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31 Aug 1911, Queen's Hall
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20:00
Thu 31 Aug 1911
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Programme
Edward Elgar
Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondino in E flat major, WoO 25
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Samson et Dalila
Recitative & aria 'Samson, recherchant ma présence...Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!' Act 2
Hugo Alfvén
Midsommarvaka, Op 19
First performance in England
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
Benedictus, Op 37.3
César Franck
Symphonic Variations
Moritz Moszkowski
Boabdil, der letzte Maurenkönig, Op 49
Ballet Music No. 1: Moorish Fantasia Act 2
Boabdil, der letzte Maurenkönig, Op 49
Ballet Music No. 2: Scherzo-Valse Act 2
Boabdil, der letzte Maurenkönig, Op 49
Ballet Music No. 3: Malagueña Act 2
Charles Gounod
Philémon et Baucis
Aria 'Au bruit des lourds marteaux' Act 1
interval
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Overture '1812'
Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dances, Op 46
No. 1 in C major
Edward Elgar
Like to the damask rose
Edward German
Who Were The Yeomen of England (Merrie England)
Franz von Suppé
Dichter und Bauer
Overture
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
New Queen's Hall Orchestra (1895-1914, Queen's Hall Orchestra) (members)
Florence Taylor
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Louis Edger
piano
piano
Hugh Peyton
baritone
baritone
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
Composers
Edward Elgar
Ludwig van Beethoven
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Hugo Alfvén
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
César Franck
Moritz Moszkowski
Charles Gounod
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Antonín Dvořák
Edward German
Franz von Suppé
About this event
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Proms 1911
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
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