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Sat 21 Jul 1945
19:00
Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1945
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Unknown
National Anthem
Edward Elgar
Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
Sergey Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
interval
John Ireland
The Forgotten Rite
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor
George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto in D minor
(arr. Henry Wood)
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
Aria 'Ritorna vincitor' Act 1 Scene 1
William Walton
Memorial Fanfare for Henry Wood
Coronation March ‘Crown Imperial’
Performers
Benno Moiseiwitsch
piano
piano
Marcel Dupré
organ
organ
Lilian Stiles-Allen
soprano
soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Unknown
Edward Elgar
Sergey Rachmaninov
John Ireland
Ludwig van Beethoven
George Frideric Handel
Giuseppe Verdi
William Walton
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Mon 23 Jul 1945
19:00
Prom 02
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche slave, Op 31
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Alan Rawsthorne
Fantasy Overture 'Cortèges'
World premiere
Frederick Delius
Brigg Fair
Performers
Cyril Smith
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Alan Rawsthorne
Frederick Delius
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Tue 24 Jul 1945
19:00
Prom 03
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
Götterdämmerung
No. 5 Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (Prologue)
Tannhäuser
No. 27 Inbrunst im Herzen Act 3 Scene 3
Götterdämmerung
No. 32 Frau Sonne, sendet lichte Strahlen Act 3 Scene 1
Tristan and Isolde
No. 8c O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe Act 2 Scene 2
interval
Richard Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique
Performers
Parry Jones
tenor
tenor
Margaret Godley
soprano
soprano
Margaret Rees
soprano
soprano
Margaret Rolfe
contralto
contralto
Eva Turner
soprano
soprano
Emelie Hooke
soprano
soprano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Richard Wagner
Hector Berlioz
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Wed 25 Jul 1945
19:00
Prom 04
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
George Frideric Handel
Alessandro - Overture
Recitative & aria 'Ne trionfi d'Alessandro...Lusinghe più care' Act 1
Organ Concerto in B flat major 'Hallelujah'
interval
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 4 in D minor
Performers
Frank Merrick
piano
piano
Elsie Suddaby
soprano
soprano
Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball
organ
organ
Anon.
music arranger
music arranger
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
George Frideric Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach
Robert Schumann
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Thu 26 Jul 1945
19:00
Prom 05
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Hector Berlioz
Beatrice and Benedict – overture
Overture
Edward Elgar
Sea Pictures
No. 2 In haven
Sea Pictures
No. 4 Where corals lie
Sea Pictures
No. 3 Sabbath morning at sea
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 1 in E minor
interval
Frederick Delius
Appalachia
Performers
Muriel Brunskill
contralto
contralto
Louis Kentner
piano
piano
Dennis Noble
baritone
baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Hector Berlioz
Edward Elgar
Franz Liszt
Jean Sibelius
Frederick Delius
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Fri 27 Jul 1945
19:00
Prom 06
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
Symphony No 8 in F major
interval
Alan Bush
Fantasia on Soviet Themes, Op 24
World premiere
Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
Recitative & aria 'Povero Rigoletto!...Cortigiani, vil razza dannata' Act 2
Franz Liszt
Two Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S 110
No. 2 Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke
Performers
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Irene Scharrer
piano
piano
Alan Bush
conductor
conductor
Redvers Llewellyn
baritone
baritone
London Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Alan Bush
Giuseppe Verdi
Franz Liszt
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Sat 28 Jul 1945
19:00
Prom 07
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville – overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Così fan tutte, K 588
Aria 'Un' aura amorosa' Act 1 Scene 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major
Claude Debussy
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
interval
interval
Constant Lambert
Merchant Seamen (suite)
Proms premiere
Franz Liszt
Symphonic Poem No. 3 'Les Préludes', S 97
Performers
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Heddle Nash
tenor
tenor
Ginette Neveu
violin
violin
Constant Lambert
conductor
conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Gioachino Rossini
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Claude Debussy
Richard Strauss
Constant Lambert
Franz Liszt
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Mon 30 Jul 1945
00:00
Prom 08
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johannes Brahms
Variations on the St Anthony Chorale
Joseph Haydn
The Creation
No. 9 Aria 'Nun beut die Flur das frische Grün'
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D major
Performers
Ada Alsop
soprano
soprano
Clifford Curzon
piano
piano
George Eskdale
trumpet
trumpet
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Johannes Brahms
Joseph Haydn
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Tue 31 Jul 1945
19:00
Prom 09
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Carl Maria von Weber
Der Freischütz
Overture
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D major
interval
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Story of a Flemish Farm (suite)
First concert performance
Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso (for Orchestra)
Performers
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Anthony Pini
cello
cello
Ralph Vaughan Williams
conductor
conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Carl Maria von Weber
Edward Elgar
Jean Sibelius
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Maurice Ravel
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Wed 1 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 10
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
Overture
The Marriage of Figaro
Recitative & aria 'E Susanna non vien!...Dove sono' Act 3
Frederick Delius
Violin Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major
Concerto in E flat major for two pianos
Frederick Delius
A Village Romeo and Juliet
The Walk to the Paradise Garden
A Dance Rhapsody No. 1
Performers
Noël Eadie
soprano
soprano
Albert Sammons
violin
violin
Joan Trimble
piano
piano
Valerie Trimble
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Frederick Delius
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Thu 2 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 11
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Antonín Dvořák
Overture 'Carnival'
Stabat Mater
Aria 'Inflammatus et accensus'
Violin Concerto in A minor
Symphony No. 7 in D minor
interval
César Franck
Symphonic Variations
Hector Berlioz
Benvenuto Cellini
Overture
Performers
Gladys Ripley
contralto
contralto
Ida Haendel
violin
violin
Maurice Cole
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Antonín Dvořák
César Franck
Hector Berlioz
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Fri 3 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 12
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture 'Leonore' No. 1, Op 138
Concert aria ‘Ah! perfido’
- According to a slip enclosed in the printed programme Laelia Finneberg was a short notice replacement for the indisposed Joan Hammond, but the 1945 pre-season Prospectus already listed Laelia Finneberg.
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Paul Hindemith
Overture 'Amor und Psyche'
First performance in England
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
Tamara
Performers
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Laelia Finneberg
soprano
soprano
Angus Morrison
piano
piano
Constant Lambert
conductor
conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Paul Hindemith
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
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Sat 4 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 13
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Gioachino Rossini
William Tell – overture
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Samson et Dalila
Recitative & aria 'Samson, recherchant ma présence...Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!' Act 2
Alexander Glazunov
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F minor
interval
Samuel Barber
Adagio for strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute (Act 1, Sc 4: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön)
Edward Elgar
‘Enigma’ Variations
William Walton
Façade, Suite No. 2
No. 1 Fanfare
Façade, Suite No. 1
No. 1 Polka
Façade, Suite No. 1
No. 2 Valse
Façade, Suite No. 1
No. 3 Swiss Yodelling Song
Façade, Suite No. 1
No. 4 Tango-Pasodoble
Façade, Suite No. 2
No. 2 Scotch Rhapsody
Façade, Suite No. 2
No. 5 Popular Song
Façade, Suite No. 2
No. 6 Old Sir Faulk
Façade, Suite No. 1
No. 5 Tarantella Sevillana
Jean Sibelius
Valse triste
Hector Berlioz
The damnation of Faust - Marche hongroise
Performers
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Margaret McArthur
contralto
contralto
Leff Pouishnoff
piano
piano
David Lloyd
tenor
tenor
William Walton
conductor
conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Gioachino Rossini
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Alexander Glazunov
Samuel Barber
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Edward Elgar
William Walton
Jean Sibelius
Hector Berlioz
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Mon 6 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 14
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
John Ireland
A London Overture
Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Jules Massenet
Manon
No. 15b Instant charmant Act 2
Manon
No. 15c En fermant les yeux Act 2
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
Aria 'Recondita armonia' Act 1
Tosca
Aria 'E lucevan le stelle' Act 3
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55
No. 4 Tema con variazioni
Performers
Dame Moura Lympany
piano
piano
Dino Borgioli
tenor
tenor
London Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
John Ireland
Sergey Rachmaninov
Jules Massenet
Antonín Dvořák
Giacomo Puccini
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Tue 7 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 15
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Franz Schubert
Die Zauberharfe, D 644
Overture
Fantasy in C major, D760, 'Wanderer' (orch. Liszt)
Franz Liszt
Die Lorelei, S 369 (version with orchestra)
Symphonic Poem No. 11 'Hunnenschlacht', S 105
interval
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
Performers
Constant Lambert
conductor
conductor
Louis Kentner
piano
piano
Oda Slobodskaya
soprano
soprano
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Franz Schubert
Franz Liszt
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Wed 8 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 16
Royal Albert Hall
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah (Pt 1, No 1: Overture)
Messiah (Pt 1, No 2: Comfort ye)
Messiah (Pt 1, No 3: Ev'ry Valley)
Messiah (Pt 1, No 4: And the Glory of the Lord)
Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor
Israel in Egypt
No. 6 Chorus 'He spake the word'
Israel in Egypt
No. 9 Chorus 'He smote all the firstborn'
Israel in Egypt
No. 10 Chorus 'But as for his people'
Israel in Egypt
No. 7 Chorus 'He gave them hailstones'
Israel in Egypt
No. 8 Chorus 'He sent a thick darkness'
Music for the Royal Fireworks
No. 1 Overture: Adagio - Allegro
Music for the Royal Fireworks
No. 3 La paix: Largo alla siciliana
Music for the Royal Fireworks
No. 4 La réjouissance: Allegro
interval
George Frideric Handel
Semele, HWV 58
Aria 'O sleep, why dost thou leave me?' Act 2 Scene 2
Coronation Anthem 'The king shall rejoice'
Patrick Hadley
Travellers
London premiere
Henry Purcell
My heart is inditing
Performers
Frank Titterton
tenor
tenor
Watford Philharmonic Society
Léon Goossens
oboe
oboe
Isobel Baillie
soprano
soprano
London Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
George Frideric Handel
Patrick Hadley
Henry Purcell
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Thu 9 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 17
Royal Albert Hall
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Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman
Overture
Tannhäuser
No. 10 Dich, teure Halle, grüss' ich wieder Act 2 Scene 1
Parsifal
Good Friday Music (concert version) Act 3 Scene 1
interval
Richard Wagner
Siegfried
No. 17b Mime, der Künstler Act 1 Scene 3
Siegfried
No. 16 Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert! Act 1 Scene 3
Das Rheingold
Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (orchestral version)
Das Rheingold
No. 41 Rheingold! Rheingold!
Jean Sibelius
Night Ride and Sunrise, Op 55
Symphony No 3 in C major
Richard Wagner
Siegfried
Forest Murmurs (orchestral synthesis) Act 2 Scene 2
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia
Performers
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Joy McArden
soprano
soprano
Walter Widdop
tenor
tenor
Margaret Godley
soprano
soprano
Margaret Rees
soprano
soprano
Margaret Rolfe
contralto
contralto
Constant Lambert
conductor
conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Richard Wagner
Jean Sibelius
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Fri 10 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 18
Royal Albert Hall
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont
No. 1 Overture
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
interval
Arnold Bax
The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew
Arthur Bliss
The Phoenix - march
Proms premiere
Performers
Valda Aveling
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Arnold Bax
Arthur Bliss
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Sat 11 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 19
Royal Albert Hall
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Maid of Pskov
Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
Aria 'Madamina! il catalogo è questo' Act 1 Scene 5
Frederick Delius
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Édouard Lalo
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
No. 1 Allegro non troppo
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
No. 4 Andante
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
No. 5 Rondo: Allegro
interval
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G major
Camille Saint‐Saëns
The Carnival of the Animals
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major
Performers
Owen Brannigan
bass
bass
Alfredo Campoli
violin
violin
Mary Peppin
piano
piano
Geraldine Peppin
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Frederick Delius
Édouard Lalo
Antonín Dvořák
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Edward Elgar
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Mon 13 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 20
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin
Polonaise Act 3 Scene 1
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major
Symphony No. 5 in E minor
interval
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 4 in A minor
Performers
Benno Moiseiwitsch
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Jean Sibelius
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Tue 14 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 21
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture
Claude Debussy
L' enfant prodigue
Recitative & aria 'L'année en vain chasse l'année...Azaël! Azaël!'
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor
interval
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Carl Maria von Weber
Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, No. 4 Rondo: Presto
Performers
Nancy Evans
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Witold Malcuzynski
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Felix Mendelssohn
Claude Debussy
Frédéric Chopin
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Franz Liszt
Carl Maria von Weber
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Wed 15 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 22
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Robert Schumann
Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op 52
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
Recitative & aria 'Crudele? Ah no, mio bene!...Non mi dir' Act 2 Scene 10
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor
Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor
interval
interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 in C major, ‘Jupiter’
Performers
Elena Danieli
soprano
soprano
Denis Matthews
piano
piano
John Shinebourne
cello
cello
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Robert Schumann
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Thu 16 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 23
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Hector Berlioz
Overture 'Le carnaval romain'
Bohuslav Martinů
Memorial to Lidice, H 296
First concert performance in England
John Ireland
Piano Concerto
César Franck
Symphony in D minor
interval
Manuel de Falla
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor
Polovtsian Dances Act 2
Performers
Clifford Curzon
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Hector Berlioz
Bohuslav Martinů
John Ireland
César Franck
Manuel de Falla
Alexander Borodin
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Fri 17 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 24
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture ‘Coriolan’
Fidelio
Recitative & aria 'Abscheulicher...Komm, Hoffnung' Act 1 Scene 2
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’
Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon, J306
Overture
Thomas Tertius Noble
Introduction and Passacaglia
London premiere
Richard Wagner
Die Walküre
Walkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1
Performers
Eva Turner
soprano
soprano
Iso Elinson
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Carl Maria von Weber
Thomas Tertius Noble
Richard Wagner
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Sat 18 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 25
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont
No. 1 Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K 467
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
Maurice Ravel
La valse
interval
Edward Elgar
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
Performers
Dame Moura Lympany
piano
piano
Marjorie Avis
soprano
soprano
Leonard Hodgson
tenor
tenor
Margaret Godley
soprano
soprano
Margaret Rees
soprano
soprano
Margaret Rolfe
contralto
contralto
Maude Baker
contralto
contralto
Gladys Bishop
contralto
contralto
Emlyn Bebb
tenor
tenor
Stanley Riley
bass
bass
Leonard Hubbard
bass
bass
Victor Utting
bass
bass
Gertrude Wood
contralto
contralto
William MacMillan
tenor
tenor
René Soames
tenor
tenor
Sybilla Marshall
soprano
soprano
Wesley Dennison
bass
bass
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Maurice Ravel
Edward Elgar
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Mon 20 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 26
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Felix Mendelssohn
Overture ‘The Hebrides’ (‘Fingal’s Cave’)
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'
interval
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No 1 in C minor
Performers
Ida Haendel
violin
violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Felix Mendelssohn
Johannes Brahms
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Tue 21 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 27
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro
Joseph Haydn
The Creation
No. 22 Aria 'Nun scheint in vollem Glanze der Himmel'
The Creation
No. 21 Recitative 'Gleich öffnet sich der Erde Schoß'
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major
Hector Berlioz
The Trojans
Chasse royale et orage Act 4
interval
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra
No. 2 Ibéria
William Walton
Sinfonia concertante
Performers
Norman Walker
bass
bass
Phyllis Sellick
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Constant Lambert
conductor
conductor
Composers
Edward Elgar
Joseph Haydn
Jean Sibelius
Hector Berlioz
Claude Debussy
William Walton
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Wed 22 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 28
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 31, 'Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubilieret', BWV 31
No. 1 Sonata
Violin Concerto in A minor
Cantata No. 201, 'Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde', BWV 201
No. 7 Aria 'Zu Tanze, zu Sprunge, so wackelt das Herz'
Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047
Concerto for Four Keyboards in A minor, BWV 1065
Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
Performers
Max Rostal
violin
violin
Henry Cummings
baritone
baritone
Ernest Hall
trumpet
trumpet
Gerald Jackson
flute
flute
Horace Green
oboe
oboe
Thomas Peatfield
violin
violin
Ronald Smith
piano
piano
Joyce Hedges
piano
piano
Priscilla Stoner
piano
piano
Yvonne Catterall
piano
piano
Mary Jarred
contralto
contralto
Parry Jones
tenor
tenor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gustav Mahler
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Thu 23 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 29
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
A Faust Overture, WWV 59
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 56 Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein Act 3 Scene 5
Tannhäuser
No. 2 Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1
Siegfried Idyll
interval
Richard Wagner
Götterdämmerung
No. 40 Starke Scheite Act 3 Scene 3
Richard Strauss
Don Quixote, Op 35
Performers
Frank Titterton
tenor
tenor
BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (women's voices)
Eva Turner
soprano
soprano
Eric Bray
viola
viola
Ambrose Gauntlett
cello
cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Richard Wagner
Richard Strauss
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Fri 24 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 30
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio
Overture
Concerto for violin, cello and piano in C major, 'Triple Concerto'
Symphony No. 7 in A major
interval
Edmund Rubbra
Symphony No. 3, Op 49
Performers
Kendall Taylor
piano
piano
Frederick Grinke
violin
violin
Florence Hooton
cello
cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Edmund Rubbra
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Sat 25 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 31
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Hector Berlioz
Overture ‘Le corsaire’
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture
Aria 'Soon I must leave thee' Act 1
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor
interval
David Moule-Evans
September Dusk
World premiere
John Ireland
These Things Shall Be
William Schuman
A Free Song
First performance in England
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Overture '1812'
Performers
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Daria Bayan
soprano
soprano
Eileen Joyce
piano
piano
David Moule-Evans
conductor
conductor
Parry Jones
tenor
tenor
Luton Choral Society
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Hector Berlioz
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Edvard Grieg
David Moule-Evans
John Ireland
William Schuman
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Mon 27 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 32
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Robert Schumann
Genoveva, Op 81
Overture
Johannes Brahms
Ave Maria, Op 12
Double Concerto
interval
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major
Performers
BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (women's voices)
Marie Wilson
violin
violin
Eileen Croxford
cello
cello
Leff Pouishnoff
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Robert Schumann
Johannes Brahms
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Tue 28 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 33
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride
Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin
Aria 'Puskay pogibnu ya' Act 1 Scene 2
Ernest John Moeran
Violin Concerto
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1 in F minor
Constant Lambert
The Rio Grande
Kodály Zoltán
Dances of Galánta
Performers
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Oda Slobodskaya
soprano
soprano
Albert Sammons
violin
violin
Constant Lambert
conductor
conductor
Gladys Ripley
contralto
contralto
Kyla Greenbaum
piano
piano
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Bedrich Smetana
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ernest John Moeran
Dmitry Shostakovich
Constant Lambert
Kodály Zoltán
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Wed 29 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 34
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 32 in G major, K 318
Joseph Haydn
The Seasons (Spring, No 3: Vom Widder strahlet jetzt)
No. 3 Recitative 'Vom Widder strahlet jetzt'
The Seasons (Spring, No 4: Schon eilet froh der Ackermann)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 in D major, 'London'
interval
Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’
First concert performance in London
Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
First concert performance in London
Ian Whyte
Festival March
World premiere
Performers
Constant Lambert
conductor
conductor
George Pizzey
baritone
baritone
Kathleen Long
piano
piano
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Ian Whyte
conductor
conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Joseph Haydn
Benjamin Britten
Ian Whyte
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Thu 30 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 35
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro
Overture
Edvard Grieg
6 Poems, Op 25
No. 2 A Swan
6 Songs - No. 6, A Dream
(probably arr. Henry Wood)
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor
interval
Frederick Delius
Sea Drift
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Tudor Portraits
Proms premiere
Performers
Astra Desmond
contralto
contralto
Jean Pougnet
violin
violin
Roy Henderson
baritone
baritone
Goldsmiths Choral Union
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Edvard Grieg
Felix Mendelssohn
Frederick Delius
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Fri 31 Aug 1945
19:00
Prom 36
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
Symphony No. 2 in D major
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
interval
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 6 in D minor
Lemminkäinen Suite, Op 22
No. 4 Lemminkäinen's Return
Performers
Louis Kentner
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Jean Sibelius
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Sat 1 Sep 1945
19:00
Prom 37
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture
Overture
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin
No. 4 Einsam in trüben Tagen Act 1 Scene 2
Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Francesca da Rimini
interval
Kodály Zoltán
Háry János - suite
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser
No. 1 Overture
Performers
Isobel Baillie
soprano
soprano
Colin Horsley
piano
piano
Alexander Kolompar
cimbalom
cimbalom
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Richard Wagner
Sergey Rachmaninov
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Kodály Zoltán
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Mon 3 Sep 1945
19:00
Prom 38
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty
No. 6 Valse Act 1 No. 2
Violin Concerto in D major
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik
Song of Rejoicing, Op 20.2
First performance in England
Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird Suite
Performers
Alfredo Campoli
violin
violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik
Igor Stravinsky
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Tue 4 Sep 1945
19:00
Prom 39
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Jean Sibelius
The Tempest – Prelude
En saga
Violin Concerto
Symphony No. 7 in C major
interval
Arthur Bliss
Piano Concerto
Jeremiah Clarke
The Prince of Denmark's March (arr. Henry Wood)
Performers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Henry Holst
violin
violin
Shulamith Shafir
piano
piano
Berkeley Mason
organ
organ
Ernest Hall
trumpet
trumpet
BBC Symphony Orchestra (members)
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Jean Sibelius
Arthur Bliss
Jeremiah Clarke
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Wed 5 Sep 1945
19:00
Prom 40
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
George Frideric Handel
Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62
Overture
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major
George Frideric Handel
Samson
Aria 'Let the bright Seraphim' Act 3 No 26
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050
interval
George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto in F major, Op 4
Granville Bantock
2 Heroic Ballads
Gustav Holst
The Planets
No. 3 Mercury, the Winged Messenger
The Planets
No. 4 Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
The Planets
No. 5 Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
Performers
Harriet Cohen
piano
piano
Lilian Stiles-Allen
soprano
soprano
Ernest Hall
trumpet
trumpet
Gerald Jackson
flute
flute
Paul Beard
violin
violin
G(eorge) D(orrington) Cunningham
organ
organ
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
George Frideric Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach
Granville Bantock
Gustav Holst
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Thu 6 Sep 1945
19:00
Prom 41
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
Rienzi
Overture
The Flying Dutchman
Aria 'Joho hoe! Traft ihr das Schiff' Act 2
Götterdämmerung
No. 37 Trauermusik Act 3 Scene 2
Die Walküre
No. 40 Leb' wohl [Wotan's Abschied] Act 3 Scene 3
Die Walküre
No. 43 Feuerzauber Act 3 Scene 3
Franz Liszt
A Faust Symphony
Performers
Edna Hobson
soprano
soprano
BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (women's voices)
Tom Williams
baritone
baritone
Emlyn Bebb
tenor
tenor
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Richard Wagner
Franz Liszt
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Fri 7 Sep 1945
19:00
Prom 42
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Creatures of Prometheus
No. 1 Overture
Adelaide, Op 46 (arr. Louis Spohr)
Violin Concerto in D major
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major
interval
Arnold Schoenberg
Piano Concerto
First performance in England
Ferruccio Busoni
Rondò arlecchinesco, K266, Op 46
Performers
Trefor Jones
tenor
tenor
Ida Haendel
violin
violin
Kyla Greenbaum
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Arnold Schoenberg
Ferruccio Busoni
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Sat 8 Sep 1945
19:00
Prom 43
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
John Ireland
Epic March
Giuseppe Verdi
Nabucco
Recitative & aria 'Ben io t'invenni...Anch'io dischiuso un giorno' Act 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
Carl Maria von Weber
Invitation to the Dance (orch. Felix Weingartner)
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No 2 in B minor
interval
Emmanuel Chabrier
España
Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte (Orchestral version)
Boléro
Performers
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Laelia Finneberg
soprano
soprano
Myra Hess
piano
piano
Constant Lambert
conductor
conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
John Ireland
Giuseppe Verdi
Ludwig van Beethoven
Carl Maria von Weber
Alexander Borodin
Emmanuel Chabrier
Maurice Ravel
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Mon 10 Sep 1945
19:00
Prom 44
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
Symphony No. 4 in E minor
Thomas Dunhill
Overture 'Maytime'
World premiere
interval
Bedrich Smetana
Má vlast
No. 2 Vltava
Performers
Cyril Smith
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Johannes Brahms
Thomas Dunhill
Bedrich Smetana
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Tue 11 Sep 1945
19:00
Prom 45
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Richard Strauss
Don Juan
Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor
Arnold Bax
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
interval
Benjamin Britten
Les illuminations
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra
No. 1 Gigues
Performers
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Benno Moiseiwitsch
piano
piano
Benjamin Britten
conductor
conductor
Peter Pears
tenor
tenor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Richard Strauss
Sergey Rachmaninov
Arnold Bax
Benjamin Britten
Claude Debussy
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Wed 12 Sep 1945
19:00
Prom 46
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute (Overture)
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro
Aria 'Voi che sapete' Act 2
The Marriage of Figaro
Recitative & aria 'Giunse alfin il momento...Deh vieni, non tardar' Act 3
interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major
Franz Schubert
Ave Maria
Die Forelle
- Schubert's 'Die Forelle' was not originally scheduled and was an addition to the changed programme.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor
Performers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Elisabeth Schumann
soprano
soprano
Myra Hess
piano
piano
Berkeley Mason
piano
piano
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Franz Schubert
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Thu 13 Sep 1945
19:00
Prom 47
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Reinhold Moritzevich Glière
Overture 'The Friendship of the Peoples', Op 79
Proms premiere
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor
Aria 'A long time has passed' Act 1 Scene 2
Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5 in D minor
Proms premiere
Performers
Constant Lambert
conductor
conductor
Oda Slobodskaya
soprano
soprano
Kendall Taylor
piano
piano
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Reinhold Moritzevich Glière
Alexander Borodin
Sergey Prokofiev
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dmitry Shostakovich
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Fri 14 Sep 1945
19:00
Prom 48
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture ‘The Consecration of the House’
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
Ralph Vaughan Williams
A Song of Thanksgiving
First concert performance
William Walton
Henry V (choral suite arr. Malcolm Sargent)
First concert performance
Performers
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Margaret Godley
soprano
soprano
Margaret Rees
soprano
soprano
Margaret Rolfe
contralto
contralto
Maude Baker
contralto
contralto
Emlyn Bebb
tenor
tenor
Stanley Riley
bass
bass
Leonard Hubbard
bass
bass
William MacMillan
tenor
tenor
Croydon Philharmonic Society
BBC Symphony Chorus
Elsie Suddaby
soprano
soprano
Valentine Dyall
speaker
speaker
Thomas Coram Schools Choir
William Walton
conductor
conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ralph Vaughan Williams
William Walton
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Sat 15 Sep 1945
19:00
Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1945
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Carl Maria von Weber
Euryanthe, J291
Overture
George Frideric Handel
Partenope, HWV 27 (arr. Henry Wood)
Aria 'Furibondo spira il vento' Act 2
Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
interval
Alan Rawsthorne
Piano Concerto No. 1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Maid of Orleans
Recitative & aria 'So wills the Lord!...Farewell you native hills and fields' Act 1 No. 7
Richard Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 49 Dance of the Apprentices Act 3 Scene 5
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 50 Procession of the Masters Act 3 Scene 5
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 33 Prelude Act 3
Henry Wood
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
Unknown
National Anthem
Performers
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Norman Allin
bass
bass
Constant Lambert
conductor
conductor
Phyllis Sellick
piano
piano
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Kathleen Ferrier
contralto
contralto
BBC Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Carl Maria von Weber
George Frideric Handel
Paul Dukas
Alan Rawsthorne
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Richard Wagner
Henry Wood
Edward Elgar
Unknown
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