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13 Aug 1940, Queen's Hall
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20:00
Tue 13 Aug 1940
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Proms 1940 Prom 03 - Scandinavian Concert
Prom 03 - Scandinavian Concert
20:00 Tue 13 Aug 1940 Queen's Hall
Programme
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Edvard Grieg
Bergliot, Op 42
Selim Palmgren
Piano Concerto No. 4 'April'
Yrjö Kilpinen
4 Songs of the Fells, Op 52
No. 3 To Song
Emil Sjögren
7 Songs of Tannhäuser, Op 3
No. 7 Sleepest thou my soul?
Wilhelm Stenhammar
4 Swedish Songs, Op 16
No. 4 Fylgia
Armas Järnefelt
Praeludium
Jean Sibelius
Valse triste
Symphony No. 2 in D major
Felix Mendelssohn
Overture ‘The Hebrides’ (‘Fingal’s Cave’)
Robert Schumann
Liederkreis, Op 39
No. 5 Mondnacht
Myrthen, Op 25
No. 1 Widmung
Arthur Honegger
Pacific 231
Performers
London Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Margaretta Scott
speaker
speaker
Cyril Smith
piano
piano
Astra Desmond
contralto
contralto
Anon.
orchestrator
orchestrator
Gerald Moore
piano
piano
Composers
Johan Halvorsen
Edvard Grieg
Selim Palmgren
Yrjö Kilpinen
Emil Sjögren
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Armas Järnefelt
Jean Sibelius
Felix Mendelssohn
Robert Schumann
Arthur Honegger
About this event
Part of
Proms 1940
Discover the Music
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
A performance of Mendelssohn’s 'Hebrides Overture' ('Fingal's Cave')
Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25
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