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23 Jul 1956, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Mon 23 Jul 1956
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Proms 1956 Prom 02
Prom 02
19:30 Mon 23 Jul 1956 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon, J306
Overture
Gaetano Donizetti
La favorita
Recitative & aria 'Fia dunque vero...O mio Fernando' Act 3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 in D major, ‘Prague’
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
interval
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Kodály Zoltán
Variations on a Hungarian Folksong 'The Peacock'
London premiere
Performers
Nancy Thomas
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Benno Moiseiwitsch
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Carl Maria von Weber
Gaetano Donizetti
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Kodály Zoltán
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The Emperor
Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme, by Thomas Tallis
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