Proms 1931 Prom 40 - BBC Proms - BBC

24 Sep 1931, Queen's Hall

20:00 Thu 24 Sep 1931 Next Event

Prom 40

20:00 Thu 24 Sep 1931 Queen's Hall

Programme

- - Jeremiah Clarke
  - The Prince of Denmark's March (arr. Henry Wood)
- - Henry Purcell
  - Dido and Aeneas – 'Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am laid in earth' (arr. Wood)
- - John Ireland
  - Piano Concerto
- - Gustav Holst
  - The Planets
- - interval
- - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  - Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
- - Franz Schubert
  - SchwanengesangNo. 1 Liebesbotschaft
  - Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118
- - Antonín Dvořák
  - Slavonic Dances, Op 46No. 1 in C major

Performers

Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Berkeley Mason
organpiano
organpiano
Anon.
trumpet
trumpet
BBC Symphony Orchestra (members)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Freda Townson
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Helen Perkin
piano
piano
Gustav Holst
conductor
conductor
BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (women's voices)

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