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23 Sep 1938, Queen's Hall
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Fri 23 Sep 1938
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture 'Leonore' No. 1, Op 138
Adelaide, Op 46 (arr. Louis Spohr)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
Symphony No. 2 in D major
interval
Ferruccio Busoni
Rondò arlecchinesco, K266, Op 46
Franz Liszt
Rigoletto: paraphrase de concert, S 434
Franz Schubert
Alfonso und Estrella
Overture
Performers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Heddle Nash
tenor
tenor
Egon Petri
piano
piano
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ferruccio Busoni
Franz Liszt
Franz Schubert
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Proms 1938
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Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 1
The Emperor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
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