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24 Sep 1896, Queen's Hall
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Programme
Alexander Glazunov
Scènes de Ballet in A major, Op 52
UK premiere
Felix Mendelssohn
La Perle du Brésil
Aria 'Oiseau-tu charmant'
Arthur Sullivan
Ivanhoe (arr. unknown for voice and piano)
Aria 'Woo thou thy snowflake' Act 2 Scene 2
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
No. 1 Scherzo
Arthur Sullivan
Henry VIII
No. 5 Graceful Dance
Henry VIII
No. 4 Water Music
Henry VIII
No. 1 Introduction
Henry VIII
No. 2 Processional March
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasia, S 123
Proms premiere
Jacques Blumenthal
Sunshine and Rain
Jules Demersseman
Morceau de Concert, Op 31
London premiere
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
UK premiere
Giuseppe Verdi
Ernani, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Proms premiere of this arrangement
Jean-Baptiste Faure
Les rameaux
interval
Charles Gounod
Mireille
Aria 'O légère hirondelle'
Hubert Parry
Judith
Aria 'God breaketh the battle' Proms premiere of this arrangement
Ciro Pinsuti
Heaven and Earth
Proms premiere
Michael William Balfe
Killarney
Frances Allitsen
A song of thanksgiving
Hector Berlioz
The Damnation of Faust
Marche hongroise
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Evangeline Florence
soprano
soprano
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
David Ffrangçon-Davies
baritone
baritone
Elisabeth Reynolds
piano
piano
Ada Jemima Crossley
contralto
contralto
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
Arthur W Payne
piano
piano
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Charles Ould
cello
cello
Edwin James
bassoon
bassoon
Friedrich Adolf Borsdorf
horn
horn
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Thomas Colton
trombone
trombone
Miriam Timothy
harp
harp
Walter M Malsch
oboe
oboe
J(ames) H. Guilmartin
euphonium
music arranger
euphonium
music arranger
The Park Sisters
Composers
Alexander Glazunov
Felix Mendelssohn
Arthur Sullivan
Franz Liszt
Jacques Blumenthal
Jules Demersseman
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Giuseppe Verdi
Jean-Baptiste Faure
Charles Gounod
Hubert Parry
Ciro Pinsuti
Michael William Balfe
Frances Allitsen
Hector Berlioz
About this event
Part of
Proms 1896
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Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
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