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19 Aug 1940, Queen's Hall
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20:00
Mon 19 Aug 1940
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Programme
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin
No. 13 Elsas Brautzug Act 2 Scene 4
Das Rheingold
Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (orchestral version)
Siegfried
Forest Murmurs (orchestral synthesis) Act 2 Scene 2
Lohengrin
No. 21 In fernem Land Act 3 Scene 3
interval
Richard Wagner
Götterdämmerung
No. 37 Trauermusik Act 3 Scene 2
Lohengrin
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
Tannhäuser
No. 10 Dich, teure Halle, grüss' ich wieder Act 2 Scene 1
Tannhäuser
No. 24 Allmächt'ge Jungfrau Act 3 Scene 1
Huldigungsmarsch, WWV 97
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Danse macabre
Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly
Aria 'Un bel di vedremo' Act 2
Roger Quilter
3 Shakespeare songs, Op 6
No. 2 O mistress mine
7 Elizabethan Lyrics, Op 12
No. 7 Fair house of joy
3 Songs, Op 3
No. 1 Love's philosophy
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Le prophète
Coronation March Act 4 Scene 2
Performers
London Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Norman Terry
tenor
tenor
Eva Turner
soprano
soprano
Gerald Moore
piano
piano
Composers
Richard Wagner
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Giacomo Puccini
Roger Quilter
Giacomo Meyerbeer
About this event
Part of
Proms 1940
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Wagner: Lohengrin - Opera Guide
Richard Wagner
Wagner: Gotterdammerung - Opera Guide
Wagner: Tannhauser
Wagner: Tannhauser - Opera Guide
A performance of 'Danse Macabre' by Saint-Saëns
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