Programme

• • • Unknown
    • National Anthem
  • • Edward Elgar
    • Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
  • • Jacques Offenbach
    • The Tales of HoffmannEntr'acte Act 2
  • • Richard Wagner
    • The Flying DutchmanAria 'Joho hoe! Traft ihr das Schiff' Act 2
  • • Edvard Grieg
    • Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Hungarian Fantasia, S 123
  • • Percy Grainger
    • Handel in the Strand (arr. Henry Wood) World premiere of this version
  • • interval
  • • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    • Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
  • • Henry Wood
    • Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
  • • Montague Phillips
    • 4 Songs, Op 26No. 3 Soul of the Spring
  • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • Marche slave, Op 31

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Carrie Tubb

  soprano
  soprano
• Solomon

  piano
  piano
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Unknown
• Edward Elgar
• Jacques Offenbach
• Richard Wagner
• Edvard Grieg
• Franz Liszt
• Percy Grainger
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• Henry Wood
• Montague Phillips
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Programme

• • • Armas Järnefelt
    • Praeludium
  • • Richard Wagner
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
    • Tristan and IsoldePrelude (with Wagner's concert-ending) Act 1
    • GötterdämmerungNo. 40 Starke Scheite Act 3 Scene 3
  • • Alexander Borodin
    • Prince IgorOverture
  • • Richard Wagner
    • The Flying DutchmanOverture
    • Das RheingoldEntry of the Gods into Valhalla (orchestral version)
    • Die WalküreWalkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1
  • • interval
  • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • MazeppaEntr'acte: The Battle of Poltava Act 3 No. 15
  • • Joseph Holbrooke
    • Variations on an Old English Air 'Three Blind Mice', Op 37.1
  • • Montague Phillips
    • The stars
    • A calendar of songNo. 1 Wake up!
  • • Felix Mendelssohn
    • A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental musicNo. 6 Wedding March
  • • Unknown
    • National Anthem

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Carrie Tubb

  soprano
  soprano
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Armas Järnefelt
• Richard Wagner
• Alexander Borodin
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Joseph Holbrooke
• Montague Phillips
• Felix Mendelssohn
• Unknown

Programme

• • • Ambroise Thomas
    • MignonNo. 1 Overture
  • • Henry Walford Davies
    • Solemn Melody
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Don GiovanniAria 'Il mio tesoro' Act 2 Scene 10
  • • André Wormser
    • L' enfant prodigue, suite
  • • Franz Schubert
    • Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D 797No. 10 Ballet No. 2 in G major: Andantino
  • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
  • • Jean Sibelius
    • Finlandia
  • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
    • Danse macabre
  • • interval
  • • Sir Herbert Brewer
    • When love is calling Proms premiere
  • • Hermann Löhr
    • My little red rose Proms premiere
  • • Franz von Suppé
    • Dichter und BauerOverture

Performers

• Henry Wood

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

  organpiano
  organpiano
• Charles Warwick-Evans

  cello
  cello
• John Booth

  tenor
  tenor
• Benno Moiseiwitsch

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Ambroise Thomas
• Henry Walford Davies
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• André Wormser
• Franz Schubert
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Jean Sibelius
• Camille Saint‐Saëns
• Sir Herbert Brewer
• Hermann Löhr
• Franz von Suppé

Programme

• • • Franz Schubert
    • Die Zauberharfe, D 644
    • Die Zauberharfe, D 644Overture
  • • Edward Elgar
    • Introduction and Allegro
  • • Montague Phillips
    • Symphonic Scherzo World premiere of revised version
  • • Giacomo Meyerbeer
    • Le prophèteAria 'Ah! mon fils, sois béni' Act 4 Scene 2
  • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
  • • interval
  • • Henry Purcell
    • Hornpipe in E minor, ZT 685 (arr. H.C. Colles)
  • • Teresa del Riego
    • Thank God for a garden
  • • Edward German
    • Symphonic Suite in D minor 'Leeds'No. 2 Valse gracieuse

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Montague Phillips

  conductor
  conductor
• Margaret Balfour

  contralto
  contralto
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Franz Schubert
• Edward Elgar
• Montague Phillips
• Giacomo Meyerbeer
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Henry Purcell
• Teresa del Riego
• Edward German

Programme

• • • Felix Mendelssohn
    • A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture
  • • Ambroise Thomas
    • MignonNo. 8 Entr'acte Act 2
  • • Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
    • Two Ancient Scots Tunes, Op 82 First concert performance
  • • Giuseppe Verdi
    • RigolettoRecitative & aria 'Gualtier Maldè...Caro nome' Act 1 Scene 2
  • • Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
    • Caucasian Sketches, Op 10
  • • César Franck
    • Symphonic Variations
  • • Jean Sibelius
    • Valse triste
  • • Modest Mussorgsky
    • Scherzo in B flat major (orchestral version) Proms premiere
  • • Antonín Dvořák
    • Overture 'Carnival'
  • • interval
  • • George Enescu
    • 2 Romanian Rhapsodies, Op 11No. 1 in A major
  • • Gilbert Alcock
    • The sweet May-tide Proms premiere
  • • Georges Bizet
    • Overture 'Patrie'

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Kathleen Peck

  soprano
  soprano
• William Murdoch

  piano
  piano
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Felix Mendelssohn
• Ambroise Thomas
• Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
• Giuseppe Verdi
• Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
• César Franck
• Jean Sibelius
• Modest Mussorgsky
• Antonín Dvořák
• George Enescu
• Gilbert Alcock
• Georges Bizet

Programme

• • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Overture ‘Coriolan’
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Cantata No. 68, 'Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt', BWV 68 (arr. Henry Wood)No. 2 Aria 'Mein gläubiges Herze'
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major, K450Proms premiere
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
  • • interval
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Orchestral Suite 'No. 5' in G major (Bach/Wood)
  • • Montague Phillips
    • 4 Songs, Op 26No. 2 Hush'd is my lute Proms premiere
    • 6 Songs, Op 25No. 6 Blue-bells Proms premiere
  • • Édouard Lalo
    • Le roi d'YsOverture

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Charles Warwick-Evans

  cello
  cello
• Clara Butterworth

  soprano
  soprano
• Solomon

  piano
  piano
• Frederick Kiddle

  organpiano
  organpiano

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Montague Phillips
• Édouard Lalo

Programme

• • • Carl Maria von Weber
    • Der FreischützOverture
  • • Johannes Brahms
    • Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor: Allegro, WoO 1.5 (orch. Albert Parlow)
    • Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major: Vivace, WoO 1.6 (orch. Albert Parlow)
  • • Ruggero Leoncavallo
    • Pagliacci - 'Si può? Si può?'
  • • Jules Massenet
    • Le CidBallet music (complete) Act 2
  • • interval
  • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
    • Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
  • • Sergey Prokofiev
    • Humoresque Scherzo, Op 12aWorld premiere of this version
  • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • Overture '1812'
  • • Frederic Hymen Cowen
    • Overture 'The Butterfly's Ball'
  • • Florence Aylward
    • A khaki ladProms premiere
  • • Katie Moss
    • The floral dance
  • • Gioachino Rossini
    • SemiramideOverture

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Charles Tree

  baritone
  baritone
• Irene Scharrer

  piano
  piano
• A. Alexandra

  bassoon
  bassoon
• J Groves

  bassoon
  bassoon
• Edwin Hall

  bassoon
  bassoon
• Wilfred James

  bassoon
  bassoon
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Carl Maria von Weber
• Johannes Brahms
• Ruggero Leoncavallo
• Jules Massenet
• Camille Saint‐Saëns
• Sergey Prokofiev
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Frederic Hymen Cowen
• Florence Aylward
• Katie Moss
• Gioachino Rossini

Programme

• • • Édouard Lalo
    • Rapsodie norvégienne
  • • Richard Wagner
    • LohengrinNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
    • Siegfried Idyll
    • TannhäuserNo. 10 Dich, teure Halle, grüss' ich wieder Act 2 Scene 1
  • • Modest Mussorgsky
    • Intermezzo in modo classico (orchestral version) First performance in England
  • • Richard Wagner
    • Tristan and IsoldeNo. 12 Prelude Act 3
    • GötterdämmerungNo. 37 Trauermusik Act 3 Scene 2
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)No. 1 in F minor (ending in F major)
  • • interval
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Concerto grosso in G minor, HWV 324, Op 6.6 Proms premiere
  • • Maude Valérie White
    • So we'll go no more a-roving
  • • Léo Delibes
    • Le roi l'a ditOverture

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Carrie Tubb

  soprano
  soprano
• James McDonagh

  cor anglais
  cor anglais
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Édouard Lalo
• Richard Wagner
• Modest Mussorgsky
• Franz Liszt
• George Frideric Handel
• Maude Valérie White
• Léo Delibes

Programme

• • • Carl Maria von Weber
    • Oberon, J306Overture
  • • Franz Schubert
    • Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D 797No. 6 Entr'acte No. 3 in B flat major: Andantino
  • • Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
    • Benedictus, Op 37.3
  • • Ambroise Thomas
    • MignonNo. 5 Aria 'Connais-tu le pays?' Act 1
  • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
    • Suite algérienne, Op 60
  • • Frederick Delius
    • Piano Concerto in C minor
  • • Percy Grainger
    • Mock Morris
  • • Amilcare Ponchielli
    • La GiocondaDance of the Hours Act 3 Scene 2
  • • interval
  • • Léo Delibes
    • CoppéliaNo. 1a Prelude Act 1
    • CoppéliaNo. 1b Mazurka Act 1
  • • Guy d’Hardelot
    • WaitProms premiere
  • • Arthur Sullivan
    • Overture di ballo

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Carmen Hill

  contralto
  contralto
• Evlyn Howard-Jones

  piano
  piano
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Carl Maria von Weber
• Franz Schubert
• Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
• Ambroise Thomas
• Camille Saint‐Saëns
• Frederick Delius
• Percy Grainger
• Amilcare Ponchielli
• Léo Delibes
• Guy d’Hardelot
• Arthur Sullivan

Programme

• • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • The Marriage of FigaroOverture
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Serse, HWV 40 (arr. Joseph Hellmesberger)Aria 'Ombra mai fù' Act 1 Scene 1
  • • Edward Elgar
    • ‘Enigma’ Variations
  • • Richard Wagner
    • TannhäuserNo. 24 Allmächt'ge Jungfrau Act 3 Scene 1
  • • Antonín Dvořák
    • Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’
  • • interval
  • • Christoph Willibald Gluck
    • Ballet Music (Alceste)(arr. Henry Wood)
  • • Montague Phillips
    • 4 Songs of Joy, Op 24No. 4 Sing, joyous bird
    • 4 Songs of Joy, Op 24No. 3 Love's spell
  • • Modest Mussorgsky
    • Marcia alla Turca 'The Capture of Kars'

Performers

• Henry Wood

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

  organpiano
  organpiano
• Arthur Beckwith

  violin
  violin
• Arthur Jones

  harp
  harp
• Clara Butterworth

  sopranopiano
  sopranopiano

Composers

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• George Frideric Handel
• Edward Elgar
• Richard Wagner
• Antonín Dvořák
• Christoph Willibald Gluck
• Montague Phillips
• Modest Mussorgsky

Programme

• • • Bedrich Smetana
    • The Bartered BrideOverture
  • • Charles Gounod
    • Hymne à Sainte Cécile
  • • Charles Villiers Stanford
    • Songs of the Sea – 1: Drake's Drum
    • Songs of the Sea – 3: Devon, O Devon, in Wind and Rain
    • Songs of the Sea – 5: The Old Superb
  • • Georges Bizet
    • Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 1 Prélude
    • Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 2 Aragonaise
    • Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 3 Intermezzo
    • Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 5 Les dragons de Alcala
    • Carmen Suite No 2No. 6 Danse bohémienne Act 2
  • • Léon Boëllmann
    • Fantaisie dialoguée, Op 35
  • • Modest Mussorgsky
    • Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Mikhail Tushmalov)No. 1 Promenade I World premiere of this version
    • Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Mikhail Tushmalov)No. 4 Il vecchio castello World premiere of this version
    • Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Mikhail Tushmalov)No. 9 Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks World premiere of this version
    • Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Mikhail Tushmalov)No. 10 Two Polish Jews - One Rich, One Poor World premiere of this version
    • Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Mikhail Tushmalov)No. 12 Limoges: Le marché World premiere of this version
    • Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Mikhail Tushmalov)No. 13 Catacombae: Sepulcrum romanum World premiere of this version
    • Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Mikhail Tushmalov)No. 14 Cum mortuis in lingua mortua World premiere of this version
    • Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Mikhail Tushmalov)No. 15 The Hut on Fowl's Legs World premiere of this version
    • Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Mikhail Tushmalov)No. 16 The Great Gate at Kiev World premiere of this version
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)No. 2 in D minor (ending in G major)
  • • interval
  • • Léo Delibes
    • CoppéliaNo. 10b Valse Act 2
    • CoppéliaNo. 10a Entr'acte Act 2
  • • Robert Coningsby Clarke
    • The blind ploughman
  • • Jules Massenet
    • Le CidMarche du Cid Act 3

Performers

• Henry Wood

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

  organpiano
  organpiano
• Arthur Beckwith

  violin
  violin
• Arthur Jones

  harp
  harp
• Fraser Gange

  baritone
  baritone

Composers

• Bedrich Smetana
• Charles Gounod
• Charles Villiers Stanford
• Georges Bizet
• Léon Boëllmann
• Modest Mussorgsky
• Franz Liszt
• Léo Delibes
• Robert Coningsby Clarke
• Jules Massenet

Programme

• • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • EgmontNo. 1 Overture
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Cassation in G major, K 63No. 3 Andante
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 (arr. Henry Wood)Recitative & aria 'I feel the Deity within...Arm, arm, ye brave' Act 1
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
    • Symphony No. 5 in C minor
  • • interval
  • • Edvard Grieg
    • 2 Lyric Pieces, Op 68 (orchestral version)
  • • F. S. Breville-Smith
    • The song of the waggoner
  • • Karl Goldmark
    • Overture 'Sakuntala', Op 13

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Robert Radford

  bass
  bass
• Irene Scharrer

  piano
  piano
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• George Frideric Handel
• Edvard Grieg
• F. S. Breville-Smith
• Karl Goldmark

Programme

• • • Carl Maria von Weber
    • Euryanthe, J291Overture
  • • 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
  • • Herman Bemberg
    • Chant hindou(arr. Henry Wood)
  • • H. Prowinsky
    • A Passing Serenade (orch. Henry Wood)World premiere of this orchestration
  • • Moritz Moszkowski
    • Boabdil, der letzte Maurenkönig, Op 49Ballet Music No. 1: Moorish Fantasia Act 2
    • Boabdil, der letzte Maurenkönig, Op 49Ballet Music No. 2: Scherzo-Valse Act 2
    • Boabdil, der letzte Maurenkönig, Op 49Ballet Music No. 3: Malagueña Act 2
  • • Arthur Sullivan
    • Henry VIIINo. 5 Graceful Dance
  • • Benjamin Godard
    • Suite, Op 116
  • • interval
  • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
    • Le rouet d'Omphale, Op 31
  • • Léo Delibes
    • SylviaNo. 20 Variation dansée Act 3
  • • Alexander Glazunov
    • Paraphrase sur les hymnes des nations alliées, Op 96First performance in England
  • • Henry Wood
    • Fantasia on Scottish Melodies
  • • Haydn Wood
    • It is only a tiny gardenProms premiere
  • • Ferdinand Hérold
    • ZampaOverture

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Charles Warwick-Evans

  cello
  cello
• Carmen Hill

  contralto
  contralto
• Albert Fransella

  flute
  flute
• Pipe Major George Burns

  bagpipes
  bagpipes
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Carl Maria von Weber
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Herman Bemberg
• H. Prowinsky
• Moritz Moszkowski
• Arthur Sullivan
• Benjamin Godard
• Camille Saint‐Saëns
• Léo Delibes
• Alexander Glazunov
• Henry Wood
• Haydn Wood
• Ferdinand Hérold

Programme

• • • Hector Berlioz
    • Benvenuto CelliniOverture
  • • Richard Wagner
    • TannhäuserNo. 1 Overture
    • SiegfriedForest Murmurs (orchestral synthesis) Act 2 Scene 2
    • LohengrinNo. 21 In fernem Land Act 3 Scene 3
  • • Alexander Glazunov
    • Song of the Volga Boatmen (arr. Henry Wood) World premiere of this arrangement
  • • Richard Wagner
    • GötterdämmerungDawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey (abridged concert version)
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 49 Dance of the Apprentices Act 3 Scene 5
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 50 Procession of the Masters Act 3 Scene 5
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 33 Prelude Act 3
  • • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    • The Maid of PskovOverture
  • • Modest Mussorgsky
    • A Night on the Bare Mountain (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov)
  • • Haydn Wood
    • Love's garden of roses
  • • interval
  • • Emmanuel Chabrier
    • Joyeuse marche

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Walter Hyde

  tenor
  tenor
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Hector Berlioz
• Richard Wagner
• Alexander Glazunov
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• Modest Mussorgsky
• Haydn Wood
• Emmanuel Chabrier

Programme

• • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • The Magic FluteNo. 1 Overture
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Serse, HWV 40 (arr. Joseph Hellmesberger)Aria 'Ombra mai fù' Act 1 Scene 1
  • • Christoph Willibald Gluck
    • Orfeo ed Euridice – ‘Che farò senza Euridice?’Recitative & aria 'Sposa! Euridice!...Che farò senza Euridice?'
  • • Alexandre Luigini
    • Ballet égyptien, suite, Op 12
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
  • • Henry Balfour Gardiner
    • Shepherd Fennel's Dance
  • • Johan Svendsen
    • Carnival in Paris, Op 9
  • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
    • Le déluge, Op 45Prelude
  • • interval
  • • Guy d’Hardelot
    • Wait
  • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • Eugene OneginValse Act 2 Scene 1

Performers

• Henry Wood

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

  organpiano
  organpiano
• Arthur Beckwith

  violin
  violin
• Arthur Jones

  harp
  harp
• Ethel Hook

  contralto
  contralto
• William Murdoch

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• George Frideric Handel
• Christoph Willibald Gluck
• Alexandre Luigini
• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Henry Balfour Gardiner
• Johan Svendsen
• Camille Saint‐Saëns
• Guy d’Hardelot
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Programme

• • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Don GiovanniOverture
  • • Felix Mendelssohn
    • Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde, Op 89Aria 'Ich bin ein veilgereister Mann'
  • • Franz Schubert
    • Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D 797No. 10 Ballet No. 2 in G major: Andantino
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Hungarian Fantasia, S 123
  • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • Symphony No. 5 in E minor
  • • interval
  • • Bedrich Smetana
    • Má vlastNo. 2 Vltava
  • • F. S. Breville-Smith
    • There's only one England
  • • Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
    • Overture 'Britannia', Op 52

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Robert Radford

  bass
  bass
• Arthur De Greef

  piano
  piano
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Felix Mendelssohn
• Franz Schubert
• Franz Liszt
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Bedrich Smetana
• F. S. Breville-Smith
• Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie

Programme

• • • Felix Mendelssohn
    • A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental musicNo. 1 Scherzo
  • • Claude Debussy
    • Images for OrchestraNo. 1 Gigues London premiere
  • • Georges Bizet
    • CarmenNo. 5 Aria 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle' Act 1
  • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
    • Henry VIIIBallet Music No. 1: Introduction - Entry of the Clans Act 2
    • Henry VIIIBallet Music No. 2: Idylle écossaise Act 2
    • Henry VIIIBallet Music No. 4: Gipsy Dance Act 2
    • Henry VIIIBallet Music No. 6: Gigue and Finale Act 2
  • • Robert Schumann
    • Piano Concerto in A minor
  • • Percy Pitt
    • Air de Ballet, Op 1a.1
  • • Frederick Delius
    • A Dance Rhapsody No. 1
  • • Henry Purcell
    • Suite for Organ & Orchestra (Purcell/Wood)
  • • Guy d’Hardelot
    • Because
  • • interval
  • • Emmanuel Chabrier
    • España

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Emilia Conti

  soprano
  soprano
• Irene Scharrer

  piano
  piano
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Felix Mendelssohn
• Claude Debussy
• Georges Bizet
• Camille Saint‐Saëns
• Robert Schumann
• Percy Pitt
• Frederick Delius
• Henry Purcell
• Guy d’Hardelot
• Emmanuel Chabrier

Programme

• • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • FidelioOverture
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Divertimento No 17 in D major, K334 (3rd mvt, Minuet and Trio)
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Adelaide, Op 46 (arr. Louis Spohr)
  • • Sergey Rachmaninov
    • Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Symphony No. 7 in A major
  • • interval
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Orchestral Suite 'No. 6' (Bach/Wood)World premiere
  • • Frank Tours
    • Mother o' mine
  • • Arthur Sullivan
    • Overture 'In memoriam'

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Walter Hyde

  tenor
  tenor
• Benno Moiseiwitsch

  piano
  piano
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Sergey Rachmaninov
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Frank Tours
• Arthur Sullivan

Programme

• • • Otto Nicolai
    • Die lustigen Weiber von WindsorOverture
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) (arr. Henry Wood)World premiere of this arrangement
  • • Giacomo Puccini
    • ToscaAria 'Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore' Act 2
  • • Norman O'Neill
    • Hornpipe, Op 48London premiere
  • • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    • 4 Songs, Op 2 (arr. Henry Wood)No. 3 Lullaby (arr. for orchestra, without voice)
  • • Charles Gounod
    • FaustBallet Music (complete)
  • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra
  • • interval
  • • Carl Maria von Weber
    • Invitation to the Dance (orch. Hector Berlioz)
  • • Pietro Mascagni
    • Cavalleria rusticanaIntermezzo
  • • Felix Mendelssohn
    • Overture 'Ruy Blas'
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Symphonic Poem No. 3 'Les Préludes', S 97
  • • Montague Phillips
    • 4 Songs, Op 26No. 3 Soul of the Spring
  • • 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
• Charles Warwick-Evans

  cello
  cello
• Arthur Jones

  harp
  harp
• Clara Butterworth

  soprano
  soprano
• Norman O'Neill

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Otto Nicolai
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Giacomo Puccini
• Norman O'Neill
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• Charles Gounod
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Carl Maria von Weber
• Pietro Mascagni
• Felix Mendelssohn
• Franz Liszt
• Montague Phillips
• Edward Elgar

Programme

• • • Sergey Rachmaninov
    • Morceaux de fantasie, Op 3 (orch. Henry Wood)No. 2 Prelude in C sharp minor
  • • Richard Wagner
    • LohengrinNo. 17 Prelude Act 3
    • TannhäuserNo. 2 Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1
    • RienziAria 'Gerechter Gott! So ist's entschieden schon!' Act 3 Scene 2
  • • Modest Mussorgsky
    • Khovanshchina (Dance of the Persian Slaves, orch Rimsky Korsakov)First performance in England
  • • Richard Wagner
    • RienziOverture
    • ParsifalGood Friday Music (concert version) Act 3 Scene 1
    • GötterdämmerungSong of the Rhine Daughters (abridged concert version) Act 3 Scene 1
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)No. 2 in D minor (ending in G major)
  • • interval
  • • Charles Villiers Stanford
    • Irish Rhapsody No. 1 in D minor, Op 78
  • • Hermann Löhr
    • My little red rose
  • • Carl Maria von Weber
    • Overture 'Jubel', J245, Op 59

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Margaret Balfour

  contralto
  contralto
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Sergey Rachmaninov
• Richard Wagner
• Modest Mussorgsky
• Franz Liszt
• Charles Villiers Stanford
• Hermann Löhr
• Carl Maria von Weber

Programme

• • • Claude Debussy
    • Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
  • • Hector Berlioz
    • The Damnation of FaustBallet des sylphes
    • The Damnation of FaustMenuet des follets
  • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
    • Samson et DalilaRecitative & aria 'Samson, recherchant ma présence...Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!' Act 2
  • • Eric Coates
    • From the CountrysideFirst concert performance in London
  • • Edvard Grieg
    • Piano Concerto in A minor
  • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • Souvenir de Hapsal, Op 2 (orch. Max Erdmannsdörfer)No. 3 Chant sans paroles
  • • Alexander Borodin
    • Prince IgorPolovtsian March Act 3 Proms premiere
  • • Alexander Scriabin
    • Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op 26No. 4 Scherzo: Vivace First performance in England
  • • interval
  • • Robert Coningsby Clarke
    • Desert love songsNo. 2 My heart's desire
  • • Montague Phillips
    • 6 Songs, Op 25No. 6 Blue-bells
  • • Edward German
    • Henry VIIIMorris Dance Act 4
    • Henry VIIIShepherd's Dance Act 1
    • Henry VIIITorch Dance Act 1

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Doris Manuellé

  contralto
  contralto
• Eric Coates

  conductor
  conductor
• Solomon

  piano
  piano
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Claude Debussy
• Hector Berlioz
• Camille Saint‐Saëns
• Eric Coates
• Edvard Grieg
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Alexander Borodin
• Alexander Scriabin
• Robert Coningsby Clarke
• Montague Phillips
• Edward German

Programme

• • • Armas Järnefelt
    • Praeludium
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Flute Concerto in D major, K314No. 2 Andante ma non troppo
    • Flute Concerto in D major, K314No. 3 Finale: Allegro
  • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • The Nutcracker, Suite, Op 71a
  • • Giacomo Puccini
    • La bohèmeAria 'Si. Mi chiamano Mimì' Act 1
  • • Henry Litolff
    • Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D minorNo. 2 Scherzo: Presto
  • • César Franck
    • Symphony in D minor
  • • interval
  • • Felix Mendelssohn
    • 2 Lieder ohne Worte (orch. Ernest Guiraud)No. 30 in A major: Allegretto grazioso 'Frühlingslied' (Op. 62 No. 6)
    • 2 Lieder ohne Worte (orch. Ernest Guiraud)No. 34 in C major: Presto 'Spinnerlied' (Op. 67 No. 4)
  • • Dorothy Forster
    • Take me to flowerland with you Proms premiere
  • • Hector Berlioz
    • Overture 'Le carnaval romain'

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Albert Fransella

  flute
  flute
• Frederick Kiddle

  celesta
  celesta
• Ruth Vincent

  soprano
  soprano
• Irene Scharrer

  piano
  piano
• Victor Marmont

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Armas Järnefelt
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Giacomo Puccini
• Henry Litolff
• César Franck
• Felix Mendelssohn
• Dorothy Forster
• Hector Berlioz

Programme

• • • Richard Wagner
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • The Marriage of FigaroAria 'Voi che sapete' Act 2
  • • Edvard Grieg
    • Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor
  • • Charles Gounod
    • Marche funèbre d'une marionette
  • • Percy Grainger
    • Irish Tune from County Derry
    • Shepherd's Hey - medley
  • • interval
  • • Alexander Borodin
    • Prince IgorPolovtsian Dances (Act 2)
  • • Teresa del Riego
    • The reason
  • • Edward Elgar
    • Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Carmen Hill

  contralto
  contralto
• Myra Hess

  piano
  piano
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Richard Wagner
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Edvard Grieg
• Charles Gounod
• Percy Grainger
• Alexander Borodin
• Teresa del Riego
• Edward Elgar

Programme

• • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • The Magic FluteNo. 17 Aria 'Ach! ich fühl's' Act 2
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Violin Concerto in D major
    • Symphony No 8 in F major
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Toccata and Fugue in F minor, No 1, Toccata(arr. Henry Wood)
  • • interval
  • • Dorothy Forster
    • I wonder if love is a dreamProms premiere
  • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • Capriccio italien, Op 45

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Ruth Vincent

  soprano
  soprano
• Arthur Beckwith

  violin
  violin
• Victor Marmont

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Dorothy Forster
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Programme

• • • Gioachino Rossini
    • William Tell – overture
  • • Joachim Raff
    • 6 Morceaux, Op 85 (orch. Henry Wood)No. 3 Cavatina
  • • Giuseppe Verdi
    • A Masked BallRecitative & aria 'Alzati!...Eri tu che macchiavi' Act 3 Scene 1
  • • Georges Bizet
    • L' Arlésienne – Suite No. 1No. 1 Prélude
    • L' Arlésienne – Suite No. 1No. 2 Minuetto
    • L' Arlésienne – Suite No. 1No. 3 Adagietto
    • L' Arlésienne, Suite No. 2No. 4 Farandole
    • L' Arlésienne, Suite No. 2No. 3 Menuet (from 'La jolie fille de Perth')
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
  • • interval
  • • Antonín Dvořák
    • 8 Humoreskes, Op 101 (orch. Henry Wood)No. 7 in G flat major
  • • Percy Grainger
    • Handel in the Strand (arr. Henry Wood)
  • • Richard Wagner
    • TannhäuserNo. 1 Overture
  • • Henry Wood
    • Fantasia on Welsh Melodies
  • • Ethel Barns
    • O soul of mine!
  • • Hector Berlioz
    • The Damnation of FaustMarche hongroise

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Fraser Gange

  baritone
  baritone
• Benno Moiseiwitsch

  piano
  piano
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Gioachino Rossini
• Joachim Raff
• Giuseppe Verdi
• Georges Bizet
• Franz Liszt
• Antonín Dvořák
• Percy Grainger
• Richard Wagner
• Henry Wood
• Ethel Barns
• Hector Berlioz

Programme

• • • Richard Wagner
    • LohengrinNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 33 Prelude Act 3
    • Tristan and IsoldePrelude (with Wagner's concert-ending) Act 1
    • GötterdämmerungNo. 40 Starke Scheite Act 3 Scene 3
    • Das RheingoldEntry of the Gods into Valhalla (orchestral version)
    • Parsifal, WWV 111 (arr. Emil Steinbach)Klingsor's Magic Garden and Flowermaidens' Scene (orchestral synthesis) Act 2
    • GötterdämmerungNo. 37 Trauermusik Act 3 Scene 2
  • • interval
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)No. 1 in F minor (ending in F major)
  • • Eric Coates
    • The palace of roses Proms premiere
  • • Richard Wagner
    • TannhäuserNo. 12 Ankunft der Gäste Act 2 Scene 4

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Carrie Tubb

  soprano
  soprano
• Frederick Kiddle

  soprano
  soprano

Composers

• Richard Wagner
• Franz Liszt
• Eric Coates

Programme

• • • Ambroise Thomas
    • MignonNo. 1 Overture
  • • Franz Schubert
    • Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D 797No. 6 Entr'acte No. 3 in B flat major: Andantino
  • • Ruggero Leoncavallo
    • Pagliacci - 'Vesti la giubba'
  • • André Wormser
    • L' enfant prodigue, suite
  • • interval
  • • Frank Bridge
    • Sally in our Alley (orchestral version)World premiere of this version
    • Cherry Ripe (orchestral version)World premiere of this version
  • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
    • Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, ‘Egyptian’Proms premiere
  • • Percy Grainger
    • Mock Morris
  • • Jean Sibelius
    • Finlandia
  • • Léo Delibes
    • CoppéliaNo. 1a Prelude Act 1
    • CoppéliaNo. 1b Mazurka Act 1
  • • Dorothy Forster
    • Mifanwy
  • • Franz von Suppé
    • Dichter und BauerOverture

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Herbert Cave

  tenor
  tenor
• Frank Bridge

  conductor
  conductor
• Arthur De Greef

  piano
  piano
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Ambroise Thomas
• Franz Schubert
• Ruggero Leoncavallo
• André Wormser
• Frank Bridge
• Camille Saint‐Saëns
• Percy Grainger
• Jean Sibelius
• Léo Delibes
• Dorothy Forster
• Franz von Suppé

Programme

• • • Franz Schubert
    • Die Zauberharfe, D 644Overture
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Serse, HWV 40 (arr. Joseph Hellmesberger)Aria 'Ombra mai fù' Act 1 Scene 1
  • • Giuseppe Verdi
    • Don CarlosAria 'O don fatale' Act 4 Scene 1
  • • Christoph Willibald Gluck
    • Suite de Ballet No. 1 (Gluck/Mottl)
  • • Violin Concerto No 1 (1st mvt, Allegro maestoso)(reorchestrated and arr. Henry Wood in D major)
  • • Richard Wagner
    • GötterdämmerungDawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey (abridged concert version)
  • • interval
  • • Edward German
    • Welsh Rhapsody
  • • Léo Delibes
    • CoppéliaNo. 10b Valse Act 2
    • CoppéliaNo. 10a Entr'acte Act 2
  • • Teresa del Riego
    • Sink, red sun
  • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • MazeppaGopak Act 1 No. 4a

Performers

• Henry Wood

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

  organpiano
  organpiano
• Arthur Beckwith

  violin
  violin
• Arthur Jones

  harp
  harp
• Thelma Petersen

  contralto
  contralto
• Daniel Melsa

  violin
  violin

Composers

• Franz Schubert
• George Frideric Handel
• Giuseppe Verdi
• Christoph Willibald Gluck
• Richard Wagner
• Edward German
• Léo Delibes
• Teresa del Riego
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Programme

• • • Richard Wagner
    • The Flying DutchmanOverture
  • • Johannes Brahms
    • Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op 11No. 4a Minuet I (G major)
    • Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op 11No. 4b Minuet II (G minor)
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Rinaldo, HWV 7 (arr. Henry Wood)Recitative & aria 'Armida, dispietata...Lascia ch'io pianga' Act 2 Scene 4
  • • Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov
    • The Christmas Tree, SuiteFirst performance in England
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Violin Concerto No 3 in G major, K 216
  • • Paul Dukas
    • The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • • Leone Sinigaglia
    • Overture 'Le baruffe chiozzotte', Op 32
  • • interval
  • • Joseph Holbrooke
    • Variations on an Old English Air 'Three Blind Mice', Op 37.1
  • • Graham Peel
    • The country loverNo. 4 The early morning
  • • Teresa del Riego
    • Thank God for a garden
  • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • MazeppaEntr'acte: The Battle of Poltava Act 3 No. 15

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Margaret Balfour

  contralto
  contralto
• Albert Sammons

  violin
  violin
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Richard Wagner
• Johannes Brahms
• George Frideric Handel
• Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Paul Dukas
• Leone Sinigaglia
• Joseph Holbrooke
• Graham Peel
• Teresa del Riego
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Programme

• • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • EgmontNo. 1 Overture
  • • Giuseppe Verdi
    • AidaAria 'Ritorna vincitor' Act 1 Scene 1
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Orchestral Suite 'No. 5' in G major (Bach/Wood)
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’
  • • interval
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Concerto grosso in G minor, HWV 324, Op 6.6
  • • Robert Coningsby Clarke
    • Desert love songsNo. 1 I will await thee
    • Desert love songsNo. 2 My heart's desire
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • The Ruins of Athens, Op 113No. 5 Turkish March

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Clara Butterworth

  soprano
  soprano
• Frederick Kiddle

  organpiano
  organpiano
• Benno Moiseiwitsch

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Giuseppe Verdi
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Franz Liszt
• George Frideric Handel
• Robert Coningsby Clarke

Programme

• • • Felix Mendelssohn
    • A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture
  • • Johannes Brahms
    • Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor: Allegro, WoO 1.5 (orch. Albert Parlow)
    • Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major: Vivace, WoO 1.6 (orch. Albert Parlow)
  • • Georges Bizet
    • CarmenNo. 15c Aria 'La fleur que tu m'avais jetée' Act 2
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) (arr. Henry Wood)
  • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
    • Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor
  • • interval
  • • Edward Elgar
    • Salut d'amour
  • • Gustave Charpentier
    • Impressions d'ItalieNo. 1 Sérénade
  • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • Overture '1812'
  • • Norman O'Neill
    • The Blue Bird, Op 37No. 1 Dance of the Mist-maids
    • The Blue Bird, Op 37No. 2 Dance of Fire and Water
    • The Blue Bird, Op 37No. 3 Dance of the Stars
    • The Blue Bird, Op 37No. 4 Dance of the Hours
  • • Hermann Löhr
    • A walk in the wood Proms premiere
  • • Gioachino Rossini
    • SemiramideOverture

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Herbert Cave

  tenor
  tenor
• Frederick Kiddle

  organpiano
  organpiano
• Charles Warwick-Evans

  cello
  cello
• Arthur Jones

  harp
  harp
• Daisy Kennedy

  violin
  violin
• Eric Coates

  viola
  viola

Composers

• Felix Mendelssohn
• Johannes Brahms
• Georges Bizet
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Camille Saint‐Saëns
• Edward Elgar
• Gustave Charpentier
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Norman O'Neill
• Hermann Löhr
• Gioachino Rossini

Programme

• • • Richard Wagner
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
    • Tristan and IsoldeNo. 12 Prelude Act 3
    • Siegfried Idyll
    • ParsifalNo. 22 Dich nannt'ich...Ich sah das Kind Act 2 Scene 2
    • The Flying DutchmanOverture
    • ParsifalNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
    • Die WalküreWalkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1
  • • interval
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Symphonic Poem No. 3 'Les Préludes', S 97
  • • Ethel Barns
    • O soul of mine!
  • • Hector Berlioz
    • The Damnation of FaustMarche hongroise

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• James McDonagh

  cor anglais
  cor anglais
• Margaret Balfour

  contralto
  contralto
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Richard Wagner
• Franz Liszt
• Ethel Barns
• Hector Berlioz

Programme

• • • Carl Maria von Weber
    • Oberon, J306Overture
  • • Franz Schubert
    • Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D 797No. 10 Ballet No. 2 in G major: Andantino
  • • Charles Gounod
    • FaustNo. 13 Recitative & aria 'O Dieu! que de bijoux!...Ah! je ris de me voir' Act 3
  • • Henry Walford Davies
    • Solemn Melody
  • • Edward MacDowell
    • 6 Poems after Heine, Op 31 (orch. Ross Jungnickel)No. 2 Scotch Poem First performance in England of this version
    • 6 Poems after Heine, Op 31 (orch. Ross Jungnickel)No. 6 Poème erotique First performance in England of this version
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Totentanz
  • • Amilcare Ponchielli
    • La GiocondaDance of the Hours Act 3 Scene 2
  • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55No. 4 Tema con variazioni
  • • interval
  • • Alexander Borodin
    • Prince IgorPolovtsian March Act 3
  • • Luigi Arditi
    • Il bacio
  • • Arthur Sullivan
    • Overture di ballo

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Elsa Stralia

  soprano
  soprano
• Frederick Kiddle

  organpiano
  organpiano
• Charles Warwick-Evans

  cello
  cello
• William Murdoch

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Carl Maria von Weber
• Franz Schubert
• Charles Gounod
• Henry Walford Davies
• Edward MacDowell
• Franz Liszt
• Amilcare Ponchielli
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Alexander Borodin
• Luigi Arditi
• Arthur Sullivan

Programme

• • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • The Marriage of FigaroOverture
  • • Edvard Grieg
    • 2 Lyric Pieces, Op 68 (orchestral version)
  • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
    • Samson et DalilaAria 'Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix' Act 2
  • • Georges Bizet
    • Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 1 Prélude
    • Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 2 Aragonaise
    • Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 3 Intermezzo
    • Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 5 Les dragons de Alcala
    • Carmen Suite No 2No. 6 Danse bohémienne Act 2
  • • Edward MacDowell
    • Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor
  • • interval
  • • Arthur De Greef
    • Four Old Flemish Folk-Songs Proms premiere
  • • Alexandre Luigini
    • Ballet égyptien, suite, Op 12
  • • Felix Mendelssohn
    • Overture ‘The Hebrides’ (‘Fingal’s Cave’)
  • • Guy d’Hardelot
    • Wait
  • • Edward German
    • Symphonic Suite in D minor 'Leeds'No. 2 Valse gracieuse

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Ruby Heyl

  contralto
  contralto
• Cecil Baumer

  piano
  piano
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Edvard Grieg
• Camille Saint‐Saëns
• Georges Bizet
• Edward MacDowell
• Arthur De Greef
• Alexandre Luigini
• Felix Mendelssohn
• Guy d’Hardelot
• Edward German

Programme

• • • Bedrich Smetana
    • The Bartered BrideOverture
  • • Ambroise Thomas
    • MignonNo. 8 Entr'acte Act 2
  • • Ruggero Leoncavallo
    • Pagliacci - 'Si può? Si può?'
  • • Armas Järnefelt
    • Praeludium
  • • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
    • Ballade in A minor, Op. 33
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
  • • interval
  • • Jean Sibelius
    • Valse triste
  • • Antonín Dvořák
    • Overture 'Carnival'
  • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
    • Danse macabre
  • • Hermann Löhr
    • The village bandProms premiere
  • • Georges Bizet
    • Overture 'Patrie'

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
• Fraser Gange

  baritone
  baritone
• Solomon

  piano
  piano
• Frederick Kiddle

  piano
  piano

Composers