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26 Aug 1916, Queen's Hall
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19:30
Sat 26 Aug 1916
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Proms 1916 Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1916
Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1916
19:30 Sat 26 Aug 1916 Queen's Hall
Programme
Unknown
National Anthem
Edward Elgar
Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
Jacques Offenbach
The Tales of Hoffmann
Entr'acte Act 2
Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman
Aria 'Joho hoe! Traft ihr das Schiff' Act 2
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasia, S 123
Percy Grainger
Handel in the Strand (arr. Henry Wood)
World premiere of this version
interval
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
Henry Wood
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
Montague Phillips
4 Songs, Op 26
No. 3 Soul of the Spring
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche slave, Op 31
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Carrie Tubb
soprano
soprano
Solomon
piano
piano
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
Composers
Unknown
Edward Elgar
Jacques Offenbach
Richard Wagner
Edvard Grieg
Franz Liszt
Percy Grainger
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Henry Wood
Montague Phillips
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
About this event
Part of
Proms 1916
Discover the Music
Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman - Opera Guide
Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
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