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20 Aug 1908, Queen's Hall
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Thu 20 Aug 1908
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Programme
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Le rouet d'Omphale, Op 31
Henri Duparc
Phidylé
First performance in England
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Tempest
Violin Concerto in D major
Arthur Sullivan
The Martyr of Antioch - 'Come Margarita, Come'
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 1 in D major
Proms premiere
Carl Maria von Weber
Euryanthe, J291
Overture
Joseph Haydn
Canzonetta 'My mother bids me bind my hair', Hob. XXVIa:27
interval
Liza Lehmann
The Golden Threshold (arr. composer for voice and piano)
Recitative & aria 'Come to me...You flaunt your beauty' Proms premiere
Franz von Suppé
Dichter und Bauer
Overture
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Elyda Russell
soprano
soprano
Arthur Catterall
violin
violin
Noel Fleming
tenor
tenor
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
M. Wolters
conductor
conductor
Composers
Felix Mendelssohn
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Henri Duparc
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Arthur Sullivan
Joseph Haydn
Carl Maria von Weber
Liza Lehmann
Franz von Suppé
About this event
Part of
Proms 1908
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Mendelssohn: Overtures
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
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