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Sat 23 Sept 1939
20:00
Prom 37
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Gioachino Rossini
William Tell – overture
Sir George Dyson
The Canterbury Pilgrims
No. 11 The Wife of Bath
Franz Liszt
Concerto pathétique, S 258 (orch. Lee Pattison)
Jean Sibelius
Valse triste
Felix Mendelssohn
Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde, Op 89
Aria 'Ich bin ein veilgereister Mann'
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’
Camille Saint‐Saëns
The Carnival of the Animals
Richard Wagner
Die Walküre
Walkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1
Performers
Isobel Baillie
soprano
soprano
Rae Robertson
piano
piano
Ethel Bartlett
piano
piano
Robert Easton
bass
bass
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Composers
Gioachino Rossini
Sir George Dyson
Franz Liszt
Jean Sibelius
Felix Mendelssohn
Antonín Dvořák
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Richard Wagner
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