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5 Sep 1899, Queen's Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
William Sterndale Bennett
The May-Queen, Op 39
Aria 'Tis jolly to hunt in the bright moonlight'
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Dejanire
Prélude et Cortège UK premiere
Sir George Macfarren
Pack clouds away
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet in E major, Op 11: No 3, Minuet in A major
Claudius Herbert Couldery
Fantasia
Proms premiere
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)
No. 4 in D minor
Robert Goldbeck
The Three Fishers
Richard Wagner
Kaisermarsch, WWV 104
Lohengrin, Grand Fantasia, WWV 75 (arr. unknown)
interval
Ethelbert Nevin
Sketchbook, Op 2
Oh, that we two were maying Proms premiere
Arthur Sullivan
Macbeth
Overture
Frances Allitsen
A song of thanksgiving
James Lynam Molloy
Dinah Doe
Proms premiere
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser
No. 12 Ankunft der Gäste Act 2 Scene 4
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Hayden Coffin
baritone
baritone
Percy Pitt
piano
organ
piano
organ
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
Emily Squire
soprano
soprano
Walter Morrow
trumpet
trumpet
Meister Glee Singers
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Edwin James
bassoon
bassoon
Friedrich Adolf Borsdorf
horn
horn
Thomas Colton
trombone
trombone
Walter Reynolds
euphonium
euphonium
William Henry Squire
cello
cello
Miriam Timothy
harp
harp
Désiré-Alfred Lalande
oboe
oboe
James Wilcocke
piccolo
piccolo
Frank G James
cornet
cornet
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
William Sterndale Bennett
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Sir George Macfarren
Luigi Boccherini
Claudius Herbert Couldery
Franz Liszt
Robert Goldbeck
Richard Wagner
Ethelbert Nevin
Arthur Sullivan
Frances Allitsen
James Lynam Molloy
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Proms 1899
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