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23 Aug 1940, Queen's Hall
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Fri 23 Aug 1940
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Creatures of Prometheus
No. 1 Overture
Fidelio
Recitative & aria 'Abscheulicher...Komm, Hoffnung' Act 1 Scene 2
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
interval
Carl Maria von Weber
Euryanthe, J291
Overture
Richard Strauss
8 Songs, Op 49
No. 1 Waldseligkeit
5 Songs, Op 48
No. 5 Winterliebe
Bedrich Smetana
Má vlast
No. 2 Vltava
Performers
London Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Laelia Finneberg
soprano
soprano
Myra Hess
piano
piano
Gerald Moore
piano
piano
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Carl Maria von Weber
Richard Strauss
Bedrich Smetana
About this event
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Proms 1940
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: The Eroica Symphony
Ma Vlast
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