Sat 10 Aug 1918

• 19:30

  Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1918

  Queen's Hall

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  Programme

  • • • Unknown
      • National Anthem
    • • Gioachino Rossini
      • William Tell – overture
    • • George Frideric Handel
      • Serse (Act 1: Ombra mai fù)(probably arr. Henry Wood)
    • • Gaetano Donizetti
      • Lucia di LammermoorNo. 13b Aria 'Ardon gl'incensi' Act 3 Scene 2
      • Lucia di LammermoorNo. 13a Recitative 'Il dolce suono mi colpí di sua voce' Act 3 Scene 2
    • • Johann Sebastian Bach
      • Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (arr. August Wilhelmj)No. 2 Air
      • Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 (orch. Sigismund Bachrich)No. 3 Gavotte en rondeau
    • • Franz Liszt
      • Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
    • • Edvard Grieg
      • Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
    • • Felix Mendelssohn
      • Overture 'Ruy Blas'
    • • Henry Wood
      • Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
    • • Liza Lehmann
      • Evensong
      • Little brown brotherWorld premiere
    • • Edward Elgar
      • Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’

  Performers

  • Henry Wood

    conductor
    conductor
  • The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  • Frederick Kiddle

    organpiano
    organpiano
  • Arthur Beckwith

    violin
    violin
  • Arthur Jones

    harp
    harp
  • Albert Fransella

    flute
    flute
  • Lalla Miranda

    soprano
    soprano
  • Benno Moiseiwitsch

    piano
    piano

  Composers

  • Unknown
  • Gioachino Rossini
  • George Frideric Handel
  • Gaetano Donizetti
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Franz Liszt
  • Edvard Grieg
  • Felix Mendelssohn
  • Henry Wood
  • Liza Lehmann
  • Edward Elgar

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