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7 Sep 1955, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Wed 7 Sep 1955
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Programme
Gioachino Rossini
Semiramide
Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, K417
Edward Elgar
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
Benjamin Britten
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
interval
Gian Carlo Menotti
Amelia al ballo
Overture First concert performance in England
Performers
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Dennis Brain
horn
horn
John Hollingsworth
conductor
conductor
Peter Pears
tenor
tenor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Gioachino Rossini
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Edward Elgar
Benjamin Britten
Gian Carlo Menotti
About this event
Part of
Proms 1955
Discover the Music
Proms interval talk: Rossini's Semiramide
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
Britten: Serenade
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