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10 Aug 1918, Queen's Hall
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19:30
Sat 10 Aug 1918
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Proms 1918 Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1918
Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1918
19:30 Sat 10 Aug 1918 Queen's Hall
Programme
Unknown
National Anthem
Gioachino Rossini
William Tell – overture
George Frideric Handel
Serse (Act 1: Ombra mai fù)
(probably arr. Henry Wood)
Gaetano Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor
No. 13b Aria 'Ardon gl'incensi' Act 3 Scene 2
Lucia di Lammermoor
No. 13a Recitative 'Il dolce suono mi colpí di sua voce' Act 3 Scene 2
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (arr. August Wilhelmj)
No. 2 Air
Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 (orch. Sigismund Bachrich)
No. 3 Gavotte en rondeau
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
Felix Mendelssohn
Overture 'Ruy Blas'
Henry Wood
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
Liza Lehmann
Evensong
Little brown brother
World premiere
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
Frederick Kiddle
organ
piano
organ
piano
Arthur Beckwith
violin
violin
Arthur Jones
harp
harp
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Lalla Miranda
soprano
soprano
Benno Moiseiwitsch
piano
piano
Composers
Unknown
Gioachino Rossini
George Frideric Handel
Gaetano Donizetti
Johann Sebastian Bach
Franz Liszt
Edvard Grieg
Felix Mendelssohn
Henry Wood
Liza Lehmann
Edward Elgar
About this event
Part of
Proms 1918
Discover the Music
Part 02 - Rossini - William Tell Overture
Liszt: Piano Concertos
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D major (extract)
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