Sat 10 Aug 1940

• 20:00

  Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1940

  Queen's Hall

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  Programme

  • • • Unknown
      • National Anthem
    • • Hector Berlioz
      • Overture 'Le carnaval romain'
    • • Edward Elgar
      • The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 2, Op 1b
    • • Giuseppe Verdi
      • La Traviata - 'È strano! è strano!'
    • • Arthur Sullivan
      • Overture di ballo
    • • Franz Liszt
      • Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
    • • Maurice Ravel
      • Mother Goose – suite
    • • Franz Liszt
      • Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)No. 1 in F minor (ending in F major)
    • • Richard Wagner
      • TannhäuserNo. 1 Overture
    • • Thomas Brown
      • Shepherd! thy demeanour vary (arr. Henry Lane-Wilson)
    • • Henry Carey
      • Flocks are Sporting (arr. unknown)
    • • Arthur Bliss
      • Things to ComeNo. 3 March

  Performers

  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Henry Wood

    conductor
    conductor
  • Noël Eadie

    soprano
    soprano
  • Leff Pouishnoff

    piano
    piano
  • Gerald Moore

    piano
    piano

  Composers

  • Unknown
  • Hector Berlioz
  • Edward Elgar
  • Giuseppe Verdi
  • Arthur Sullivan
  • Franz Liszt
  • Maurice Ravel
  • Richard Wagner
  • Thomas Brown
  • Henry Carey
  • Arthur Bliss

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