Sat 26 Aug 1899

• 20:00

  Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1899

  Queen's Hall

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  Programme

  • • • Unknown
      • National Anthem
    • • Franz Liszt
      • Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)No. 1 in F minor (ending in F major)
    • • Charles Gounod
      • Roméo et JulietteRecitative & aria 'L'amour, l'amour...Ah! lève-toi, soleil! Act 2
    • • Jeno Hubay
      • Hejre Kati, Op 32
    • • Edvard Grieg
      • Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
    • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
      • Samson et DalilaAria 'Printemps qui commence' Act 1 Scene 6
    • • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
      • A Musical Snuffbox, Op 32UK premiere
    • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
      • Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minorUK premiere
    • • George Frideric Handel
      • Acis and GalateaRecitative & aria 'I rage, I melt, I burn...O ruddier than the cherry' Act 2
    • • interval
    • • Richard Wagner
      • RienziOverture
    • • Georges Bizet
      • Carmen, Grand Fantasia (probably arr. Alfred Cellier)
    • • Napoleone Zardo
      • Mandoline Serenade
    • • Florence Gilbert
      • Shadowtown FerryProms premiere
    • • Gioachino Rossini
      • William Tell – overture
    • • Maude Valérie White
      • The devout lover
    • • Hector Berlioz
      • The Damnation of FaustMarche hongroise

  Performers

  • Henry Wood

    conductor
    conductor
  • The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  • Ellison Hoose

    tenor
    tenor
  • Arthur W Payne

    violin
    violin
  • Louise Kirkby-Lunn

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • Paul Bazelaire

    cello
    cello
  • Charles Knowles

    bass-baritone
    bass-baritone
  • Albert Fransella

    flute
    flute
  • Manuel de Gomez

    clarinet
    clarinet
  • Edwin James

    bassoon
    bassoon
  • Friedrich Adolf Borsdorf

    horn
    horn
  • Thomas Colton

    trombone
    trombone
  • Walter Reynolds

    euphonium
    euphonium
  • William Henry Squire

    cello
    cello
  • Miriam Timothy

    harp
    harp
  • Désiré-Alfred Lalande

    oboe
    oboe
  • James Wilcocke

    piccolo
    piccolo
  • Frank G James

    cornet
    cornet
  • Percy Pitt

    piano
    piano

  Composers

  • Unknown
  • Franz Liszt
  • Charles Gounod
  • Jeno Hubay
  • Edvard Grieg
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
  • George Frideric Handel
  • Richard Wagner
  • Georges Bizet
  • Napoleone Zardo
  • Florence Gilbert
  • Gioachino Rossini
  • Maude Valérie White
  • Hector Berlioz

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