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23 Sep 1903, Queen's Hall
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20:00
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Programme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 3 in D major, 'Polish'
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Samson et Dalila
Recitative & aria 'Samson, recherchant ma présence...Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!' Act 2
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sérénade mélancolique, Op 26 (version for violin and orchestra)
Proms premiere
Eugene Onegin
Aria 'Kuda, kuda vï udalilis' Act 2 Scene 2
Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op 43
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser, Grand Fantasia, WWV 70 (arr. unknown)
Robert Batten
Peace and Rest
Henryk Wieniawski
Polonaise No. 2 in A major, Op 21
Isidore de Solla
Love's Awakening
interval
Johann Nepomuk Král
March 'Hoch Habsburg', Op 86
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Edna Thornton
contralto
contralto
Maurice Alexander
violin
violin
Lloyd Chandos
tenor
tenor
H. H. Lyell-Tayler
conductor
conductor
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
Edwin James
bassoon
bassoon
Friedrich Adolf Borsdorf
horn
horn
Thomas Colton
trombone
trombone
Walter Reynolds
euphonium
euphonium
Arthur Smith
cornet
cornet
Émile Ferir
viola
viola
Miriam Timothy
harp
harp
Désiré-Alfred Lalande
oboe
oboe
Hugo Hundt
violin
violin
James Wilcocke
piccolo
piccolo
Thomas H(enry) Morrison
violin
violin
Jacques Renard
cello
cello
James Haydn Waud
double bass
double bass
Charles Henderson
timpani
timpani
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Composers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Richard Wagner
Robert Batten
Henryk Wieniawski
Isidore de Solla
Johann Nepomuk Král
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