Programme

• • • Unknown
    • National Anthem
  • • Edward Elgar
    • The KingdomPrelude
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Prelude and Fugue in D minor, K 539 (orch. Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli )No. 1 Prelude First concert performance in London of this version
    • Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 (orch. Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli)No. 1 Preludio First concert performance in London of this version
  • • interval
  • • Giacomo Puccini
    • La bohèmeAria 'Si. Mi chiamano Mimì' Act 1
  • • César Franck
    • Symphonic Variations
  • • Gustav Holst
    • The PlanetsNo. 3 Mercury, the Winged Messenger
    • The PlanetsNo. 4 Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
    • The PlanetsNo. 5 Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
  • • Gioachino Rossini
    • The Barber of Seville – 'Largo al factotum'
  • • Richard Strauss
    • Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    • Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Mignons Lied, S 370 (version with orchestra)
  • • Emmanuel Chabrier
    • Joyeuse marche

Performers

• Maggie Teyte

  soprano
  soprano
• Irene Kohler

  piano
  piano
• Dennis Noble

  baritone
  baritone
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Unknown
• Edward Elgar
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Giacomo Puccini
• César Franck
• Gustav Holst
• Gioachino Rossini
• Richard Strauss
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• Franz Liszt
• Emmanuel Chabrier

Programme

• • • Richard Wagner
    • RienziOverture
    • The Flying DutchmanAria 'Joho hoe! Traft ihr das Schiff' Act 2
    • SiegfriedForest Murmurs (orchestral synthesis) Act 2 Scene 2
    • LohengrinNo. 22 Mein lieber Schwan! Act 3 Scene 3
  • • interval
  • • Richard Wagner
    • GötterdämmerungSong of the Rhine Daughters (abridged concert version) Act 3 Scene 1
    • Die WalküreNo. 10b O süsseste Wonne! Act 1 Scene 3
    • Die WalküreNo. 9 Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond Act 1 Scene 3
    • Die WalküreNo. 6 Ein Schwert verheiss mir der Vater Act 1 Scene 3
    • Die WalküreNo. 7 Schläfst du, Gäst? Act 1 Scene 3
    • Die WalküreNo. 8 Der Männer Sippe Act 1 Scene 3
    • Die WalküreNo. 10a Du bist der Lenz Act 1 Scene 3
    • Die WalküreNo. 11 War Wälse dein Vater Act 1 Scene 3
    • Die WalküreNo. 12 Siegmund heiss ich Act 1 Scene 3
    • Die WalküreWalkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1
  • • 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
  • • Richard Strauss
    • 5 Songs, Op 39No. 4 Befreit
  • • Carl Maria von Weber
    • Invitation to the Dance (orch. Felix Weingartner)

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Oda Slobodskaya

  sopranoSieglinde
  sopranoSieglinde
• Parry Jones

  tenorSiegmund
  tenorSiegmund
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano
• BBC Symphony Orchestra

Composers

• Richard Wagner
• Norman O'Neill
• Richard Strauss
• Carl Maria von Weber

Programme

• • • Ottorino Respighi
    • Fountains of Rome
  • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    • 7 Romances, Op 47 (arr. Henry Wood)No. 5 Blagoslavlyayu vas, lesa
  • • Arnold Bax
    • Phantasy Proms premiere
  • • Alban Berg
    • Three Fragments from 'Wozzeck'
  • • interval
  • • Claude Debussy
    • La mer
  • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    • Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55No. 4 Tema con variazioni
  • • Carl Loewe
    • 3 Ballads, Op 1No. 1 Edward
  • • Édouard Lalo
    • Rapsodie norvégienne

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Percy Heming

  baritone
  baritone
• Lionel Tertis

  viola
  viola
• May Blyth

  soprano
  soprano
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Ottorino Respighi
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky
• Arnold Bax
• Alban Berg
• Claude Debussy
• Carl Loewe
• Édouard Lalo

Programme

• • • Johannes Brahms
    • Hungarian Dance in F major (unspecified), WoO 1 (orch. unknown)
    • Hungarian Dance in D minor (unspecified), WoO 1 (orch. unknown)
    • Hungarian Dance in G minor (unspecified), WoO 1 (orch. unknown)
    • Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
    • Symphony No. 4 in E minor
  • • interval
  • • Arthur Honegger
    • Chant de joie
  • • Frédéric Chopin
    • Ballade in F major, Op 38
  • • Carl Maria von Weber
    • Turandot, J75, Op 37No. 1 Overture

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Solomon

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Johannes Brahms
• Arthur Honegger
• Frédéric Chopin
• Carl Maria von Weber

Programme

• • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Symphony No. 35 in D major, ‘Haffner’
  • • Joseph Haydn
    • The Seasons (Spring, No 3: Vom Widder strahlet jetzt)
    • The Seasons (Spring, No 4: Schon eilet froh der Ackermann)
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Concerto in E flat major for two pianos
    • The Marriage of FigaroRecitative & aria 'E Susanna non vien!...Dove sono' Act 3
  • • interval
  • • Joseph Haydn
    • Symphony No. 103 in E flat major 'Drumroll'
  • • Sir Eugene Goossens
    • Sinfonietta, Op 34Proms premiere
  • • Nikolai Karlovich Medtner
    • 6 Pushkin Poems, Op 36No. 6 Arion Proms premiere
  • • Engelbert Humperdinck
    • Hansel and GretelDream Pantomime Act 2 Scene 3

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Arthur Cranmer

  baritone
  baritone
• Rae Robertson

  piano
  piano
• Ethel Bartlett

  piano
  piano
• Joan Cross

  soprano
  soprano
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Joseph Haydn
• Sir Eugene Goossens
• Nikolai Karlovich Medtner
• Engelbert Humperdinck

Programme

• • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Overture 'Leonore' No. 1, Op 138
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • The Marriage of FigaroRecitative & aria ''Hai già vinto la causa'...Vedrò, mentr'io sospiro' Act 3
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
  • • interval
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Symphony No. 4 in B flat major
  • • Hector Berlioz
    • Roméo et Juliette (Scène d'amour)
  • • Frederick Delius
    • CynaraProms premiere
  • • Henry Purcell
    • Suite for Organ & Orchestra (Purcell/Wood)

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Roy Henderson

  baritone
  baritone
• Katharine Goodson

  piano
  piano
• Berkeley Mason

  pianoorgan
  pianoorgan

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Hector Berlioz
• Frederick Delius
• Henry Purcell

Programme

• • • Felix Mendelssohn
    • Overture 'Ruy Blas'
  • • Antonio Sartorio
    • Canzone del paggio 'Oh che umore stravagante'Proms premiere
  • • Gioachino Rossini
    • La Cenerentola – 'Nacqui all' affanno ... Non più mesta'
  • • Max Bruch
    • Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (arr. August Wilhelmj)No. 2 Air
  • • interval
  • • Nicolò Paganini
    • Moto perpetuo in C major, Op 11 (arr. Percy Pitt)
  • • Jean Sibelius
    • Tapiola
  • • Giuseppe Verdi
    • A Masked BallRecitative & aria 'Alzati!...Eri tu che macchiavi' Act 3 Scene 1
  • • Maurice Ravel
    • Boléro
  • • Henry Walford Davies
    • Conversations
  • • Enrique Granados
    • 12 Danzas españolas (arr. unknown)No. 5 Andaluza
  • • Joaquín Nin y Castellanos
    • 20 Cantos populares españolesNo. 20 Polo Proms premiere
  • • Franz Schubert
    • 3 Marche militaires (No 1 in D major)(orch. Henry Wood)

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Conchita Supervía

  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
• Lisa Minghetti

  violin
  violin
• Harold Williams

  baritone
  baritone
• Sir Henry Walford Davies

  piano
  piano
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Felix Mendelssohn
• Antonio Sartorio
• Gioachino Rossini
• Max Bruch
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Nicolò Paganini
• Jean Sibelius
• Giuseppe Verdi
• Maurice Ravel
• Henry Walford Davies
• Enrique Granados
• Joaquín Nin y Castellanos
• Franz Schubert

Programme

• • • Richard Wagner
    • The Flying DutchmanOverture
    • RienziAria 'Gerechter Gott! So ist's entschieden schon!' Act 3 Scene 2
    • Tristan and IsoldePrelude and Liebestod
  • • interval
  • • Richard Wagner
    • GötterdämmerungDawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey (abridged concert version)
    • TannhäuserNo. 27 Inbrunst im Herzen Act 3 Scene 3
    • 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
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 51 Wach auf! es nahet gen den Tag Act 3 Scene 5
  • • Ernst Toch
    • Concerto for Piano No. 2, Op 61 World premiere
  • • Sir Hamilton Harty
    • Sea wrack
  • • Joaquín Turina
    • La procesión del Rocio, Op 9

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Mary Jarred

  contralto
  contralto
• Parry Jones

  tenor
  tenor
• Ernst Toch

  piano
  piano
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Richard Wagner
• Ernst Toch
• Sir Hamilton Harty
• Joaquín Turina

Programme

• • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    • Fantasy-Overture 'Hamlet'
    • Violin Concerto in D major
    • Symphony No. 4 in F minor
  • • interval
  • • Arthur Bliss
    • Introduction and Allegro
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Violin Partita No 3 in E majorNo. 1 Preludio
    • Violin Partita No 3 in E majorNo. 3 Gavotte en rondeau
  • • Arnold Bax
    • Mediterranean (orchestral version)

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Alma Moodie

  violin
  violin
• Arthur Bliss

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Pyotr Tchaikovsky
• Arthur Bliss
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Arnold Bax

Programme

• • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
    • Cantata No. 152, 'Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn', BWV 152 (arr. Henry Wood)No. 4 Aria 'Stein, der über alle Schätze'
    • Cantata No. 201, 'Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde', BWV 201No. 3 Aria 'Patron! Patron! das macht der Wind!'
  • • interval
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056
    • Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046
    • Cantata No. 205, 'Der zufriedengestellte Äolus', BWV 205No. 3 Aria 'Wie will ich lustig lachen'
    • Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050
  • • Edward Elgar
    • Introduction and Allegro
  • • Henry Purcell
    • I saw that you had grown so high, Z 387 Proms premiere
    • The Fairy Queen, Z 629 (arr. unknown)Aria 'Hark! Now the echoing air' Act 5
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Samson, HWV 57 (arr. Henry Wood)Overture

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Robert Murchie

  flute
  flute
• Isobel Baillie

  soprano
  soprano
• Bernard Shore

  viola
  viola
• John Hunt

  piano
  piano
• Keith Falkner

  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
• Charles Woodhouse

  violin
  violin
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano
• Anon.

  music arranger
  music arranger

Composers

• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Edward Elgar
• Henry Purcell
• George Frideric Handel

Programme

• • • Frederick Delius
    • Fantastic Dance Proms premiere
    • Concerto for Violin and Cello
    • Idyll
  • • interval
  • • Frederick Delius
    • Piano Concerto in C minor
    • Brigg Fair
  • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    • Overture '1812'
  • • Josef Szulc
    • 10 Mélodies sur des poésies de Verlaine, Op 83No. 1 Clair de Lune Proms premiere
  • • Ernest Chausson
    • 7 Mélodies, Op 2No. 3 Les papillons
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Toccata and Fugue in F major, BWV 540 (orch. Henry Wood)No. 1 Toccata

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• May Harrison

  violin
  violin
• Beatrice Harrison

  cello
  cello
• Roy Henderson

  baritone
  baritone
• Dora Labbette

  soprano
  soprano
• Clifford Curzon

  piano
  piano
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Frederick Delius
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky
• Josef Szulc
• Ernest Chausson
• Johann Sebastian Bach

Programme

• • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Overture 'Leonore' No. 2
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (arr. Henry Wood)Recitative 'From the rage of the tempest' (inauthentic words)
    • Scipione, HWV 20 (arr. Henry Wood)Aria 'Tutta raccolta ancor' Act 2 Scene 2
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Violin Concerto in D major
  • • interval
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Symphony No 8 in F major
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Symphonic Poem No. 11 'Hunnenschlacht', S 105
  • • Modest Mussorgsky
    • Song of the Flea
  • • Edward Elgar
    • Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’)

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Joseph Farrington

  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
• Alma Moodie

  violin
  violin
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• George Frideric Handel
• Franz Liszt
• Modest Mussorgsky
• Edward Elgar

Programme

• • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • The Marriage of FigaroOverture
  • • Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
    • Benedictus, Op 37.3
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • The Marriage of FigaroRecitative & aria 'Giunse alfin il momento...Deh vieni, non tardar' Act 3
  • • Sergey Rachmaninov
    • Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
  • • interval
  • • interval
  • • Paul Dukas
    • The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 (arr. Henry Wood)Recitative & aria 'My arms!...Sound an alarm' Act 2
  • • Manuel de Falla
    • The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 2
  • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    • The Nutcracker, Suite, Op 71a
  • • Alexander Gretchaninov
    • My Native Land
  • • Francis Korbay
    • Hungarian Melodies Book 2No. 16 Shepherd, see thy horse's foaming mane
  • • Percy Grainger
    • Shepherd's Hey - medley

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Dora Labbette

  soprano
  soprano
• Benno Moiseiwitsch

  piano
  piano
• Frank Titterton

  tenor
  tenor
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
• Sergey Rachmaninov
• Paul Dukas
• George Frideric Handel
• Manuel de Falla
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky
• Alexander Gretchaninov
• Francis Korbay
• Percy Grainger

Programme

• • • Richard Wagner
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
    • SiegfriedNo. 17b Mime, der Künstler Act 1 Scene 3
    • SiegfriedNo. 16 Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert! Act 1 Scene 3
    • TannhäuserNo. 21 Prelude Act 3 (1845 version)
    • LohengrinNo. 4 Einsam in trüben Tagen Act 1 Scene 2
    • Parsifal, WWV 111 (arr. Emil Steinbach)Klingsor's Magic Garden and Flowermaidens' Scene (orchestral synthesis) Act 2
    • Die WalküreNo. 40 Leb' wohl [Wotan's Abschied] Act 3 Scene 3
    • Die WalküreNo. 43 Feuerzauber Act 3 Scene 3
    • Die WalküreNo. 41 Der Augen leuchtendes Paar Act 3 Scene 3
    • Die WalküreNo. 42 Loge, hör! Act 3 Scene 3
  • • interval
  • • Edward Elgar
    • Falstaff
  • • Eric Fogg
    • Youth Proms premiere
  • • Victor Hely-Hutchinson
    • The Jolly Beggar Proms premiere
  • • Modest Mussorgsky
    • Sorochintsï Fair (arr. Anatoly Lyadov)Gopak Act 2

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Arthur Carron (formerly Cox)

  tenor
  tenor
• Miriam Licette

  soprano
  soprano
• Harold Williams

  baritone
  baritone
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Richard Wagner
• Edward Elgar
• Eric Fogg
• Victor Hely-Hutchinson
• Modest Mussorgsky

Programme

• • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Divertimento No 2 in D major, K131
  • • Joseph Haydn
    • The CreationNo. 9 Aria 'Nun beut die Flur das frische Grün'
    • Cello Concerto No 2 in D major
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Così fan tutte, K 588Aria 'Un' aura amorosa' Act 1 Scene 2
  • • interval
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Symphony No. 39 in E flat major
  • • John Ireland
    • LegendProms premiere
  • • Léo Delibes
    • Le roi l'a ditOverture

Performers

• Elsie Suddaby

  soprano
  soprano
• Antonia Butler

  cello
  cello
• Heddle Nash

  tenor
  tenor
• Harriet Cohen

  piano
  piano
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Joseph Haydn
• John Ireland
• Léo Delibes

Programme

• • • Johannes Brahms
    • Academic Festival Overture
    • Violin Concerto in D major
    • Symphony No. 3 in F major
  • • interval
  • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    • Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
  • • Franz Schubert
    • Ellens Gesang III, 'Ave Maria' (arr. August Wilhelmj)
  • • Edward Elgar
    • Military March, 'Pomp and Circumstance' in C major, Op 39.5

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Albert Sammons

  violin
  violin
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Johannes Brahms
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky
• Franz Schubert
• Edward Elgar

Programme

• • • Arnold Cooke
    • Concert Overture No. 1- 3rd prize in the Daily Telegraph Competition 1934 London premiere
  • • Frank Tapp
    • Overture 'Metropolis'- 2nd prize in the Daily Telegraph Competition 1934 World premiere
  • • Cyril Scott
    • Festival Overture- 1st prize in the Daily Telegraph competition 1934 Proms premiere
  • • Edvard Grieg
    • 6 Poems, Op 25No. 2 A Swan
    • 6 Songs - No. 6, A Dream(arr. Henry Wood)
  • • Sergey Prokofiev
    • Violin Concerto No. 1 in D majorProms premiere
  • • Alexander Borodin
    • Symphony No 2 in B minor
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Organ Concerto in B flat major, HWV 290, Op. 4 No. 2 (arr. Henry Wood)
  • • Hector Berlioz
    • The Damnation of FaustAria 'Voici des roses'
    • The Damnation of FaustAria 'Devant la maison'
    • The Damnation of FaustMarche hongroise

Performers

• Gladys Cole

  soprano
  soprano
• Henry Holst

  violin
  violin
• Marcel Dupré

  organ
  organ
• William Parsons

  bass
  bass
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Arnold Cooke
• Frank Tapp
• Cyril Scott
• Edvard Grieg
• Sergey Prokofiev
• Alexander Borodin
• George Frideric Handel
• Hector Berlioz

Programme

• • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • FidelioOverture
    • An die ferne Geliebte, Op 98 (arr. Henry Wood)
    • Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
    • Symphony No. 7 in A major
  • • interval
  • • Anton Bruckner
    • Symphony No. 7 in E majorNo. 2 Adagio
  • • Franz Schubert
    • Die Zauberharfe, D 644Overture

Performers

• Percy Manchester

  tenor
  tenor
• Evlyn Howard-Jones

  piano
  piano
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Anton Bruckner
• Franz Schubert

Programme

• • • Richard Strauss
    • Don Juan
    • Burleske
    • SalomeAh! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen, Jochanaan!
    • Don Quixote, Op 35
  • • interval
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (orch. Henry Wood)
  • • Frédéric Chopin
    • Nocturne in D flat major, Op 27 No 2
  • • Franz Liszt
    • 2 Études de concertNo. 2 Gnomenreigen
  • • Jeremiah Clarke
    • The Prince of Denmark's March (arr. Henry Wood)

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Frederic Lamond

  piano
  piano
• Oda Slobodskaya

  soprano
  soprano
• Lauri Kennedy

  cello
  cello
• Bernard Shore

  viola
  viola
• Berkeley Mason

  organ
  organ
• Anon.

  trumpet
  trumpet
• BBC Symphony Orchestra (members)

Composers

• Richard Strauss
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Frédéric Chopin
• Franz Liszt
• Jeremiah Clarke

Programme

• • • Richard Wagner
    • A Faust Overture, WWV 59
    • The Flying DutchmanAria 'Die Frist is um' Act 1
    • Tristan and IsoldeNo. 12 Prelude Act 3
    • GötterdämmerungDawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey (abridged concert version)
  • • interval
  • • Richard Wagner
    • ParsifalNo. 22 Dich nannt'ich...Ich sah das Kind Act 2 Scene 2
    • LohengrinNo. 13 Elsas Brautzug Act 2 Scene 4
    • TannhäuserNo. 25b O du mein holder Abendstern Act 3 Scene 2
    • TannhäuserNo. 25a Wie Todesahnung Dämm'rung Act 3 Scene 2
    • RienziOverture
  • • Erno Dohnanyi
    • Variations on a Nursery Song, Op 25
  • • Emmanuel Chabrier
    • España

Performers

• Arthur Fear

  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
• Terence Macdonagh

  cor anglais
  cor anglais
• Tatiana Makushina

  soprano
  soprano
• Isabel Gray

  piano
  piano
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Richard Wagner
• Erno Dohnanyi
• Emmanuel Chabrier

Programme

• • • Jean Sibelius
    • Karelia Overture, Op 10
    • Symphony No. 7 in C major
    • Luonnotar Proms premiere
    • Pohjola's Daughter Proms premiere
    • Symphony No. 1 in E minor
  • • interval
  • • César Franck
    • Le chasseur maudit
  • • Jean Sibelius
    • 8 Songs, Op 61No. 7 Fåfäng önskan Proms premiere
    • 5 Songs, Op 37No. 5 Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte
  • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    • MazeppaEntr'acte: The Battle of Poltava Act 3 No. 15

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Helmi Liukkonen

  soprano
  soprano
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Jean Sibelius
• César Franck
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Programme

• • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Concerto for Flute, Violin and Keyboard in A minor, BWV 1044
    • Cantata No. 68, 'Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt', BWV 68 (arr. Henry Wood)No. 2 Aria 'Mein gläubiges Herze'
    • Concerto for Three Keyboards in C major, BWV 1064
  • • interval
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047
    • Violin Concerto in A minor
    • Cantata No. 201, 'Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde', BWV 201No. 7 Aria 'Zu Tanze, zu Sprunge, so wackelt das Herz'
    • Concerto for Four Keyboards in A minor, BWV 1065
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Concerto grosso in B-flat major, Op 6, No 5 Hornpipe
    • Acis and GalateaRecitative & aria 'I rage, I melt, I burn...O ruddier than the cherry' Act 2
    • Berenice, HWV 38: Overture(arr. Henry Wood)

Performers

• Kendall Taylor

  piano
  piano
• Marie Wilson

  violin
  violin
• Robert Murchie

  flute
  flute
• Dorothy Silk

  soprano
  soprano
• Lauri Kennedy

  cello
  cello
• Ernest Lush

  piano
  piano
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano
• Edwin Benbow

  piano
  piano
• Alec Whittaker

  oboe
  oboe
• Ernest Hall

  trumpet
  trumpet
• Orrea Pernel

  violin
  violin
• Stuart Robertson

  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Johann Sebastian Bach
• George Frideric Handel

Programme

• • • Antonín Dvořák
    • Overture 'Carnival'
  • • Arthur Benjamin
    • Violin ConcertoProms premiere
  • • Carl Maria von Weber
    • Der FreischützRecitative & aria 'Wie nahte mir der Schlummer...Leise, leise' Act 1
  • • Edward Elgar
    • Symphony No. 1 in A flat major
  • • interval
  • • Ernest John Moeran
    • FarragoFirst concert performance in London
  • • Edvard Grieg
    • 5 Poems, Op 70No. 1 Eros
  • • Manuel de Falla
    • La vida breveDanza española Act 2 Scene 2

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Louis Godowsky

  violin
  violin
• Florence Easton

  soprano
  soprano
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Antonín Dvořák
• Arthur Benjamin
• Carl Maria von Weber
• Edward Elgar
• Ernest John Moeran
• Edvard Grieg
• Manuel de Falla

Programme

• • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Symphony No. 1 in C major
    • FidelioAria 'Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben' Act 1 Scene 1
    • FidelioAria 'Ha! Welch ein Augenblick!' Act 1 Scene 2
    • Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
    • Symphony No. 5 in C minor
  • • interval
  • • William Walton
    • Sinfonia concertante
  • • Hector Berlioz
    • Symphonie fantastiqueNo. 4 Marche au supplice

Performers

• Robert Easton

  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
• Harriet Cohen

  piano
  piano
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• William Walton
• Hector Berlioz

Programme

• • • Carl Maria von Weber
    • Euryanthe, J291Overture
  • • Sir George Dyson
    • The Canterbury PilgrimsNo. 11 The Wife of Bath
  • • Frédéric Chopin
    • Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
  • • Eric Coates
    • The Three Bears
  • • Charles Gounod
    • FaustNo. 19b Aria 'Vous qui faites l'endormie' Act 4
    • FaustNo. 7 Aria 'Le veau d'or' Act 2
  • • interval
  • • Zoltán Kodály
    • Háry János - suite
  • • Frederick Converse
    • California First performance in England
  • • Reynaldo Hahn
    • D' une prison Proms premiere
  • • Henry Balfour Gardiner
    • Shepherd Fennel's Dance

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Isobel Baillie

  soprano
  soprano
• Mitja Nikisch

  piano
  piano
• Eric Coates

  conductor
  conductor
• Carlton Gauld

  bass
  bass
• Phil Davis

  cimbalom
  cimbalom
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Carl Maria von Weber
• Sir George Dyson
• Frédéric Chopin
• Eric Coates
• Charles Gounod
• Zoltán Kodály
• Frederick Converse
• Reynaldo Hahn
• Henry Balfour Gardiner

Programme

• • • Richard Wagner
    • ParsifalNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 36 Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn! Act 3 Scene 1
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 23b Was duftet doch der Flieder Act 2 Scene 3
    • Siegfried Idyll
    • Tristan and IsoldeNo. 8c O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe Act 2 Scene 2
    • Tristan and IsoldeNo. 9a Einsam wachend Act 2 Scene 2
    • Tristan and IsoldeNo. 9b Lausch Geliebter! Act 2 Scene 2
    • Tristan and IsoldeNo. 9c So starben wir Act 2 Scene 2
  • • interval
  • • Richard Wagner
    • TannhäuserNo. 12 Ankunft der Gäste Act 2 Scene 4
    • 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. 47 Selig, wie die Sonne Act 3 Scene 4
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 51 Wach auf! es nahet gen den Tag Act 3 Scene 5
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 48a Interlude Act 3 Scene 5
  • • Edward German
    • Theme and Six Diversions
  • • Sergey Rachmaninov
    • 6 Songs, Op 4No. 3 In the silence of the secret night
  • • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor
    • The Bamboula

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Keith Falkner

  bass-baritoneHans Sachs
  bass-baritoneHans Sachs
• Parry Jones

  TristanWalthertenor
  TristanWalthertenor
• May Blyth

  IsoldeEva
  IsoldeEva
• Mahry Dawes

  Brangäne
  Brangäne
• Muriel Gale

  Magdalene
  Magdalene
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Richard Wagner
• Edward German
• Sergey Rachmaninov
• Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

Programme

• • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    • Souvenir de Hapsal, Op 2 (orch. Max Erdmannsdörfer)No. 3 Chant sans paroles
    • Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op 43No. 4 Marche miniature
    • Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
    • Symphony No. 5 in E minor
  • • interval
  • • Lord Berners
    • Fugue in C minor
  • • Selim Palmgren
    • 6 Lyric Pieces, Op 28No. 5 The Swan Proms premiere
  • • Paul de Schlözer
    • 2 Études de Concert, Op 1No. 1 in E flat major Proms premiere
  • • Ethel Smyth
    • The Boatswain's MateOverture

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Benno Moiseiwitsch

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Pyotr Tchaikovsky
• Lord Berners
• Selim Palmgren
• Paul de Schlözer
• Ethel Smyth

Programme

• • • Johannes Brahms
    • Tragic Overture
    • Double Concerto
    • Symphony No. 2 in D major
  • • interval
  • • Johannes Brahms
    • Alto Rhapsody
    • Variations on the St Anthony Chorale

Performers

• May Mukle

  cello
  cello
• Isolde Menges

  violin
  violin
• Astra Desmond

  contralto
  contralto
• BBC Singers
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Johannes Brahms

Programme

• • • Joseph Haydn
    • Symphony No. 31 in D major 'Hornsignal'
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • The Abduction from the SeraglioAria 'Ach ich liebte' Act 1 Scene 7
    • Violin Concerto No 5 in A major, K 219 'Turkish'
  • • interval
  • • Joseph Haydn
    • Divertimento in B flat major 'Feldpartita', Hob. II:46
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Symphony No. 40 in G minor
  • • Leone Sinigaglia
    • Rondò, Op 42 World premiere
  • • Arthur Honegger
    • Pacific 231

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Noël Eadie

  soprano
  soprano
• Arthur Catterall

  violin
  violin
• Anon.

  music arranger
  music arranger
• BBC Symphony Orchestra (members)
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Joseph Haydn
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Leone Sinigaglia
• Arthur Honegger

Programme

• • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Overture ‘Coriolan’
    • Scena & aria 'Ah! perfido...Per pietà non dirmi addio!', Op 65 (arr. Henry Wood)
    • Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
    • Symphony No. 2 in D major
  • • interval
  • • Arnold Schoenberg
    • Five Orchestral Pieces - performed with 1922 revision
  • • Johannes Brahms
    • 5 Songs, Op 105No. 2 Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
    • 5 Songs, Op 19No. 4 Der Schmied
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Chandos Anthem No. 2 'In the Lord put I my trust', HWV 247 (arr. Edward Elgar)Overture in D minor

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Lilian Stiles-Allen

  soprano
  soprano
• Solomon

  piano
  piano
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Arnold Schoenberg
• Johannes Brahms
• George Frideric Handel

Programme

• • • Jaromír Weinberger
    • Schwanda the BagpiperPolka Act 1 Proms premiere
    • Schwanda the BagpiperFugue Act 2 Proms premiere
  • • Gioachino Rossini
    • The Barber of Seville – 'Una voce poco fa'
  • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
    • Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Alexander's Feast, HWV 75 (arr. Henry Wood)Aria 'Revenge, revenge! Timotheus cries' Act 2 No. 2
  • • César Franck
    • Symphony in D minor
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Two Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S 110No. 2 Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke
  • • Gioachino Rossini
    • Les soirées musicalesNo. 8 Già la luna è in mezzo al mare Proms premiere
  • • Sir Henry Rowley Bishop
    • The Comedy of Errors: "Lo! Here the Gentle Lark"
  • • Jean Sibelius
    • Finlandia

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Luella Paikin

  soprano
  soprano
• Irene Scharrer

  piano
  piano
• Stuart Robertson

  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Jaromír Weinberger
• Gioachino Rossini
• Camille Saint‐Saëns
• George Frideric Handel
• César Franck
• Franz Liszt
• Sir Henry Rowley Bishop
• Jean Sibelius

Programme

• • • Richard Wagner
    • LohengrinNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 15a Am Stillen Herd Act 1 Scene 3
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 18 'Fanget an' - So rief der Lenz in den Wald Act 1 Scene 3
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 15b Was Winternacht, was Waldespracht Act 1 Scene 3
    • Wesendonck Lieder – Träume (arr. Wood)
  • • interval
  • • Richard Wagner
    • ParsifalGood Friday Music (concert version) Act 3 Scene 1
    • Huldigungsmarsch, WWV 97
    • Tristan and IsoldeNo. 4 Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen Act 1 Scene 3
    • TannhäuserNo. 2 Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1
    • Das RheingoldEntry of the Gods into Valhalla (orchestral version)
  • • Ferruccio Busoni
    • Turandot Suite, K248, Op 41
  • • Julius Harrison
    • Four Cavalier TunesNo. 4 Marching along
  • • Henry Balfour Gardiner
    • Overture to a Comedy

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Francis Russell

  tenor
  tenor
• Marie Wilson

  violin
  violin
• Florence Easton

  soprano
  soprano
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Richard Wagner
• Ferruccio Busoni
• Julius Harrison
• Henry Balfour Gardiner

Programme

• • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • The Abduction from the SeraglioOverture
  • • Joseph Haydn
    • Symphony No. 94 in G major 'The Surprise'
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Aria with recitative 'Misero! o sogno...Aura che intorni spiri', K 431
    • Piano Concerto No 17 in G major, K 453
  • • interval
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • The Marriage of FigaroAria 'Voi che sapete' Act 2
    • The Abduction from the SeraglioAria 'Durch Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln' Act 2 Scene 1
  • • Joseph Haydn
    • Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor, ‘Farewell’ Proms premiere
  • • Igor Stravinsky
    • Quatre études (orchestra) Proms premiere
  • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    • 6 Romances, Op 6No. 6 Net, tol′ko tot, kto znal
  • • Granville Bantock
    • Songs from the Chinese Poets Set 3No. 5 A Feast of Lanterns Proms premiere
  • • George Butterworth
    • Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad'

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Parry Jones

  tenor
  tenor
• Kathleen Long

  piano
  piano
• Joan Coxon

  soprano
  soprano
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Joseph Haydn
• Igor Stravinsky
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky
• Granville Bantock
• George Butterworth

Programme

• • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066
    • Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
    • Cantata No. 18, 'Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt', BWV 18 (arr. Henry Wood)No. 4 Aria 'Mein Seelenschatz ist Gottes Wort'
    • Cantata No. 51, 'Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!', BWV 51 (arr. Henry Wood)No. 5 Aria 'Alleluja!'
    • Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049
  • • interval
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Concerto grosso in A minor, HWV 322, Op 6.4 (arr. Henry Wood)
    • Joshua, HWV 64 (arr. Henry Wood)Aria 'Oh! had I Jubal's lyre' Act 3 Scene 3
    • Ottone, re di Germania, HWV 15 (arr. Henry Wood)Overture

Performers

• Sir Donald Francis Tovey

  piano
  piano
• Jo Vincent

  soprano
  soprano
• Alec Whittaker

  oboe
  oboe
• Marie Wilson

  violin
  violin
• Robert Murchie

  flute
  flute
• Frank Almgill

  flute
  flute
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Johann Sebastian Bach
• George Frideric Handel

Programme

• • • Franz Liszt
    • Die Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth, S 2No. 3 March of the Crusaders Proms premiere
    • Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
    • Die Lorelei, S 369 (version with orchestra)
    • A Faust Symphony
    • Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
    • Symphonic Poem No. 3 'Les Préludes', S 97

Performers

• Frederic Lamond

  piano
  piano
• Emelie Hooke

  soprano
  soprano
• Eric Greene

  tenor
  tenor
• BBC Singers
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Franz Liszt

Programme

• • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
    • FidelioRecitative & aria 'Abscheulicher...Komm, Hoffnung' Act 1 Scene 2
    • Romance in G major, Op 40
    • Romance in F major, Op 50
  • • interval
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
  • • Gustav Mahler
    • Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minorNo. 4 Adagietto
  • • Richard Strauss
    • Eight Poems from ‘Letzte Blätter’No. 1 Zueignung
    • Four Songs, Op. 27No. 2 Cäcilie
  • • Ferruccio Busoni
    • Lustspielouvertüre, K245, Op 38

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Eva Turner

  soprano
  soprano
• Eda Kersey

  violin
  violin
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Gustav Mahler
• Richard Strauss
• Ferruccio Busoni

Programme

• • • Gioachino Rossini
    • William Tell – overture
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Serse (Act 1: Ombra mai fù)(probably arr. Henry Wood)
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Così fan tutte, K 588Recitative & aria 'Come scoglio' Act 1 Scene 2
  • • interval
  • • Henryk Wieniawski
    • Concerto for Violin No. 2 in D minor, Op 22
  • • Franz Schubert
    • Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’
  • • Giacomo Puccini
    • La bohèmeAria 'Che gelida manina' Act 1
  • • Maurice Ravel
    • La valse
  • • Zoltán Kodály
    • Dances of GalántaFirst performance in England
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Atalanta, HWV 35 (arr. unknown)Aria 'Care selve, ombre beate' Act 1 Scene 1
  • • Henry Gibson
    • Gaelic Pipe MarchProms premiere

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Marie Wilson

  violin
  violin
• Berkeley Mason

  organpiano
  organpiano
• Sidonie Goossens

  harp
  harp
• Ina Souez

  soprano
  soprano
• Henri Temianka

  violin
  violin
• Heddle Nash

  tenor
  tenor

Composers

• Gioachino Rossini
• George Frideric Handel
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Henryk Wieniawski
• Franz Schubert
• Giacomo Puccini
• Maurice Ravel
• Zoltán Kodály
• Henry Gibson

Programme

• • • Richard Wagner
    • TannhäuserNo. 1 Overture
    • TannhäuserNo. 2 Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1
    • Die WalküreNo. 9 Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond Act 1 Scene 3
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 56 Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein Act 3 Scene 5
    • Siegfried Idyll
    • GötterdämmerungNo. 37 Trauermusik Act 3 Scene 2
    • GötterdämmerungNo. 40 Starke Scheite Act 3 Scene 3
  • • interval
  • • Frank Bridge
    • The Sea
  • • Edward Elgar
    • 2 Songs, Op 60No. 2 The River Proms premiere
  • • Engelbert Humperdinck
    • Hansel and GretelOverture

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Tudor Davies

  tenor
  tenor
• Lilian Stiles-Allen

  soprano
  soprano
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Richard Wagner
• Frank Bridge
• Edward Elgar
• Engelbert Humperdinck

Programme

• • • Hector Berlioz
    • Overture ‘Le carnaval romain’
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • The Marriage of FigaroAria 'Non più andrai' Act 1
  • • Felix Mendelssohn
    • Violin Concerto in E minor
  • • Arnold Bax
    • Symphony No. 3
  • • interval
  • • Constant Lambert
    • The Rio Grande
  • • Frank Bridge
    • O that it were so
  • • Edward Bairstow
    • The Oak Tree Bough
  • • Benjamin Dale
    • An English Dance First concert performance

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Percy Heming

  baritone
  baritone
• Joseph Szigeti

  violin
  violin
• Constant Lambert

  conductor
  conductor
• Angus Morrison

  piano
  piano
• Doris Owens

  contralto
  contralto
• BBC Singers
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Hector Berlioz
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Felix Mendelssohn
• Arnold Bax
• Constant Lambert
• Frank Bridge
• Edward Bairstow
• Benjamin Dale

Programme

• • • 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)
    • Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
    • Symphony No 1 in C minor
  • • John Ireland
    • Mai-Dun
  • • Gustav Holst
    • A Somerset Rhapsody, Op 21.2
  • • Claude Debussy
    • NocturnesNo. 2 Fêtes

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Myra Hess

  piano
  piano
• John Ireland

  conductor
  conductor
• BBC Symphony Orchestra

Composers

• Johannes Brahms
• John Ireland
• Gustav Holst
• Claude Debussy

Programme

• • • Ralph Vaughan Williams
    • Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
    • Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'First concert performance in London
    • The Running SetFirst concert performance in London
    • The Lark Ascending
  • • interval
  • • Ralph Vaughan Williams
    • Songs of travelNo. 8 Bright is the ring of words
    • Songs of travelNo. 3 The roadside fire
    • Songs of travelNo. 1 The vagabond
    • Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony)
  • • George Frideric Handel
    • Organ Concerto in D minor
  • • Herbert Howells
    • Procession, Op 36

Performers

• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Ralph Vaughan Williams

  conductor
  conductor
• Marie Wilson

  violin
  violin
• Keith Falkner

  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
• G(eorge) D(orrington) Cunningham

  organ
  organ
• BBC Symphony Orchestra

Composers

• Ralph Vaughan Williams
• George Frideric Handel
• Herbert Howells

Programme

• • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • EgmontNo. 1 Overture
  • • Christoph Willibald Gluck
    • AlcesteNo. 3 Recitative & aria 'Où suis-je?...Non! Ce n'est point un sacrifice!' Act 1
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
  • • interval
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’
  • • Arnold Bax
    • The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew Proms premiere
  • • Ildebrando Pizzetti
    • I Pastori Proms premiere
  • • Emmanuel Chabrier
    • Le roi malgré luiFête polonaise

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Miriam Licette

  soprano
  soprano
• Myra Hess

  piano
  piano
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Christoph Willibald Gluck
• Arnold Bax
• Ildebrando Pizzetti
• Emmanuel Chabrier

Programme

• • • Hector Berlioz
    • Overture ‘Le corsaire’
  • • Jules Massenet
    • Le CidAria 'Pleurez mes yeux' Act 3
  • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532 (orch. Ottorino Respighi) World premiere
  • • John Ireland
    • Piano Concerto
  • • Georges Bizet
    • CarmenNo. 15c Aria 'La fleur que tu m'avais jetée' Act 2
  • • interval
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Symphony No. 5 in C minor
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)No. 2 in D minor (ending in G major)
  • • Paolo Tosti
    • Ideale
  • • Charles Villiers Stanford
    • Shamus O'Brien, Op 61Overture

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Henry Wood

  conductor
  conductor
• Ninon Vallin

  soprano
  soprano
• Berkeley Mason

  piano
  piano
• Anon.

  piano
  piano
• Helen Perkin

  piano
  piano
• Joseph Hislop

  tenor
  tenor

Composers