BBC Proms

BBC Proms Calendar

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Wed 1 Sep 1948
- 19:30
  Prom 34
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046
  Violin Concerto in E major
  Cantata No. 53, 'Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde', BWV 53
  Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049
  Concerto for Four Keyboards in A minor, BWV 1065
  interval
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony)
  Performers
  Stanford Robinson
  conductor
  conductor
  Marie Wilson
  violin
  violin
  Nancy Evans
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Edward Walker
  flute
  flute
  George Stratton
  violin
  violin
  Gordon Walker
  flute
  flute
  Eleanor Pembridge
  piano
  piano
  Christine Pembridge
  piano
  piano
  Violet Graham
  piano
  piano
  Ruth Harte
  piano
  piano
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  conductor
  conductor
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Part of
  Proms 1948
Thu 2 Sep 1948
- 19:30
  Prom 35
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Tapiola
  Violin Concerto
  Symphony No. 5 in E flat major
  interval
  Ernest John Moeran
  Serenade in G major World premiere
  Arnold Bax
  Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
  Performers
  Henry Holst
  violin
  violin
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Ernest John Moeran
  Arnold Bax
  Part of
  Proms 1948
Fri 3 Sep 1948
- 19:30
  Prom 36
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Overture 'Leonore' No. 1, Op 138
  Symphony No. 2 in D major
  Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
  Arnold Bax
  Symphony No. 7
  Performers
  Myra Hess
  piano
  piano
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Arnold Bax
  Part of
  Proms 1948
Sat 4 Sep 1948
- 19:30
  Prom 37
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Bedrich Smetana
  The Bartered BrideOverture
  Claude Debussy
  Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
  Alexander Borodin
  Prince IgorRecitative & aria 'Slowly the day died away...Come, give answer!' Act 2
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 35 in D major, 'Haffner'
  interval
  William Walton
  Sinfonia concertante
  Richard Strauss
  Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  George Frideric Handel
  Organ Concerto in D minor (Handel/Wood)
  Richard Wagner
  Traüme, WWV 91b (arr. Johan Svendsen)
  Die WalküreWalkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1
  Performers
  Parry Jones
  tenor
  tenor
  Phyllis Sellick
  piano
  piano
  Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball
  organ
  organ
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Bedrich Smetana
  Claude Debussy
  Alexander Borodin
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  William Walton
  Richard Strauss
  George Frideric Handel
  Richard Wagner
  Part of
  Proms 1948
Mon 6 Sep 1948
- 19:30
  Prom 38
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Eugene OneginPolonaise Act 3 Scene 1
  Eugene OneginAria 'Puskay pogibnu ya' Act 1 Scene 2
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
  Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55No. 4 Tema con variazioni
  Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55No. 1 Elegie
  Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55No. 2 Valse melancolique
  interval
  William Walton
  Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor
  Performers
  Oda Slobodskaya
  soprano
  soprano
  Cyril Smith
  piano
  piano
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  William Walton
  Part of
  Proms 1948
Tue 7 Sep 1948
- 19:30
  Prom 39
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No 29 in A major, K 201
  Joseph Haydn
  Keyboard Concerto in D major
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 94 in G major 'The Surprise'
  interval
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  The Lark Ascending
  Benjamin Britten
  Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’No. 3 Moonlight
  Performers
  Kathleen Long
  piano
  piano
  Dennis Brain
  horn
  horn
  Frederick Grinke
  violin
  violin
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Stanford Robinson
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Joseph Haydn
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Benjamin Britten
  Part of
  Proms 1948
Wed 8 Sep 1948
- 19:30
  Prom 40
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Overture 'Ruy Blas'
  Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'
  Johannes Brahms
  Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
  Symphony No. 2 in D major
  interval
  Performers
  Myra Hess
  piano
  piano
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Johannes Brahms
  Part of
  Proms 1948
Thu 9 Sep 1948
- 19:30
  Prom 41
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Così fan tutte, K 588Overture
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Serenade to Music
  Edward Elgar
  Cello Concerto in E minor
  Paul Hindemith
  Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'
  interval
  Hector Berlioz
  Symphonie fantastique
  Performers
  Marjorie Avis
  soprano
  soprano
  Margaret Godley
  soprano
  soprano
  Margaret Rees
  soprano
  soprano
  Margaret Rolfe
  contralto
  contralto
  Betty Hutchings
  soprano
  soprano
  Maude Baker
  contralto
  contralto
  Gladys Bishop
  contralto
  contralto
  Kathleen Kay
  contralto
  contralto
  Bradshaw Macmillan
  tenor
  tenor
  Emlyn Bebb
  tenor
  tenor
  John Duncan
  tenor
  tenor
  Reginald Mitchell
  tenor
  tenor
  Stanley Riley
  bass
  bass
  Leonard Hubbard
  bass
  bass
  Victor Utting
  bass
  bass
  Roland Izzard
  bass
  bass
  Anthony Pini
  cello
  cello
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Edward Elgar
  Paul Hindemith
  Hector Berlioz
  Part of
  Proms 1948
Fri 10 Sep 1948
- 19:30
  Prom 42
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  FidelioOverture
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Symphony No. 5 in C minor
  John Ireland
  Legend
  Frederick Delius
  Paris (The Song of a Great City)
  Performers
  Ida Haendel
  violin
  violin
  Kyla Greenbaum
  piano
  piano
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  John Ireland
  Frederick Delius
  Part of
  Proms 1948
Sat 11 Sep 1948
- 19:30
  Prom 43
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  TannhäuserNo. 1 Overture
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Don GiovanniAria 'Madamina! il catalogo è questo' Act 1 Scene 5
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  César Franck
  Symphony in D minor
  Maurice Jaubert
  Suite française, Op 36a First performance in England
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Samson et DalilaRecitative & aria 'Samson, recherchant ma présence...Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!' Act 2
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Capriccio italien, Op 45
  Performers
  Owen Brannigan
  bass
  bass
  Cyril Smith
  piano
  piano
  Muriel Brunskill
  contralto
  contralto
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  César Franck
  Maurice Jaubert
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Part of
  Proms 1948
Mon 13 Sep 1948
- 19:30
  Prom 44
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  SiegfriedAct 1 Scene 3
  SiegfriedForest Murmurs (orchestral synthesis) Act 2 Scene 2
  GötterdämmerungNo. 3 Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde (Prologue)
  GötterdämmerungNo. 2 Tagesgrauen und Sonnenaufgang (Prologue)
  GötterdämmerungNo. 5 Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (Prologue)
  GötterdämmerungNo. 4 O heilige Götter! (Prologue)
  GötterdämmerungNo. 40 Starke Scheite Act 3 Scene 3
  interval
  Cyril Scott
  Oboe ConcertoWorld premiere
  Richard Strauss
  Death and Transfiguration
  Performers
  Torsten Ralf
  Siegfried
  Siegfried
  Hubert Norville
  Mime
  Mime
  Mary Bothwell
  Brünnhildesoprano
  Brünnhildesoprano
  Léon Goossens
  oboe
  oboe
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Stanford Robinson
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Cyril Scott
  Richard Strauss
  Part of
  Proms 1948
Tue 14 Sep 1948
- 19:30
  Prom 45
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  Introduction and Allegro
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1)
  interval
  Frederick Delius
  Violin Concerto
  John Ireland
  These Things Shall Be
  Performers
  Elsie Suddaby
  soprano
  soprano
  Harold Williams
  baritone
  baritone
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Jean Pougnet
  violin
  violin
  Gordon Clinton
  baritone
  baritone
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Frederick Delius
  John Ireland
  Part of
  Proms 1948
Wed 15 Sep 1948
- 19:30
  Prom 46
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Franz Schubert
  Overture in C major in the Italian Style
  Fantasy in C major, D760, 'Wanderer' (orch. Liszt)
  Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
  Franz Liszt
  Rhapsodie espagnole, S 254 (orch. Ferruccio Busoni)
  Franz Schubert
  Erlkönig, D. 328(arr. unknown)
  Franz Liszt
  Two Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S 110No. 2 Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke
  Performers
  Louis Kentner
  piano
  piano
  Owen Brannigan
  bass
  bass
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Franz Schubert
  Franz Liszt
  Part of
  Proms 1948
Thu 16 Sep 1948
- 19:30
  Prom 47
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  The Magic Flute (Overture)
  Don GiovanniCanzonetta 'Deh vieni alla finestra' Act 2
  The Marriage of FigaroRecitative & aria 'Tutto è disposto...Aprite un po' quegl' occhi' Act 4
  Concerto in E flat major for two pianos
  interval
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 41 in C major, ‘Jupiter’
  Darius Milhaud
  Suite française, Op 254First performance in England
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)
  Performers
  Roy Henderson
  baritone
  baritone
  Cyril Smith
  piano
  piano
  Phyllis Sellick
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Darius Milhaud
  Igor Stravinsky
  Part of
  Proms 1948
Fri 17 Sep 1948
- 19:30
  Prom 48
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Alceste - Overture
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
  Hubert Parry
  Blest Pair of Sirens
  interval
  Performers
  Mary Jarred
  contralto
  contralto
  Norman Walker
  bass
  bass
  Parry Jones
  tenor
  tenor
  Joan Hammond
  soprano
  soprano
  Royal Choral Society
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Hubert Parry
  Part of
  Proms 1948
Sat 18 Sep 1948
- 19:30
  Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1948
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  The Wasps – overture
  John Ireland
  Piano Concerto
  Frederick Delius
  Brigg Fair
  Rutland Boughton
  The Immortal HourNo. 49 In the days of the great fires Act 2 - harp appears in 'How beautiful they are'
  The Immortal HourNo. 55 How beautiful they are Act 2 - harp appears in 'How beautiful they are'
  William Walton
  Coronation March ‘Crown Imperial’
  interval
  Edward Elgar
  Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
  Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op 20
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Henry Wood
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 5 Jack's the Lad
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 6 Farewell and Adieu, Ye Spanish Ladies - Cadenza
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 7 Home, Sweet Home
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 9 Rule, Britannia!
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 3 The Saucy Arethusa
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 4 Tom Bowling
  Unknown
  National Anthem
  Performers
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Eileen Joyce
  piano
  piano
  Stanford Robinson
  conductor
  conductor
  Marie Goossens
  harp
  harp
  Trefor Jones
  tenor
  tenor
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  John Ireland
  Frederick Delius
  Rutland Boughton
  William Walton
  Edward Elgar
  Henry Wood
  Unknown
  Part of
  Proms 1948

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