franck
Symphonic Variations
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 in C major
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
Benjamin Britten
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Henry Wood
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 5 Jack's the Lad
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 6 Farewell and Adieu, Ye Spanish Ladies - Cadenza
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 3 The Saucy Arethusa
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 4 Tom Bowling
Thomas Arne
Rule, Britannia!
Hubert Parry
Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)
Unknown
National Anthem
Performers
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Eileen Joyce
piano
piano
Constance Shacklock
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Richard Wagner
Camille Saint‐Saëns
César Franck
Jean Sibelius
Edward Elgar
Benjamin Britten
Henry Wood
Thomas Arne
Hubert Parry
Unknown
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Proms 1956
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Wagner: Tannhauser
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D major (extract)
Web Exclusive: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Jerusalem
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