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Sat 25 Aug 1928
20:00
Prom 13
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Hector Berlioz
The Damnation of Faust
Marche hongroise
The Damnation of Faust
Ballet des sylphes
The Damnation of Faust
Menuet des follets
Godfrey Sampson
Symphony in D major
Proms premiere
Jules Massenet
Le Cid
Aria 'Pleurez mes yeux' Act 3
Richard Strauss
Parergon zur Symphonia Domestica, Op 73
First performance in England
interval
Giuseppe Verdi
A Masked Ball
Recitative & aria 'Alzati!...Eri tu che macchiavi' Act 3 Scene 1
Richard Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 49 Dance of the Apprentices Act 3 Scene 5
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 50 Procession of the Masters Act 3 Scene 5
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 33 Prelude Act 3
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 51 Wach auf! es nahet gen den Tag Act 3 Scene 5
Tannhäuser
No. 1 Overture
Tannhäuser
No. 2 Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1
Sergey Rachmaninov
6 Songs, Op 4
No. 3 In the silence of the secret night
Edward Horsman
The Bird of the Wilderness
Proms premiere
Martin Shaw
Conjuration
Proms premiere
Annabel Lee
Gioachino Rossini
Semiramide
Overture
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Henry Wood Symphony Orchestra
Godfrey Sampson
conductor
conductor
Theresa Ambrose
soprano
soprano
Paul Wittgenstein
piano
piano
Dennis Noble
baritone
baritone
Berkeley Mason
piano
piano
Composers
Hector Berlioz
Godfrey Sampson
Jules Massenet
Richard Strauss
Giuseppe Verdi
Richard Wagner
Sergey Rachmaninov
Edward Horsman
Martin Shaw
Gioachino Rossini
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