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23 Jul 1949, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Sat 23 Jul 1949
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Proms 1949 Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1949
Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1949
19:30 Sat 23 Jul 1949 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Unknown
National Anthem
Edward Elgar
Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished'
Charles Gounod
Faust
No. 12b Scena 'Il était un roi de Thulé' Act 3
Faust
No. 13 Recitative & aria 'O Dieu! que de bijoux!...Ah! je ris de me voir' Act 3
interval
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Alexander Borodin
String Quartet No. 2 in D major (orch. Malcom Sargent)
No. 3 Notturno
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Performers
Joan Hammond
soprano
soprano
Dame Moura Lympany
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Unknown
Edward Elgar
Franz Schubert
Charles Gounod
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Paul Dukas
Alexander Borodin
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Proms 1949
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Schubert: Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished'
Saint Saens: Africa and Piano Concerto No 2
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (extract)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
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