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20 Oct 1899, Queen's Hall
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Proms 1899 Prom 48
Prom 48
20:00 Fri 20 Oct 1899 Queen's Hall
Programme
Antonín Dvořák
A Hero's Song, Op 111
London premiere
Charles Gounod
Faust
No. 13 Recitative & aria 'O Dieu! que de bijoux!...Ah! je ris de me voir' Act 3
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major
Proms premiere of complete work
Arthur Goring Thomas
Nadeshda
Aria 'Now is the hour of soft enchantment'
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Samson et Dalila
Aria 'Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix' Act 2
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Symphony in G major 'The Transformation of Actaeon into a Stag'
UK premiere
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Arthur Goring Thomas
Winds in the Trees
Proms premiere
Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride
Overture
Trad.
The Golden Vanity (arr. Edward Branscombe)
Proms premiere
interval
Arthur Henry Behrend
When everything is young
Proms premiere
Luigi Arditi
Il bacio
interval
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Helen Jaxon
soprano
soprano
Achille Simonetti
violin
violin
Edward Branscombe
tenor
tenor
Lucy Clarke
soprano
soprano
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Anon.
music arranger
music arranger
Composers
Antonín Dvořák
Charles Gounod
Ludwig van Beethoven
Arthur Goring Thomas
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Pietro Mascagni
Bedrich Smetana
Trad.
Arthur Henry Behrend
Luigi Arditi
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Part of
Proms 1899
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Beethoven's Violin Concerto
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