Sat 25 Aug 1900

• 20:00

  Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1900

  Queen's Hall

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  Programme

  • • • Unknown
      • National Anthem
    • • Richard Wagner
      • The Flying DutchmanOverture
    • • Charles Gounod
      • Philémon et BaucisRecitative & aria 'Ah! pauvre Philémon...Ô riante nature' Act 3
    • • David Popper
      • Ungarischer Rhapsodie, Op 68Proms premiere
    • • Felix Mendelssohn
      • 2 Lieder ohne Worte (orch. Ernest Guiraud)No. 30 in A major: Allegretto grazioso 'Frühlingslied' (Op. 62 No. 6)
    • • Arthur Sullivan
      • Thou’rt Passing Hence
    • • Moritz Moszkowski
      • Boabdil, der letzte Maurenkönig, Op 49Ballet Music No. 3: Malagueña Act 2
    • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
      • Introduction and Rondo capriccioso
    • • Gioachino Rossini
      • William Tell – overture
    • • Giacomo Meyerbeer
      • Les HuguenotsRecitative 'Nobles seigneurs, salut!' Act 1
      • Les HuguenotsAria 'Une dame noble et sage' Act 1
    • • Carl Maria von Weber
      • Invitation to the Dance (orch. Felix Weingartner)
    • • interval
    • • Richard Wagner
      • Tannhäuser, Grand Fantasia, WWV 70 (arr. unknown)
    • • Alicia Needham
      • The fairies' lullabyProms premiere
    • • Fred Godfrey
      • Lucy Long (arr. Frederick Godfrey)
    • • William Henry Squire
      • The Yeomanry PatrolProms premiere
    • • interval
    • • Wilhelm Herfurth
      • Swiss FantasiaProms premiere
    • • Samuel Lover
      • Molly Bawn
    • • Paolo Tosti
      • On Lido Waters
    • • Hector Berlioz
      • The Damnation of FaustMarche hongroise

  Performers

  • Henry Wood

    conductor
    conductor
  • The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  • Amy Sherwin

    soprano
    soprano
  • Percy Pitt

    piano
    piano
  • William Henry Squire

    cello
    cello
  • William Ludwig

    baritone
    baritone
  • Leonora Stosch

    violin
    violin
  • Louise Kirkby-Lunn

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • Arthur W Payne

    violin
    violin
  • Albert Fransella

    flute
    flute
  • Manuel de Gomez

    clarinet
    clarinet
  • Edwin James

    bassoon
    bassoon
  • Friedrich Adolf Borsdorf

    horn
    horn
  • Thomas Colton

    trombone
    trombone
  • Walter Reynolds

    euphonium
    euphonium
  • Arthur Smith

    cornet
    cornet
  • Émile Ferir

    viola
    viola
  • Miriam Timothy

    harp
    harp
  • Désiré-Alfred Lalande

    oboe
    oboe
  • James Wilcocke

    piccolo
    piccolo
  • James Haydn Waud

    double bass
    double bass
  • Charles Henderson

    timpani
    timpani

  Composers

  • Unknown
  • Richard Wagner
  • Charles Gounod
  • David Popper
  • Felix Mendelssohn
  • Arthur Sullivan
  • Moritz Moszkowski
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns
  • Gioachino Rossini
  • Giacomo Meyerbeer
  • Carl Maria von Weber
  • Alicia Needham
  • Fred Godfrey
  • William Henry Squire
  • Wilhelm Herfurth
  • Samuel Lover
  • Paolo Tosti
  • Hector Berlioz

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