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26 Aug 1938, Queen's Hall
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20:00
Fri 26 Aug 1938
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture ‘Coriolan’
Fidelio
Recitative & aria 'Abscheulicher...Komm, Hoffnung' Act 1 Scene 2
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
interval
Marcel Poot
Symphonisch allegro
London premiere
Hugo Wolf
Mörike Lieder
No. 46 Gesang Weylas
Johannes Brahms
5 Songs, Op 49
No. 4 Wiegenlied
5 Songs, Op 19
No. 4 Der Schmied
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Mazeppa
Entr'acte: The Battle of Poltava Act 3 No. 15
Performers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Cecilia Wessels
soprano
soprano
Lili Kraus
piano
piano
Berkeley Mason
piano
piano
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Marcel Poot
Hugo Wolf
Johannes Brahms
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Proms 1938
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