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18 Oct 1913, Queen's Hall
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Proms 1913 Prom 55
Prom 55
20:00 Sat 18 Oct 1913 Queen's Hall
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor: Allegro, WoO 1.5 (orch. Albert Parlow)
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major: Vivace, WoO 1.6 (orch. Albert Parlow)
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
Duet 'Fu la sorte dell' armi' Act 2 Scene 2
Henry Walford Davies
Solemn Melody
Georges Bizet
Carmen, Suite No. 1
No. 1 Prélude
Carmen, Suite No. 1
No. 2 Aragonaise
Carmen, Suite No. 1
No. 3 Intermezzo
Carmen, Suite No. 1
No. 5 Les dragons de Alcala
interval
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No 2
No. 6 Danse bohémienne Act 2
Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel
Dream Pantomime Act 2 Scene 3
Armas Järnefelt
Praeludium
Jules Massenet
Le Cid
Ballet music (complete) Act 2
Amilcare Ponchielli
La Gioconda
Aria 'Cielo e mar!' Act 2
Léo Delibes
Sylvia
No. 20 Variation dansée Act 3
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser
No. 1 Overture
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)
No. 1 in F minor (ending in F major)
Henry Purcell
The Indian Queen, Z 630 (probably arr. Alfred Moffat)
Duet 'Let us wander not unseen' Act 3
Trad.
Les Madrilènes (arr. unknown)
Jacques Blumenthal
My queen!
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Ellen Beck
soprano
soprano
Saima Neovi
soprano
soprano
Frederick Kiddle
organ
piano
organ
piano
Charles Warwick-Evans
cello
cello
Hardy Williamson
tenor
tenor
Composers
Felix Mendelssohn
Johannes Brahms
Giuseppe Verdi
Henry Walford Davies
Georges Bizet
Engelbert Humperdinck
Armas Järnefelt
Jules Massenet
Amilcare Ponchielli
Léo Delibes
Richard Wagner
Franz Liszt
Henry Purcell
Trad.
Jacques Blumenthal
Edward Elgar
About this event
Part of
Proms 1913
Discover the Music
Mendelssohn: Overtures
Verdi: Aida - Opera Guide
Wagner: Tannhauser
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