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Mon 12 Aug 1940
20:00
Prom 02
Queen's Hall
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Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman
Overture
Siegfried Idyll
Tannhäuser
No. 25b O du mein holder Abendstern Act 3 Scene 2
Tannhäuser
No. 15 Blick' ich umher Act 2 Scene 4
Tannhäuser
No. 25a Wie Todesahnung Dämm'rung Act 3 Scene 2
interval
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
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 51 Wach auf! es nahet gen den Tag Act 3 Scene 5
Götterdämmerung
No. 40 Starke Scheite Act 3 Scene 3
Lohengrin
No. 17 Prelude Act 3
William Walton
Façade, Suite No. 1
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
Aria 'Ritorna vincitor' Act 1 Scene 1
Robert Schumann
Romanzen und Balladen (No 1, 'Die beiden Grenadiere')
(arr. Henry Wood)
Percy Grainger
Molly on the Shore
Shepherd's Hey - medley
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Norman Walker
bass
bass
Eva Turner
soprano
soprano
William Walton
conductor
conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Richard Wagner
William Walton
Giuseppe Verdi
Robert Schumann
Percy Grainger
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