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Sat 11 Aug 1956
19:30
Prom 19
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Léo Delibes
Sylvia
No. 17 Grand cortège de Bacchus Act 3
Carl Maria von Weber
Aufforderung zum Tanze (orch. Maurice Johnstone)
Proms premiere of this orchestration
Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé: Fragments symphoniques I
Proms premiere
William Walton
Façade, Suite No. 2
No. 1 Fanfare
Façade, Suite No. 2
No. 2 Scotch Rhapsody
interval
William Walton
Façade, Suite No. 1
No. 1 Polka
Façade, Suite No. 1
No. 3 Swiss Yodelling Song
Façade, Suite No. 2
No. 6 Old Sir Faulk
Façade, Suite No. 1
No. 2 Valse
Façade, Suite No. 2
No. 5 Popular Song
Façade, Suite No. 1
No. 4 Tango-Pasodoble
Façade, Suite No. 1
No. 5 Tarantella Sevillana
Sergey Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Malcolm Arnold
Homage to the Queen
No. 6a Air: Introduction Proms premiere
Homage to the Queen
No. 6b Air: Girl's Variation Proms premiere
Homage to the Queen
No. 6c Air: Man's Variation Proms premiere
Homage to the Queen
No. 6d Air: Pas de deux Proms premiere
Homage to the Queen
No. 7 Finale Proms premiere
John Addison
Carte blanche (Suite)
First public performance
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake
No. 13d Danse des cygnes: Allegro moderato Act 2 No. 4d
Swan Lake
No. 10 Scène Act 2 No. 1
Swan Lake
No. 2 Valse Act 1 No. 2
Swan Lake
No. 20 Danse hongroise (Czárdás) Act 3 No. 6
Swan Lake
No. 13e Pas d'action Act 2 No. 4e
Performers
John Hollingsworth
conductor
conductor
Shura Cherkassky
piano
piano
John Addison
conductor
conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Léo Delibes
Carl Maria von Weber
Maurice Ravel
William Walton
Sergey Rachmaninov
Malcolm Arnold
John Addison
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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