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Wed 16 Aug 1939
20:00
Prom 04
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 29, 'Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir', BWV 29 (arr. Henry Wood)
No. 1 Sinfonia
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Cantata No. 81, 'Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?', BWV 81 (arr. Henry Wood)
No. 1 Aria 'Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?'
Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043
Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046
Cantata No. 20, 'O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort', BWV 20 (arr. Henry Wood)
No. 8 Aria 'Wacht auf, wacht auf, verlornen Schafe'
Concerto for Four Keyboards in A minor, BWV 1065
Gustav Holst
Concerto for Two Violins
Henry Purcell
Suite for Organ & Orchestra (Purcell/Wood)
Performers
Berkeley Mason
organ
organ
Gerald Jackson
flute
flute
Astra Desmond
contralto
contralto
Winifred Small
violin
violin
Orrea Pernel
violin
violin
Norman Walker
bass
bass
Denis Matthews
piano
piano
Iris Loveridge
piano
piano
Ross Pratt
piano
piano
Susan Slivko
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gustav Holst
Henry Purcell
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