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16 Oct 1909, Queen's Hall
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20:00
Sat 16 Oct 1909
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Proms 1909 Prom 55
Prom 55
20:00 Sat 16 Oct 1909 Queen's Hall
Programme
Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon, J306
Overture
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Suite de Ballet No. 2 (Gluck/Mottl)
Henry Lawes
Go, young man, let my heart alone (arr. Henry Wood)
Proms premiere of this arrangement
John Eccles
The Judgment of Paris (arr.Henry Wood)
Aria 'This way, mortal, bend thine eyes'
Henry Carey
Flocks are sporting (arr. Henry Wood)
Proms premiere of this arrangement
Claude Debussy
Nocturnes
No. 2 Fêtes
Carl Joachim Andersen
Ballade et Danse des Sylphes, Op 5
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana
Intermezzo
interval
Ambroise Thomas
Hamlet
Aria 'O vin, dissipe la tristesse' Act 2 Scene 1
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Suite, Op 54
Richard Wagner
Rienzi
Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
Overture
Sir John Blackwood McEwen
Sleep, little blossom
Hubert Bath
A song of May
Maude Valérie White
Last year
John Liptrot Hatton
To Anthea
Charles Gounod
Mireille
Overture
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Carmen Hill
contralto
contralto
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Theodore Byard
baritone
baritone
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
Composers
Carl Maria von Weber
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Henry Lawes
John Eccles
Henry Carey
Claude Debussy
Carl Joachim Andersen
Richard Strauss
Pietro Mascagni
Ambroise Thomas
Edvard Grieg
Richard Wagner
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sir John Blackwood McEwen
Hubert Bath
Maude Valérie White
John Liptrot Hatton
Charles Gounod
About this event
Part of
Proms 1909
Discover the Music
Debussy: Nocturnes
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Wagner: Rienzi - Opera Guide
Jacques Imbrailo sings Mozart
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