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Sat 2 Sept 1939
20:00
Prom 19
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
Rienzi
Overture
Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville – 'Largo al factotum'
Henry Walford Davies
Solemn Melody
Nicolò Paganini
Moto perpetuo in C major, Op 11 (arr. Percy Pitt)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
Edward Elgar
Sea Pictures
No. 2 In haven
Sea Pictures
No. 4 Where corals lie
Sea Pictures
No. 3 Sabbath morning at sea
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
César Franck
Symphonic Variations
Jeremiah Clarke
The Prince of Denmark's March (arr. Henry Wood)
Performers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dennis Noble
baritone
baritone
Myra Hess
piano
piano
Mary Jarred
contralto
contralto
Anon.
trumpet
organ
trumpet
organ
BBC Symphony Orchestra (members)
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Composers
Richard Wagner
Gioachino Rossini
Henry Walford Davies
Nicolò Paganini
Ludwig van Beethoven
Edward Elgar
Richard Strauss
César Franck
Jeremiah Clarke
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