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Thu 29 Aug 1940
20:00
Prom 17
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Luigi Cherubini
Anacréon
Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Suite, Op 71a
Edward Elgar
Sea Pictures
No. 4 Where corals lie
Sea Pictures
No. 3 Sabbath morning at sea
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso
Sergey Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Jeremiah Clarke
The Prince of Denmark's March (arr. Henry Wood)
William Walton
Façade, Suite No. 2
Richard Strauss
Four Songs, Op. 27
No. 4 Morgen! - arrangement probably by Kreisler
Eight Poems from ‘Letzte Blätter’
No. 1 Zueignung
Enrique Granados
12 Danzas españolas, Op 37 (orch. Henry Wood)
No. 4 Villanesca (Allegretto alla pastorale)
12 Danzas españolas, Op 37 (orch. Henry Wood)
No. 5 Andantino quasi allegretto
12 Danzas españolas, Op 37 (orch. Henry Wood)
No. 6 Allegretto, poco a poco accelerando
Performers
London Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Muriel Brunskill
contralto
contralto
Olive Zorian
violin
violin
Benno Moiseiwitsch
piano
piano
Bertram Harrison
organ
organ
George Eskdale
trumpet
trumpet
London Symphony Orchestra (members)
William Walton
conductor
conductor
Gerald Moore
piano
piano
George Stratton
violin
violin
Anon.
music arranger
music arranger
Composers
Luigi Cherubini
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Edward Elgar
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Sergey Rachmaninov
Jeremiah Clarke
William Walton
Richard Strauss
Enrique Granados
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