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27 Sep 1895, Queen's Hall
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Programme
Felix Mendelssohn
Overture 'Ruy Blas'
Proms premiere
Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, ‘Lobgesang’
Allegretto (Sinfonia)
Concert aria 'Infelice'
Proms premiere
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
No. 1 Scherzo
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
No. 6 Wedding March
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
No. 5 Nocturne
Der Blumenkranz, WoO 7
Proms premiere
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
Athalie, Op 74
Overture
St Paul, Op 36
No. 18 Aria 'Gott, sei mir gnädig nach deiner Güte'
interval
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 5 in D major, 'Reformation'
No. 2 Scherzo: Allegro vivace
6 Duets, Op 63
No. 5 Volkslied
6 Duets, Op 63
No. 1 Ich wollt' meine Lieb'
6 Duets, Op 63
No. 6 Maiglöckchen und die Blümelein
Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'
Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore, Grand Selection (arr. unknown)
Jacques Blumenthal
Sunshine and Rain
Proms premiere
Joseph Ascher
Alice, where art thou?
Proms premiere
Arthur Sullivan
The Lost Chord
Utopia Limited
A wonderful joy our eyes to bless Act 2 No. 10
Adolphe Schloesser
Grand March 'Les enfants de la garde' (arr. Harold Vicars)
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Charlotte Thudichum
soprano
soprano
Henry Lane-Wilson
piano
piano
Lloyd Chandos
tenor
tenor
W. A. Peterkin
bass
bass
Agnes Wilson
soprano
soprano
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
William Frye Parker
violin
violin
Charles Ould
cello
cello
H. G. Lebon
oboe
oboe
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
Edwin James
bassoon
bassoon
Friedrich Adolf Borsdorf
horn
horn
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Thomas Colton
trombone
trombone
R. H. Booth
trombone
trombone
Ernest Atherley
trombone
trombone
J(ames) H. Guilmartin
euphonium
euphonium
Composers
Felix Mendelssohn
Giuseppe Verdi
Jacques Blumenthal
Joseph Ascher
Arthur Sullivan
Adolphe Schloesser
About this event
Part of
Proms 1895
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No.5 (Reformation)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 'Italian'
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