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16 Aug 1919, Queen's Hall
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Sat 16 Aug 1919
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Proms 1919 Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1919
Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1919
20:00 Sat 16 Aug 1919 Queen's Hall
Programme
Unknown
National Anthem
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture
Jean Sibelius
Valse triste
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
Aria 'Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore' Act 2
Jacques Offenbach
The Tales of Hoffmann
Entr'acte Act 2
Camille Saint‐Saëns
The Carnival of the Animals
No. 13 Le Cygne
interval
Carl Maria von Weber
Konzertstück for Piano in F minor, J282, Op 79
Henry Balfour Gardiner
The Joyful Homecoming (orchestral version)
World premiere
Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville – 'Largo al factotum'
Léo Delibes
Sylvia
No. 20 Variation dansée Act 3
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55
No. 4 Tema con variazioni
Henry Wood
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
Teresa del Riego
Homing
F. S. Breville-Smith
There's only one England
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Amy Evans
soprano
soprano
Charles Warwick-Evans
cello
cello
Lilia Kanevskaya
piano
piano
Henry Balfour Gardiner
conductor
conductor
Charles Tree
baritone
baritone
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
William W Thompson
organ
organ
Composers
Unknown
Felix Mendelssohn
Jean Sibelius
Giacomo Puccini
Jacques Offenbach
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Carl Maria von Weber
Henry Balfour Gardiner
Gioachino Rossini
Léo Delibes
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Henry Wood
Teresa del Riego
F. S. Breville-Smith
Edward Elgar
About this event
Part of
Proms 1919
Discover the Music
Mendelssohn: Overtures
Pappano's Essential Tosca
Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D major (extract)
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