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31 Aug 1939, Queen's Hall
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20:00
Thu 31 Aug 1939
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro
Overture
Patrick Hadley
Mariana
Proms premiere
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Piano Concerto in C major
Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben
interval
Maurice Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole
Gabriel Fauré
3 Songs, Op 23
No. 1 Les berceaux
3 Songs, Op 23
No. 2 Notre amour
Hector Berlioz
Benvenuto Cellini
Overture
Performers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Astra Desmond
contralto
contralto
Cyril Smith
piano
piano
Paul Beard
violin
violin
Berkeley Mason
piano
piano
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Patrick Hadley
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Richard Strauss
Maurice Ravel
Gabriel Fauré
Hector Berlioz
About this event
Part of
Proms 1939
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Mozart: Dove Sono from The Marriage of Figaro
Strauss: Heldenleben
Nicole Cabell sings Berlioz
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