Proms 1940 Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1940 - BBC Proms - BBC

10 Aug 1940, Queen's Hall

20:00 Sat 10 Aug 1940 Next Event

Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1940

20:00 Sat 10 Aug 1940 Queen's Hall

Programme

- - Unknown
  - National Anthem
- - Hector Berlioz
  - Overture 'Le carnaval romain'
- - Edward Elgar
  - The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 2, Op 1b
- - Giuseppe Verdi
  - La Traviata - 'È strano! è strano!'
- - Arthur Sullivan
  - Overture di ballo
- - Franz Liszt
  - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
- - Maurice Ravel
  - Mother Goose – suite
- - Franz Liszt
  - Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)No. 1 in F minor (ending in F major)
- - Richard Wagner
  - TannhäuserNo. 1 Overture
- - Thomas Brown
  - Shepherd! thy demeanour vary (arr. Henry Lane-Wilson)
- - Henry Carey
  - Flocks are Sporting (arr. unknown)
- - Arthur Bliss
  - Things to ComeNo. 3 March

Performers

London Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Noël Eadie
soprano
soprano
Leff Pouishnoff
piano
piano
Gerald Moore
piano
piano

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