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Sat 29 Aug 1896
20:00
Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1896
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Hector Berlioz
The Damnation of Faust
Marche hongroise
Ambroise Thomas
Mignon
No. 1 Overture
Paolo Tosti
On Lido Waters
Proms premiere
Nicolò Paganini
Violin Concerto No 1
Proms premiere (arr. unknown in D major)
Edward German
Henry VIII
Morris Dance Act 4
Henry VIII
Shepherd's Dance Act 1
Henry VIII
Torch Dance Act 1
Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata - 'È strano! è strano!'
Ernesto Köhler
Papillon, Op 30
Proms premiere
Carl Joachim Andersen
8 Vortragsstücke
No. 4 Die Mühle Proms premiere
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin
No. 17 Prelude Act 3
Jules Levy
Polka de Concert
Proms premiere
Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville – 'Largo al factotum'
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
interval
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Ernest Newton
Ailsa mine
Henryk Wieniawski
Souvenir de Moscou, Op 6
Cécile Chaminade
6 Pièces Romantiques
No. 3 Idylle Arabe Proms premiere
Wilhelm Ganz
The nightingale's trill
Proms premiere
Tito Mattei
Non è ver
Sir Landon Ronald
Daphne's love
Proms premiere
Charles Dibdin
Blow high, blow low
Proms premiere
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Marche héroïque, Op 34
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Jack G Robertson
tenor
tenor
John Dunn
violin
violin
Marie Duma
soprano
soprano
Albert Fransella
flute
soloist
flute
soloist
The Park Sisters
David Ffrangçon-Davies
baritone
baritone
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Charles Ould
cello
cello
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
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
euphonium
Composers
Hector Berlioz
Ambroise Thomas
Paolo Tosti
Nicolò Paganini
Edward German
Giuseppe Verdi
Ernesto Köhler
Carl Joachim Andersen
Richard Wagner
Jules Levy
Gioachino Rossini
Edvard Grieg
Pietro Mascagni
Ernest Newton
Henryk Wieniawski
Cécile Chaminade
Wilhelm Ganz
Tito Mattei
Sir Landon Ronald
Charles Dibdin
Camille Saint‐Saëns
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Mon 31 Aug 1896
20:00
Prom 02
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
Rienzi
Overture
The Flying Dutchman
Overture
Tannhäuser
No. 10 Dich, teure Halle, grüss' ich wieder Act 2 Scene 1
Tannhäuser
No. 1 Overture
Les deux grenadiers, WWV 60
Tannhäuser
No. 12 Ankunft der Gäste Act 2 Scene 4 Proms premiere of this arrangement
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 24 Gut'n Abend, Meister! Act 2 Scene 4
Tristan and Isolde
Prelude (with Wagner's concert-ending) Act 1 Proms premiere
interval
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Dudley Buck
When the heart is young
Angelo Mascheroni
For all eternity
Leslie Stuart
The Bandolero
Ebenezer Prout
Alfred
Triumphal March
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Emily Squire
soprano
soprano
Robert Watkin-Mills
bass
bass
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Charles Ould
cello
cello
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
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
euphonium
Composers
Richard Wagner
Giuseppe Verdi
Dudley Buck
Angelo Mascheroni
Leslie Stuart
Ebenezer Prout
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Tue 1 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 03
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Arthur Sullivan
The Yeomen of the Guard
Overture
Overture di ballo
The Pirates of Penzance - 'Poor wand’ring one…”
Poor wand'ring one Act 1 No. 8
Imperial March
Thou’rt Passing Hence
Macbeth
Overture
St Agnes' Eve
Proms premiere
The Lost Chord (arr. unknown for cornet quartet)
Proms premiere of this arrangement
HMS Pinafore, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
interval
Charles Gounod
Roméo et Juliette
Valse-ariette 'Ah! Je veux vivre' Act 1
Joseph Gungl
Amoretten-Tänze, Op 161
Arthur Sullivan
Ivanhoe (arr. unknown for voice and piano)
Aria 'Ho, jolly Jenkin' Act 2 Scene 1
James Lynam Molloy
Love's Old Sweet Song
Arthur Goring Thomas
A summer night
Josef Strauss
March 'Gablenz', Op 159
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
organ
conductor
organ
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Maggie Davies
soprano
soprano
W. A. Peterkin
bass
bass
Belle Cole
contralto
contralto
Miriam Timothy
harp
harp
The Park Sisters
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Charles Ould
cello
cello
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
Edwin James
bassoon
bassoon
Friedrich Adolf Borsdorf
horn
horn
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Thomas Colton
trombone
trombone
Walter M Malsch
oboe
oboe
J(ames) H. Guilmartin
euphonium
euphonium
Composers
Arthur Sullivan
Giuseppe Verdi
Charles Gounod
Joseph Gungl
James Lynam Molloy
Arthur Goring Thomas
Josef Strauss
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Wed 2 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 04
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture
Proms premiere
Overture ‘The Hebrides’ (‘Fingal’s Cave’)
Proms premiere
6 Duets, Op 63
No. 5 Volkslied
6 Duets, Op 63
No. 6 Maiglöckchen und die Blümelein
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Proms premiere
Der Blumenkranz, WoO 7
Violin Concerto in E minor
No. 2 Andante
Violin Concerto in E minor
No. 3 Finale: Allegro non troppo - Allegro molto vivace
6 Duets, Op 63
No. 3 Gruss
6 Duets, Op 63
No. 1 Ich wollt' meine Lieb'
Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'
Georges Bizet
Carmen, Grand Fantasia (probably arr. Alfred Cellier)
Frederic Hymen Cowen
The Swallows
Proms premiere
interval
Edmond Audran
La Cigale
Selection (instrumental) Proms premiere of this arrangement
Hope Temple
Tis all that I can say
Proms premiere
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Frederic Hymen Cowen
The Promise of Life
Franz Schubert
Schwanengesang
No. 4 Ständchen
Daniel François Esprit Auber
Fra Diavolo, S 18
Overture
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Belle Cole
contralto
contralto
Clara Samuell
soprano
soprano
Hirwen Jones
tenor
tenor
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Charles Ould
cello
cello
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
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
euphonium
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Composers
Felix Mendelssohn
Georges Bizet
Frederic Hymen Cowen
Edmond Audran
Hope Temple
Johan Halvorsen
Franz Schubert
Daniel François Esprit Auber
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Thu 3 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 05
Queen's Hall
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Programme
André Wormser
L' enfant prodigue, suite
Sir Julius Benedict
The Lily of Killarney
Scena & aria 'Colleen Bawn'
Cécile Chaminade
Callirhoe (suite)
London premiere
Hector Berlioz
Harold in Italy
No. 2 Marche des pélerins [March of the pilgrims] Proms premiere
Charles Gounod
Entreat me not to leave thee
Frederic Hymen Cowen
4 English Dances in the Olden Style Set 1
Proms premiere
Michael William Balfe
Killarney
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser
No. 1 Overture
interval
Charles Gounod
Faust, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Berthold Tours
A dream of love
Proms premiere
Sidney Jones
An Artist's Model
Selection (instrumental) Proms premiere of this arrangement
Gioachino Rossini
William Tell – overture
Cécile Chaminade
Silver Ring
Proms premiere
Johann Strauss
Radetzky March, Op 228
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
David Ffrangçon-Davies
baritone
baritone
H Channell
viola
viola
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Belle Cole
contralto
contralto
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Charles Ould
cello
cello
Friedrich Adolf Borsdorf
horn
horn
Thomas Colton
trombone
trombone
Miriam Timothy
harp
harp
Walter M Malsch
oboe
oboe
J(ames) H. Guilmartin
euphonium
euphonium
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Composers
André Wormser
Sir Julius Benedict
Cécile Chaminade
Hector Berlioz
Charles Gounod
Frederic Hymen Cowen
Michael William Balfe
Richard Wagner
Berthold Tours
Sidney Jones
Gioachino Rossini
Johann Strauss
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Fri 4 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 06
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
King Stephen
Overture
6 Songs, Op 48
No. 4 Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur Proms premiere
6 Songs, Op 48
No. 3 Vom Tode Proms premiere
Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
Proms premiere
The Ruins of Athens, Op 113
No. 10 Aria 'Will unser Genius noch einen Wunsch gewähren?'
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
Proms premiere
Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Alfred Cellier
Doris, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Richard Walthew
The Gleaner's Slumber Song
Proms premiere
Jules Levy
Polka de Concert
Ambroise Thomas
Mignon
No. 8 Entr'acte Act 2
interval
Gerard Cobb
6 Barrack Room Ballads, Op 24
No. 2 Mandalay Proms premiere
Tito Mattei
Non è ver
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Festmarsch zu Schillers einhundertjähriger Geburtsfeier
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Kyra Svetloffsky
contralto
contralto
Robert Watkin-Mills
bass
bass
Frederick Dawson
piano
piano
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Charles Ould
cello
cello
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
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
euphonium
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Alfred Cellier
Richard Walthew
Jules Levy
Ambroise Thomas
Gerard Cobb
Tito Mattei
Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Sat 5 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 07
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Frédéric Chopin
Polonaise in A major, Op 40.1 (orch. Alexander Glazunov)
Léo Delibes
Coppélia
No. 10b Valse Act 2
Coppélia
No. 1b Mazurka Act 1
Giuseppe Verdi
I vespri siciliani
Aria 'Mercè, dilette amiche' Act 5
Hector Berlioz
The Damnation of Faust
Ballet des sylphes
Henry Wood
Darling, how I love thee
Proms premiere
Théodore Dubois
Xavière
Entr'acte-Rigaudon UK premiere
Xavière
Danses Cévenoles UK premiere
Xavière
Marche des Batteurs UK premiere
Armand Reynaud
Merle et Pinson
Proms premiere
Otto Nicolai
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Overture
Alphonse Hasselmans
Ballade
Proms premiere
interval
Arthur Sullivan
Henry VIII
No. 5 Graceful Dance
Frank Lewis Moir
The Harbour Bay
Richard Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
Tannhäuser, Grand Fantasia, WWV 70 (arr. unknown)
Frances Allitsen
A song of thanksgiving
Proms premiere
Fred Godfrey
Lucy Long (arr. Frederick Godfrey)
Michael William Balfe
Come into the garden, Maud
Arthur Sullivan
The Lost Chord
Arthur Henry Behrend
The Silver Chord
Proms premiere
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Le prophète
Coronation March Act 4 Scene 2
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
organ
conductor
organ
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Lydia Leburn
soprano
soprano
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Lloyd Chandos
tenor
tenor
The Park Sisters
Miriam Timothy
harp
harp
Belle Cole
contralto
contralto
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Charles Ould
cello
cello
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
Edwin James
bassoon
bassoon
Friedrich Adolf Borsdorf
horn
horn
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Thomas Colton
trombone
trombone
Walter M Malsch
oboe
oboe
J(ames) H. Guilmartin
euphonium
euphonium
Composers
Frédéric Chopin
Léo Delibes
Giuseppe Verdi
Hector Berlioz
Henry Wood
Théodore Dubois
Armand Reynaud
Otto Nicolai
Alphonse Hasselmans
Arthur Sullivan
Frank Lewis Moir
Richard Wagner
Frances Allitsen
Fred Godfrey
Michael William Balfe
Arthur Henry Behrend
Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Mon 7 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 08
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold
Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (orchestral version)
The Flying Dutchman
Aria 'Die Frist is um' Act 1
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 49 Dance of the Apprentices Act 3 Scene 5
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 50 Procession of the Masters Act 3 Scene 5
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 33 Prelude Act 3
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 51 Wach auf! es nahet gen den Tag Act 3 Scene 5
Tannhäuser
No. 24 Allmächt'ge Jungfrau Act 3 Scene 1
Albumblatt in E flat major, WWV 108 (arr.unknown for violin and piano)
Proms premiere of this arrangement
Tannhäuser
No. 21 Prelude Act 3 (1845 version)
The Flying Dutchman
Duet 'Wie aus der Ferne' Act 2
Huldigungsmarsch, WWV 97
Arthur Sullivan
The Gondoliers, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
interval
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci - 'Si può? Si può?'
(arr. unknown for voice and piano)
Angelo Mascheroni
For all eternity
Joseph Haydn
Canzonetta 'My mother bids me bind my hair', Hob. XXVIa:27
Reginald De Koven
Robin Hood
Selection (instrumental) Proms premiere of this arrangement
Johann Nepomuk Král
March 'Hoch Habsburg', Op 86
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
David Ffrangçon-Davies
baritone
Dutchman
baritone
Dutchman
Marie Duma
soprano
Senta
soprano
Senta
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Charles Ould
cello
cello
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
Edwin James
bassoon
bassoon
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Thomas Colton
trombone
trombone
Miriam Timothy
harp
harp
Walter M Malsch
oboe
oboe
J(ames) H. Guilmartin
euphonium
euphonium
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Composers
Richard Wagner
Arthur Sullivan
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Angelo Mascheroni
Joseph Haydn
Reginald De Koven
Johann Nepomuk Král
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Tue 8 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 09
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Charles Gounod
Marche solennelle
La colombe
Entr'acte Act 2
Marche funèbre d'une marionette
Mors et vita
Judex
Philémon et Baucis
Ballet Music Act 2
Hymne à Sainte Cécile
Proms premiere
Faust
Act 3 [Garden Scene]
Faust
Ballet Music (complete)
Arthur Sullivan
The Yeomen of the Guard, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
James Lynam Molloy
The Irish Piper
Proms premiere
interval
Edmond Audran
La Cigale
Selection (instrumental)
Jacques Blumenthal
My queen!
George Frideric Handel
Water Music – Suite No. 2 in D Major
No. 5 Air (Bourrée)
Bourree (unspecified)
Proms premiere
Charles Edward Horn
On the Banks of Allan Water
Proms premiere
Henry Wood
The King and the Miller
Proms premiere
Luigi Denza
Si tu m'amais
Felix Mendelssohn
March in D major, Op 108
Proms premiere
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Percy Pitt
organ
piano
organ
piano
Lloyd Chandos
Faust
tenor
Faust
tenor
Marie Titiens
Margarita
soprano
Margarita
soprano
Emily Rasey
Martha
Siébel
mezzo-soprano
Martha
Siébel
mezzo-soprano
Lempriere Pringle
Méphistophélès
bass
Méphistophélès
bass
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Charles Ould
cello
cello
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
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
euphonium
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Composers
Charles Gounod
Arthur Sullivan
James Lynam Molloy
Edmond Audran
Jacques Blumenthal
George Frideric Handel
Charles Edward Horn
Henry Wood
Luigi Denza
Felix Mendelssohn
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Wed 9 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 10
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Franz Schubert
Fantasia in F minor (orch. Felix Mottl)
London premiere of this orchestration
An Sylvia, D 891
Heidenröslein, D 257
Proms premiere
Schwanengesang
No. 4 Ständchen
Erlkönig, D. 328
Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
Arthur Sullivan
Haddon Hall, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
George Frideric Handel
L' Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55 (arr. Carmichael for voice and piano)
No. 7 Aria 'Come and trip it as you go' - Part 1 Proms premiere of this arrangement
Jean-Baptiste Faure
Les rameaux
Proms premiere of this arrangement
Maude Valérie White
The devout lover
Charles Gounod
Marche romaine
Proms premiere
interval
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Isabel Macdougall
soprano
soprano
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
David Ffrangçon-Davies
baritone
baritone
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Charles Ould
cello
cello
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
Edwin James
bassoon
bassoon
Friedrich Adolf Borsdorf
horn
horn
Thomas Colton
trombone
trombone
Miriam Timothy
harp
harp
Walter M Malsch
oboe
oboe
J(ames) H. Guilmartin
euphonium
euphonium
Carmichael [first name unknown]
piano
piano
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Composers
Franz Schubert
Arthur Sullivan
George Frideric Handel
Jean-Baptiste Faure
Maude Valérie White
Charles Gounod
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Thu 10 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 11
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Jean Louis Nicodé
Symphonic Variations in C minor, Op 27
London premiere
Arthur Sullivan
The Mikado
A wand'ring minstrel I Act 1 No. 2
Edward German
Romeo and Juliet
Pavane Act 1
Giuseppe Verdi
Ernani
Recitative & cavatina 'Surta è la notte...Ernani, involami' Act 1 Scene 3
Allen Macbeth
Forget-me-not
Alexandre Guilmant
Marche-fantaisie, Op 44
London premiere
Pablo de Sarasate
Zigeunerweisen
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
Arthur Sullivan
Thou’rt Passing Hence
Armand Reynaud
Merle et Pinson
interval
Hector Berlioz
The Damnation of Faust
Marche hongroise
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser, Grand Fantasia, WWV 70 (arr. unknown)
James Lynam Molloy
Nancy
Arthur Sullivan
The Sorcerer (arr. composer for voice and piano)
O happy young heart Act 1 No. 6a
James Lynam Molloy
Love's Old Sweet Song
Willoughby Weiss
The Village Blacksmith
Franz Schubert
3 Marche militaires (No 1 in D major)
(orch. Harold Vicars)
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Jack G Robertson
tenor
tenor
Maggie Davies
soprano
soprano
Bernard Jackson
organ
organ
Percy Frostick
violin
violin
W. A. Peterkin
bass
bass
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Composers
Jean Louis Nicodé
Arthur Sullivan
Edward German
Giuseppe Verdi
Allen Macbeth
Alexandre Guilmant
Pablo de Sarasate
Edvard Grieg
Armand Reynaud
Hector Berlioz
Richard Wagner
James Lynam Molloy
Willoughby Weiss
Franz Schubert
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Fri 11 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 12
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture ‘The Consecration of the House’
Proms premiere
Fidelio
Aria 'Ha! Welch ein Augenblick!' Act 1 Scene 2
Romance in F major, Op 50
Proms premiere
6 Songs, Op 75 (arr. Henry Wood)
No. 1 Mignon Proms premiere
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
Proms premiere
Charles Gounod
Roméo et Juliette, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Proms premiere of this arrangement
Ciro Pinsuti
I fear no foe
Arthur Sullivan
The Lost Chord
(arr. unknown for cornet quartet)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont - "Die Trommel gerühret!"
interval
Gioachino Rossini
Stabat mater (arr. unknown for cornet and piano)
No. 8 Aria 'Inflammatus et accensus'
Louis Ganne
Marche Russe
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Lempriere Pringle
bass
bass
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Isabel Macdougall
soprano
soprano
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Charles Ould
cello
cello
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
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
euphonium
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
The Park Sisters
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Charles Gounod
Ciro Pinsuti
Arthur Sullivan
Gioachino Rossini
Louis Ganne
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Sat 12 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 13
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Carl Maria von Weber
Der Freischütz
Overture
Benjamin Godard
Jocelyn - Berceuse
Emmanuel Chabrier
Joyeuse marche
UK premiere
Daniel François Esprit Auber
Fra Diavolo, S 18
Overture
Gioachino Rossini
Semiramide
Cavatina 'Bel raggio lusinghier...Dolce pensiero' Act 1
George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40 (arr. Joseph Hellmesberger)
Aria 'Ombra mai fù' Act 1 Scene 1 Proms premiere of this arrangement
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin
No. 17 Prelude Act 3
William Vincent Wallace
Maritana
Ballad 'In Happy Moments'
Michael William Balfe
The Bohemian Girl
Aria 'When other lips' Act 3
Anton Rubinstein
Feramors
No. 2 Wedding March Proms premiere
Feramors
No. 1 Ballet Music (complete) Proms premiere
interval
Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Arthur Sullivan
The Young Mother
No. 3 The Chorister Proms premiere of this arrangement
The sailor's grave
Heinrich Hofmann
Konzertstück, Op 98
No. 2 Allegro animato
Ciro Pinsuti
I love my love
Proms premiere
Ernest Gillet
Loin du bal
Samuel Lover
Molly Bawn
Joseph Gungl
March 'Gamerra', Op 208
Proms premiere
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
organ
piano
organ
Hirwen Jones
tenor
tenor
Clara Samuell
soprano
soprano
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Miriam Timothy
harp
harp
William Ludwig
baritone
baritone
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
The Park Sisters
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Composers
Carl Maria von Weber
Benjamin Godard
Emmanuel Chabrier
Daniel François Esprit Auber
Gioachino Rossini
George Frideric Handel
Richard Wagner
William Vincent Wallace
Michael William Balfe
Anton Rubinstein
Giuseppe Verdi
Arthur Sullivan
Heinrich Hofmann
Ciro Pinsuti
Ernest Gillet
Samuel Lover
Joseph Gungl
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Mon 14 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 14
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)
No. 4 in D minor
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser
No. 25b O du mein holder Abendstern Act 3 Scene 2
Tannhäuser
No. 2 Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1
Franz Liszt
Symphonic Poem No. 4 'Orpheus', S 98
Proms premiere
Richard Wagner
Träume, WWV 91b
Tristan and Isolde
No. 18 Mild und leise wie er lächelt Act 3 Scene 3
Siegfried Idyll
Proms premiere
Tannhäuser
No. 15 Blick' ich umher Act 2 Scene 4
Franz Liszt
Symphonic Poem No. 3 'Les Préludes', S 97
Proms premiere
Richard Wagner
Die Walküre
Walkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Jean-Baptiste Faure
Les rameaux
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana
Aria 'Ave Maria'
interval
Charles Gounod
Jésus de Nazareth
Angelo Mascheroni
For all eternity
Adolphe Schloesser
Grand March 'Les enfants de la garde' (arr. Harold Vicars)
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
William Ludwig
baritone
baritone
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Lilian Tree
soprano
soprano
The Park Sisters
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Composers
Franz Liszt
Richard Wagner
Pietro Mascagni
Jean-Baptiste Faure
Charles Gounod
Angelo Mascheroni
Adolphe Schloesser
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Tue 15 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 15
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Gioachino Rossini
Semiramide
Overture Proms premiere
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Dinorah
Aria 'Ombre légère qui suis mes pas' Act 2
Anton Rubinstein
Valse-Caprice in E flat major (orch. Karl Müller-Berghaus)
London premiere of this orchestration
Arthur Sullivan
The Distant Shore
Richard Wagner
Rienzi
Overture
Arthur Sullivan
St Agnes' Eve
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
Benedictus, Op 37.3
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Le Bananier, Op 5
Proms premiere of this arrangement
George Frideric Handel
Acis and Galatea
Recitative & aria 'I rage, I melt, I burn...O ruddier than the cherry' Act 2
Edmond Audran
La Cigale
Selection (instrumental)
Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dances, Op 46
No. 1 in C major
Slavonic Dances, Op 46
No. 2 in E minor
Slavonic Dances, Op 46
No. 3 in A flat major
Slavonic Dances, Op 46
No. 4 in F major
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
interval
Frederic Hymen Cowen
The Swallows
Arthur Sullivan
Sweethearts
Luigi Denza
Si tu m'amais
Jessie L. Pease
Fisher Song
Michael Watson
Thy Sentinel am I
Proms premiere
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Marche héroïque, Op 34
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Regina Sales
soprano
soprano
Jack G Robertson
tenor
tenor
Belle Cole
contralto
contralto
Ernesto Cavallini
music arranger
music arranger
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
Lempriere Pringle
bass
bass
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Composers
Gioachino Rossini
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Anton Rubinstein
Arthur Sullivan
Richard Wagner
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
George Frideric Handel
Edmond Audran
Antonín Dvořák
Giuseppe Verdi
Frederic Hymen Cowen
Luigi Denza
Jessie L. Pease
Michael Watson
Camille Saint‐Saëns
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Wed 16 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 16
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Franz Schubert
Die Zauberharfe, D 644
Overture
Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D 797
No. 6 Entr'acte No. 3 in B flat major: Andantino
Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D 797
No. 1 Entr'acte No. 1 in B minor: Allegro molto moderato
Ave Maria
Fantasy in C major, D760, 'Wanderer' (orch. Liszt)
Proms premiere of this arrangement
Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D 795
No. 11 Mein!
Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D 795
No. 6 Der Neugierige
An Schwager Kronos, D 369
Proms premiere
Fantasia in F minor (orch. Felix Mottl)
Schwanengesang
No. 5 Aufenthalt
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’
interval
Georges Bizet
Carmen, Grand Fantasia (probably arr. Alfred Cellier)
- Orchestral soloists as for performance on 2/9/1896
Wilhelm Taubert
In einem fernen Land
Proms premiere
Heinrich Esser
Frühling, komm wieder
Proms premiere
Armand Reynaud
Merle et Pinson
Anton Rubinstein
6 Etudes, Op 23
No. 2 in C major Proms premiere
Georges Bizet
Carmen
No. 12b Aria 'Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre' Act 2
Alexander Nikolayevich Serov
The dark sea is moaning
Proms premiere
Ethelbert Nevin
3 Songs, Op 3
No. 2 One spring morning Proms premiere
Rudolph Aronson
Sweet Sixteen
Louis Ganne
Marche 'Le Père la Victoire'
Proms premiere
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Lori Recoschewitz (-Wilson)
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Frederick Dawson
piano
piano
Lempriere Pringle
bass
bass
Kyra Svetloffsky
contralto
contralto
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Composers
Franz Schubert
Georges Bizet
Wilhelm Taubert
Heinrich Esser
Armand Reynaud
Anton Rubinstein
Alexander Nikolayevich Serov
Ethelbert Nevin
Rudolph Aronson
Louis Ganne
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Thu 17 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 17
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Aimé Maillart
Les dragons de Villars
Overture
Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata - 'È strano! è strano!'
Percy Pitt
Suite de Ballet in D major, Op 20
Aria Proms premiere
Suite de Ballet in D major, Op 20
Gavotte and Musette Proms premiere
Moritz Moszkowski
Laurin, Op 53
Introduction & Dance of Rose Fairies UK premiere
Laurin, Op 53
Sarabande and Double UK premiere
Laurin, Op 53
March of the Dwarfs UK premiere
Jeno Hubay
Scènes de la Csárda No. 1, Op 9
Proms premiere
Fritz Spindler
Husarenritt
Proms premiere
Marius Carman
Petite Mignonne
Proms premiere of this arrangement
George Frideric Handel
Semele, HWV 58 (arr. Henry Wood)
Aria 'Where'er you walk' Act 2 Scene 2
Arthur Sullivan
The Young Mother
No. 3 The Chorister
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’
Proms premiere
Charles Gounod
Faust, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Joseph Haydn
Canzonetta 'My mother bids me bind my hair', Hob. XXVIa:27
Arthur Sullivan
Thou’rt Passing Hence
Stephen Adams
The maid of the mill
Proms premiere
Arthur Sullivan
The Lost Chord
interval
Joseph Gungl
March 'Hab' Acht'
Proms premiere
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Marie Duma
soprano
soprano
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Walter M Malsch
music arranger
oboe
music arranger
oboe
Hirwen Jones
tenor
tenor
The Park Sisters
Thomas Colton
music arranger
music arranger
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Composers
Aimé Maillart
Giuseppe Verdi
Percy Pitt
Moritz Moszkowski
Jeno Hubay
Fritz Spindler
Marius Carman
George Frideric Handel
Arthur Sullivan
Antonín Dvořák
Charles Gounod
Joseph Haydn
Stephen Adams
Joseph Gungl
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Fri 18 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 18
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture 'Namensfeier', Op 115
Proms premiere
Egmont
No. 1 Overture Proms premiere of this selection
Egmont
No. 5 Song 'Freudvoll und leidvoll' Proms premiere of this selection
Egmont
No. 2 Song 'Die Trommel gerühret' Proms premiere of this selection
Egmont
No. 3 Entr'acte 1: Andante Proms premiere of this selection
Egmont
No. 4 Entr'acte 2: Larghetto Proms premiere of this selection
Egmont
No. 8 Interlude: Klärchens Tod Proms premiere of this selection
Egmont
No. 10 Siegessymphonie: Allegro con brio Proms premiere of this selection
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Proms premiere
Adelaide, Op 46 (arr. Louis Spohr)
Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser, Grand Fantasia, WWV 70 (arr. unknown)
Franz Liszt
Etudes d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S140
No. 3 in A flat minor Proms premiere
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Robert le diable (arr. unknown for voice and piano)
Aria 'Robert, toi que j'aime' Act 4
Michael William Balfe
The Bohemian Girl
Aria 'When other lips' Act 3
Hope Temple
Thoughts and Tears
Jean-Baptiste Faure
Les rameaux
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
No. 6 Wedding March
interval
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Lilian Tree
soprano
soprano
Frederick Dawson
piano
piano
Herbert Grover
tenor
tenor
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Wagner
Franz Liszt
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Michael William Balfe
Hope Temple
Jean-Baptiste Faure
Felix Mendelssohn
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Sat 19 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 19
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
Colomba, Op 28
Ballet Music No. 1: Presto - Allegretto grazioso Act 2 Proms premiere of this selection
Colomba, Op 28
Ballet Music No. 2: Andantino Act 2 Proms premiere of this selection
Colomba, Op 28
Ballet Music No. 3: Rustic March Act 2 Proms premiere of this selection
Colomba, Op 28
No. Ballet Music No. 4: Saltarello Act 2 Proms premiere of this selection
Luigi Venzano
Aria with recitative 'Da te lontano...Ah! che assorta in dolce incanto'
Proms premiere
Charles Gounod
Hymne à Sainte Cécile
La reine de Saba
Recitative & aria 'Inspirez-moi, race divine...Prête-moi ton aide' Act 2
Luigi Denza
Si tu m'amais
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)
No. 4 in D minor
Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 244 (solo piano version)
No. 2 in C sharp minor Proms premiere of this arrangement
Frederic Hymen Cowen
The Language of Flowers, Suite No. 1
No. 2 Lilac
The Language of Flowers, Suite No. 1
No. 5 Yellow Jasmine
William Shield
The Wolf
interval
Emmanuel Chabrier
Le roi malgré lui
Danse Slave UK premiere
Georges Bizet
Carmen, Grand Fantasia (probably arr. Alfred Cellier)
- Orchestral soloists as for performance on 2/9/1896
Ellen Wright
The Queen's Shilling
Proms premiere
Cyrill Kistler
Festmarsch, Op 41
UK premiere
Sir Henry Rowley Bishop
The Comedy of Errors: "Lo! Here the Gentle Lark"
Proms premiere
Jules Levy
Polka de Concert
Jacques Blumenthal
My queen!
Charles Gounod
Marche romaine
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Evangeline Florence
soprano
soprano
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Percy Pitt
organ
piano
organ
piano
Herbert Grover
tenor
tenor
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Percy Frostick
violin
violin
August Wilhelmj
music arranger
music arranger
Sir Charles Santley
bass-baritone
bass-baritone
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Composers
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
Luigi Venzano
Charles Gounod
Luigi Denza
Franz Liszt
Frederic Hymen Cowen
William Shield
Emmanuel Chabrier
Georges Bizet
Ellen Wright
Cyrill Kistler
Sir Henry Rowley Bishop
Jules Levy
Jacques Blumenthal
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Mon 21 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 20
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
A Faust Overture, WWV 59
Proms premiere
Siegfried Idyll
Lohengrin
No. 4 Einsam in trüben Tagen Act 1 Scene 2
Franz Liszt
Symphonic Poem No. 3 'Les Préludes', S 97
Richard Wagner
Die Feen
Overture Proms premiere
Lohengrin
No. 8 Mein Herr und Gott Act 1 Scene 3
Die Walküre
Walkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1
Parsifal
Good Friday Music (concert version) Act 3 Scene 1
Götterdämmerung
No. 37 Trauermusik Act 3 Scene 2
Franz Liszt
Symphonic Poem No. 2 'Tasso: lamento e trionfo', S 96
Proms premiere
Arthur Sullivan
The Gondoliers, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Antônio Carlos Gomes
Salvator Rosa
Aria 'O mia pêccêrella'
interval
Arthur Sullivan
Once Again
Proms premiere of this arrangement
W. H. Jude
A hundred fathoms deep
Proms premiere
Tito Mattei
Non è ver
Josef Strauss
March 'Gablenz', Op 159
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Fanny Moody
soprano
soprano
Charles Manners
bass
bass
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Composers
Richard Wagner
Franz Liszt
Arthur Sullivan
Antônio Carlos Gomes
W. H. Jude
Tito Mattei
Josef Strauss
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Tue 22 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 21
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Gioachino Rossini
William Tell – overture
George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40 (arr. Joseph Hellmesberger)
Aria 'Ombra mai fù' Act 1 Scene 1
Trad.
Ye Banks and Braes
Proms premiere of this arrangement
Oh, whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad
Proms premiere of this arrangement
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser
No. 1 Overture
Jacques Blumenthal
The message
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
Franz Schubert
Schwanengesang
No. 4 Ständchen Proms premiere of this arrangement
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)
No. 4 in D minor
Herbert Bunning
The Shepherd's Call
Trad.
Scots wha hae
Proms premiere of this arrangement
Edward German
Henry VIII
Morris Dance Act 4
Henry VIII
Shepherd's Dance Act 1
Henry VIII
Torch Dance Act 1
Arthur Sullivan
HMS Pinafore, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Trad.
The Devil's Awa wi' th' Exciseman
Proms premiere of this arrangement
Michael William Balfe
The Bohemian Girl
Aria 'When other lips' Act 3
Trad.
Cam ye by Athol (arr. William Lawrie )
Proms premiere of this arrangement
Allen Macbeth
Serenata
London premiere
interval
Paolo Tosti
My dreams
Proms premiere
Ernest Ford
Faust
Valse Proms premiere
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Percy Pitt
organ
piano
organ
piano
Miriam Timothy
harp
harp
Isabel Macdougall
soprano
soprano
Anon.
music arranger
music arranger
Herbert Grover
tenor
tenor
The Park Sisters
Sir Charles Santley
bass-baritone
bass-baritone
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Composers
Gioachino Rossini
George Frideric Handel
Trad.
Richard Wagner
Jacques Blumenthal
Edvard Grieg
Franz Schubert
Franz Liszt
Herbert Bunning
Edward German
Arthur Sullivan
Michael William Balfe
Allen Macbeth
Paolo Tosti
Ernest Ford
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Wed 23 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 22
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Unknown
National Anthem (arr. Michael Costa)
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
Overture 'Britannia', Op 52
Percy Pitt
Coronation March, Op 21
World premiere
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, ‘Lobgesang’
Proms premiere of complete work
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser, Grand Fantasia, WWV 70 (arr. unknown)
Robert Schumann
Romanzen und Balladen, Op 49
No. 1 Die beiden Grenadiere
Trad.
Auld Lang Syne (arr. unknown)
interval
Arthur Goring Thomas
Esmeralda
Aria 'Oh! fickle, light-hearted swallow' Act 1
William Vincent Wallace
Maritana
Ballad 'Yes! Let me like a soldier fall'
Henri Vieuxtemps
6 Morceaux de salon, Op 22
No. 3 Rêverie
Trad.
Pretty Polly Oliver
Proms premiere of this arrangement
Arthur Sullivan
The Lost Chord
(arr. unknown for cornet quartet)
Felix Mendelssohn
Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde, Op 89 (arr. unknown for voice and piano)
Aria 'Ich bin ein veilgereister Mann'
Albert Renaud
Suite de Ballet
Valse-Ballabile Proms premiere
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The London Training School for Choristers
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Ben Davies
tenor
tenor
Isabel Macdougall
soprano
soprano
Fanny Moody
soprano
soprano
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Charles Manners
bass
bass
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Percy Frostick
violin
violin
Anon.
music arranger
music arranger
The Park Sisters
Composers
Unknown
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
Percy Pitt
Felix Mendelssohn
Richard Wagner
Robert Schumann
Trad.
Arthur Goring Thomas
William Vincent Wallace
Henri Vieuxtemps
Arthur Sullivan
Albert Renaud
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Thu 24 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 23
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
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Fri 25 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 24
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
Fidelio
Recitative & aria 'Abscheulicher...Komm, Hoffnung' Act 1 Scene 2
6 Songs, Op 75 (arr. Henry Wood)
No. 3 Aus Goethes Faust
6 Songs, Op 75 (arr. Henry Wood)
No. 1 Mignon
Symphony No. 7 in A major
Proms premiere
Tremate, empi, tremate, Op 116
Wellington's Victory, or the Battle of Vitoria, Op 91
Proms premiere
Charles Gounod
Faust, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Isidore de Solla
Light of my soul
Proms premiere
H. Chilver Wilson
Malcolm, my Heart
Proms premiere
James Lynam Molloy
Love's Old Sweet Song
Leslie Stuart
Rip Van Winkle
Proms premiere
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser
No. 12 Ankunft der Gäste Act 2 Scene 4
interval
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Marie Duma
soprano
soprano
Robert Watkin-Mills
bass
bass
Lloyd Chandos
tenor
tenor
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Charles Gounod
Isidore de Solla
H. Chilver Wilson
James Lynam Molloy
Leslie Stuart
Richard Wagner
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Sat 26 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 25
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Édouard Lalo
Rapsodie norvégienne
Proms premiere
Michael William Balfe
The Bohemian Girl
Aria 'I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls' Act 2
Giacomo Meyerbeer
L' Africaine
March indienne Act 4
Edward James Loder
The Diver
Proms premiere
Carl Maria von Weber
Euryanthe, J291
Overture Proms premiere
Charlotte Sainton-Dolby
Out on the rocks
Proms premiere
Tom Harrison Frewin
Mazeppa
World premiere
Charles-Auguste de Bériot
Concerto for Violin No. 1 in D major 'Military', Op 16
Proms premiere
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser
No. 21 Prelude Act 3 (1845 version)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
Duet 'Là ci darem la mano' Act 1
Georges Bizet
L' Arlésienne – Suite No. 1
Proms premiere
interval
Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Michael William Balfe
Killarney
interval
interval
Gioachino Rossini
Stabat mater (arr. unknown for cornet and piano)
No. 8 Aria 'Inflammatus et accensus'
Der fröhliche Zecher
Frederick Nicholls Crouch
Dermot Asthore
Proms premiere
Edmond Audran
La Cigale
Selection (instrumental)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Festival Coronation March in D major
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Fanny Moody
soprano
soprano
Charles Manners
bass
bass
Ada Jemima Crossley
contralto
contralto
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Anon.
music arranger
music arranger
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Composers
Édouard Lalo
Michael William Balfe
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Edward James Loder
Carl Maria von Weber
Charlotte Sainton-Dolby
Tom Harrison Frewin
Charles-Auguste de Bériot
Richard Wagner
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Georges Bizet
Giuseppe Verdi
Gioachino Rossini
Frederick Nicholls Crouch
Edmond Audran
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Mon 28 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 26
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
Grosser Festmarsch, WWV 110
London premiere
Franz Liszt
2 Polonaises, S 223 (orch. Karl Müller-Berghaus)
No. 2 in E major Proms premiere of this orchestration
Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman
Aria 'Joho hoe! Traft ihr das Schiff' Act 2
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)
No. 1 in F minor (ending in F major)
Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman
Aria 'Die Frist is um' Act 1
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 33 Prelude Act 3
Franz Liszt
Angelus! Prière aux anges gardiens, S 378 (version for string orchestra)
Proms premiere of this orchestration
Angelus! Prière aux anges gardiens, S 378 (version for string orchestra)
Proms premiere of this orchestration
Richard Wagner
Götterdämmerung
Song of the Rhine Daughters (abridged concert version) Act 3 Scene 1
Kaisermarsch, WWV 104
Alfred Cellier
Dorothy, Grand Selection (arr. unknown)
Stephen Adams
The Holy City
Proms premiere of this arrangement
Karl Anton Eckert
3 Lieder
No. 2 Er liebt nur mich allein
interval
Frances Allitsen
There's a land
Proms premiere
Luigi Denza
Si tu m'amais
Louis Ganne
Marche lorraine
Proms premiere
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Marie Duma
soprano
soprano
Lempriere Pringle
bass
bass
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Charles Ould
cello
cello
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
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
euphonium
The Park Sisters
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Composers
Richard Wagner
Franz Liszt
Alfred Cellier
Stephen Adams
Karl Anton Eckert
Frances Allitsen
Luigi Denza
Louis Ganne
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Tue 29 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 27
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Emmanuel Chabrier
Joyeuse marche
Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata - 'È strano! è strano!'
Amilcare Ponchielli
La Gioconda
Dance of the Hours Act 3 Scene 2
Henryk Wieniawski
Concerto for Violin No. 2 in D minor, Op 22
Proms premiere
Arthur Goring Thomas
Nadeshda
Recitative & aria 'What means Ivan?...Oh! my heart is weary'
Jean-Baptiste Singelée
Fantasia Pastorale
London premiere
Sir Charles Santley
Son of the Ocean Isle
Proms premiere
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
John Liptrot Hatton
Simon the cellarer
Proms premiere
William Richardson
Airs Varie
Proms premiere
Sir Henry Rowley Bishop
Bid me discourse
Proms premiere
interval
James Lynam Molloy
Love's Old Sweet Song
Frederic Hymen Cowen
Because
Proms premiere
Franz Schubert
Schwanengesang
No. 4 Ständchen
Émile Waldteufel
Amour et Printemps
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Maggie Davies
soprano
soprano
Ferdinand Weist-Hill
violin
violin
Kate Lee
contralto
contralto
E Mills
saxophone
saxophone
Sir Charles Santley
bass-baritone
bass-baritone
James Haydn Waud
double bass
double bass
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Anon.
music arranger
music arranger
The Park Sisters
Composers
Emmanuel Chabrier
Giuseppe Verdi
Amilcare Ponchielli
Henryk Wieniawski
Arthur Goring Thomas
Jean-Baptiste Singelée
Sir Charles Santley
Antonín Dvořák
John Liptrot Hatton
William Richardson
Sir Henry Rowley Bishop
James Lynam Molloy
Frederic Hymen Cowen
Franz Schubert
Émile Waldteufel
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Wed 30 Sep 1896
20:00
Prom 28
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Franz Liszt
Symphonic Poem No. 3 'Les Préludes', S 97
Frederic Hymen Cowen
The Promise of Life
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
George Frideric Handel
Di ad Irene, tiranna (Atalanta)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
Felix Mendelssohn
Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde, Op 89
Aria 'Ich bin ein veilgereister Mann'
Michael William Balfe
The Bohemian Girl
Aria 'When other lips' Act 3
Richard Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
interval
Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Leslie Stuart
The Bandolero
Felix Mendelssohn
Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op 14
Frederick Bevan
The Everlasting Day
Arthur Sullivan
The Young Mother
No. 3 The Chorister
Ciro Pinsuti
The Last Watch
Franz Lachner
Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op 113
Marche célèbre
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Belle Cole
contralto
contralto
Lloyd Chandos
tenor
tenor
Frederick Dawson
piano
piano
Foli [first name not known]
bass
bass
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Composers
Franz Liszt
Frederic Hymen Cowen
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
George Frideric Handel
Ludwig van Beethoven
Felix Mendelssohn
Michael William Balfe
Richard Wagner
Giuseppe Verdi
Leslie Stuart
Frederick Bevan
Arthur Sullivan
Ciro Pinsuti
Franz Lachner
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Thu 1 Oct 1896
20:00
Prom 29
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Jules Massenet
Le Cid
Overture London premiere
Georges Bizet
Carmen
No. 20 Recitative & aria 'C'est des contrebandiers...Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante' Act 3 Scene 5
Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Premier livre de pieces de clavecin
No. 9 Gavotte in A minor Proms premiere of this orchestration
Arthur Goring Thomas
Esmeralda
Recitative & aria 'And she says true...O vision entrancing' Act 2
Henri Vieuxtemps
Ballade et Polonaise, Op 38
Proms premiere
Hamish MacCunn
Overture 'Land of the Mountain and the Flood', Op 3
Giuseppe Giordani
Caro mio ben
Proms premiere
Luigi Bassi
Fantasia da Concerto di 'Rigoletto'
Proms premiere
Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon
Overture Proms premiere
Frederic Clay
The sands o' Dee
Antonín Dvořák
Overture 'Carnival'
Arthur Sullivan
HMS Pinafore, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Walter Slaughter
Two Flowers
Proms premiere
Frederick Bevan
The Flight of Ages
Proms premiere
Francis Thomé
Andante Religioso, Op 70
Proms premiere
Henryk Wieniawski
Valse Caprice in E major, Op 7
Proms premiere
Arthur Sullivan
The Lost Chord
(arr. unknown for cornet quartet)
Charles Deacon
Mary Dundas
Proms premiere
interval
Henry Wood
The King and the Miller
Michael William Balfe
Killarney
Johann Nepomuk Král
March 'Hoch Habsburg', Op 86
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
orchestrator
conductor
orchestrator
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Jessie Huddleston
soprano
soprano
Herbert Grover
tenor
tenor
Johannes Wolff
violin
violin
Ada Jemima Crossley
contralto
contralto
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
W. A. Peterkin
bass
bass
The Park Sisters
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Composers
Jules Massenet
Georges Bizet
Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Arthur Goring Thomas
Henri Vieuxtemps
Hamish MacCunn
Giuseppe Giordani
Luigi Bassi
Carl Maria von Weber
Frederic Clay
Antonín Dvořák
Arthur Sullivan
Walter Slaughter
Frederick Bevan
Francis Thomé
Henryk Wieniawski
Charles Deacon
Henry Wood
Michael William Balfe
Johann Nepomuk Král
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Fri 2 Oct 1896
20:00
Prom 30
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Creatures of Prometheus
No. 1 Overture
6 Songs, Op 48 (arr. Henry Wood)
No. 4 Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur Proms premiere of this orchestration
Overture ‘Coriolan’
Violin Concerto in D major
No. 1 Allegro ma non troppo
Adelaide, Op 46 (arr. Louis Spohr)
Symphony No 8 in F major
Proms premiere of complete work
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Arthur Henry Behrend
The Silver Chord
Franz Schubert
Schwanengesang
No. 4 Ständchen
Stephen Adams
The Holy City
Arthur Sullivan
Let me dream again
Proms premiere of this arrangement
Josef Strauss
March 'Gablenz', Op 159
interval
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Belle Cole
contralto
contralto
Percy Frostick
violin
violin
Herbert Grover
tenor
tenor
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Pietro Mascagni
Arthur Henry Behrend
Franz Schubert
Stephen Adams
Arthur Sullivan
Josef Strauss
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Sat 3 Oct 1896
20:00
Prom 31
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Jules Massenet
Le Cid
Marche du Cid Act 3
Le Cid
Rhapsodie mauresque Act 3 Scene 2
Charles Gounod
Mireille
Aria 'O légère hirondelle'
Percy Pitt
Coronation March, Op 21
Jacques Blumenthal
My queen!
Emile Dunkler
Introduction et Polonaise, Op 24
Proms premiere
Gaetano Donizetti
La favorita
Recitative & aria 'Fia dunque vero...O mio Fernando' Act 3
Daniel François Esprit Auber
Exhibition March
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser
No. 25b O du mein holder Abendstern Act 3 Scene 2
Jules Demersseman
Fantaisie sur un thème de Chopin
Charles Villiers Stanford
Shamus O'Brien, Op 61
Overture Proms premiere
interval
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)
No. 1 in F minor (ending in F major)
Fred Godfrey
Reminiscences of England
Proms premiere
George Henschel
Spring
Proms premiere
Angelo Mascheroni
For all eternity
Hope Temple
Thoughts and Tears
Frederic Hymen Cowen
The Ladder of Gold
Proms premiere
Jean-Baptiste Faure
Les rameaux
Samuel Lover
Molly Bawn
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
No. 6 Wedding March
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Evangeline Florence
soprano
soprano
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Herbert Grover
tenor
tenor
Charles Ould
cello
cello
Belle Cole
contralto
contralto
Thomas Colton
trombone
trombone
F(rederick) W. Davis
trombone
trombone
R. H. Booth
trombone
trombone
Ernest Atherley
trombone
trombone
William Ludwig
baritone
baritone
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
Edwin James
bassoon
bassoon
Friedrich Adolf Borsdorf
horn
horn
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Miriam Timothy
harp
harp
J(ames) H. Guilmartin
euphonium
euphonium
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Composers
Jules Massenet
Charles Gounod
Percy Pitt
Jacques Blumenthal
Emile Dunkler
Gaetano Donizetti
Daniel François Esprit Auber
Richard Wagner
Jules Demersseman
Charles Villiers Stanford
Franz Liszt
Fred Godfrey
George Henschel
Angelo Mascheroni
Hope Temple
Frederic Hymen Cowen
Jean-Baptiste Faure
Samuel Lover
Felix Mendelssohn
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Mon 5 Oct 1896
20:00
Prom 32
Queen's Hall
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Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman
Overture
Rienzi
Aria 'Allmächt'ger Vater, blick herab!' Act 5 Scene 1
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 56 Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein Act 3 Scene 5 Proms premiere of this arrangement
Tannhäuser
No. 24 Allmächt'ge Jungfrau Act 3 Scene 1
Lohengrin
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
Lohengrin
No. 17 Prelude Act 3
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 23b Was duftet doch der Flieder Act 2 Scene 3
Tannhäuser
No. 21 Prelude Act 3 (1845 version)
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
interval
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Michael William Balfe
Come into the garden, Maud
Arthur Sullivan
The Young Mother
No. 3 The Chorister
Arthur Goring Thomas
A summer night
Luigi Bordèse
David chantait devant Saul
Proms premiere
Tito Mattei
Non è ver
Ebenezer Prout
Alfred
Triumphal March
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Lloyd Chandos
tenor
tenor
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
August Wilhelmj
music arranger
music arranger
Lori Recoschewitz (-Wilson)
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
William Ludwig
baritone
baritone
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
H Trust
cello
cello
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Composers
Richard Wagner
Pietro Mascagni
Michael William Balfe
Arthur Sullivan
Arthur Goring Thomas
Luigi Bordèse
Tito Mattei
Ebenezer Prout
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Tue 6 Oct 1896
20:00
Prom 33
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Robert le diable (arr. unknown for voice and piano)
Aria 'Robert, toi que j'aime' Act 4
Charles Gounod
Hymne à Sainte Cécile
Luigi Denza
A May Morning
Proms premiere
Edvard Grieg
2 Nordic Melodies, Op 63
UK premiere
Giuseppe Concone
Judith
Proms premiere
Alphons Czibulka
Songe d'amour après le bal, Op 356
Charles Gounod
Faust
No. 6b Cavatina 'Avant de quitter ces lieux' Act 2
Daniel François Esprit Auber
Le domino noir, S 30
Overture
Georges Bizet
Carmen, Grand Fantasia (probably arr. Alfred Cellier)
- Orchestral soloists as for performance on 2/9/1896
Paolo Tosti
Good-bye!
interval
John Davy
Spanish Dollars (arr. unknown for voice and piano)
Song 'The Bay of Biscay'
Michael William Balfe
Killarney
Frank Lewis Moir
The Harbour Bay
Willoughby Weiss
The Village Blacksmith
Arthur Sullivan
The Lost Chord
(arr. unknown for cornet quartet)
Louis Ganne
Marche Russe
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
organ
piano
organ
Jessie Huddleston
soprano
soprano
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Adrienne Audain
harp
harp
Herbert (Sims) Reeves
tenor
tenor
Belle Cole
contralto
contralto
David Ffrangçon-Davies
baritone
baritone
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
The Park Sisters
Composers
Richard Wagner
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Charles Gounod
Luigi Denza
Edvard Grieg
Giuseppe Concone
Alphons Czibulka
Daniel François Esprit Auber
Georges Bizet
Paolo Tosti
John Davy
Michael William Balfe
Frank Lewis Moir
Willoughby Weiss
Arthur Sullivan
Louis Ganne
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Wed 7 Oct 1896
20:00
Prom 34
Queen's Hall
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Robert Schumann
Manfred, Op 115
Overture Proms premiere
Myrthen, Op 25
No. 1 Widmung
Myrthen, Op 25
No. 24 Du bist wie eine Blume
Piano Concerto in A minor
Myrthen, Op 25
No. 3 Der Nussbaum
Romanzen und Balladen (No 1, 'Die beiden Grenadiere')
(arr. Stanley Waddington) Proms premiere of this arrangement
Symphony No. 4 in D minor
Proms premiere
Alfred Cellier
Doris, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
William Vincent Wallace
Maritana
Ballad 'Yes! Let me like a soldier fall'
interval
Georges Bizet
Carmen
No. 20 Recitative & aria 'C'est des contrebandiers...Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante' Act 3 Scene 5
Stephen Adams
The Holy City
Edward St. Quentin
The Dream Angel
Proms premiere
Franz Schubert
Schwanengesang
No. 4 Ständchen
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
No. 6 Wedding March
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
organ
conductor
organ
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Lloyd Chandos
tenor
tenor
Muriel Elliot
piano
piano
Lucile Hill
soprano
soprano
Lempriere Pringle
bass
bass
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Composers
Robert Schumann
Alfred Cellier
William Vincent Wallace
Georges Bizet
Stephen Adams
Edward St. Quentin
Franz Schubert
Felix Mendelssohn
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Thu 8 Oct 1896
20:00
Prom 35
Queen's Hall
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Léon Itasse
Rhapsodie Espagnole
UK premiere
Arthur Sullivan
Ivanhoe
Recitative & aria 'O awful depth...Lord of our chosen race' Act 2 Scene 3
John Ebenezer West
King Robert of Sicily
World premiere
Paolo Tosti
Beauty's eyes
Proms premiere
Angelo Mascheroni
For all eternity
Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut
Intermezzo (Acts 2-3)
George Frideric Handel
Samson, HWV 57 (arr. Henry Wood)
Aria 'Honour and arms scorn such a foe' Act 2 No 20
Alberto Franchetti
Symphony in E minor
UK premiere
Arthur Sullivan
The Gondoliers, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
James Hook
Listen to the voice of love
Good Morrow, Gossip Joan
interval
William Richardson
Kinloch of Kinloch
Proms premiere
Eduard Lassen
6 Lieder (No 3, Allerseelen)
Proms premiere
Arthur Sullivan
Let me dream again
Joseph Leopold Röckel
Green Isle of Erin
Theodore Stretton
March of the Sudras
Proms premiere
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Clara Samuell
soprano
soprano
Charles Fry
speaker
speaker
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Isabel Macdougall
soprano
soprano
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
W. A. Peterkin
bass
bass
James A Hamilton
piccolo
piccolo
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Composers
Léon Itasse
Arthur Sullivan
John Ebenezer West
Paolo Tosti
Angelo Mascheroni
Giacomo Puccini
George Frideric Handel
Alberto Franchetti
James Hook
William Richardson
Eduard Lassen
Joseph Leopold Röckel
Theodore Stretton
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Fri 9 Oct 1896
20:00
Prom 36
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Le prophète
Aria 'Ah! mon fils, sois béni' Act 4 Scene 2
Felix Mendelssohn
Sonata for Organ No. 6 in D minor, Op 65.6
Proms premiere
Violin Concerto in E minor
No. 2 Andante
Violin Concerto in E minor
No. 3 Finale: Allegro non troppo - Allegro molto vivace
Benjamin Godard
Jocelyn - Berceuse
Jean-Baptiste Faure
Les rameaux
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser
No. 1 Overture
J. Sargeant
Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Proms premiere
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
Proms premiere
Edward German
Henry VIII
Morris Dance Act 4
Henry VIII
Shepherd's Dance Act 1
Henry VIII
Torch Dance Act 1
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
interval
Ciro Pinsuti
I fear no foe
Franz Liszt
Concert Paraphrase on Mendelssohn's Wedding March and Elves' Play from Midsummer Night's Dream, S 410
Felix Corbett
In the time of roses
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Proms premiere
interval
interval
Jules Grison
Communion in F major
Proms premiere
Franco Leoni
The Lover's Lullaby
Proms premiere
Michael William Balfe
Killarney
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Le prophète
Coronation March Act 4 Scene 2
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Lori Recoschewitz (-Wilson)
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Auguste Wiegand
organ
organ
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Hirwen Jones
tenor
tenor
The Park Sisters
music arranger
music arranger
Foli [first name not known]
bass
bass
Frederick Dawson
piano
piano
H Trust
cello
cello
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Composers
Franz Schubert
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Felix Mendelssohn
Benjamin Godard
Jean-Baptiste Faure
Richard Wagner
J. Sargeant
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Edward German
Pietro Mascagni
Ciro Pinsuti
Franz Liszt
Felix Corbett
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jules Grison
Franco Leoni
Michael William Balfe
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Sat 10 Oct 1896
20:00
Prom 37 - Last Night of the Proms 1896
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Tom Harrison Frewin
Mazeppa
Gioachino Rossini
Semiramide
Cavatina 'Bel raggio lusinghier...Dolce pensiero' Act 1
Jules Massenet
Le Cid
Marche du Cid Act 3
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci - 'Si può? Si può?'
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Miscellanea, Op 16 (orch. Ernest Ford)
No. 7 Minuet in A major Proms premiere of this orchestration
Richard Wagner
Die Walküre
Walkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1
Ambroise Thomas
Mignon
No. 5 Aria 'Connais-tu le pays?' Act 1
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana
Intermezzo
interval
Pablo de Sarasate
Zigeunerweisen
Proms premiere of this version
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wellington's Victory, or the Battle of Vitoria, Op 91
Fred Godfrey
Reminiscences of England
- Orchestral soloists as for performance on 3/10/1896
James Hook
Listen to the voice of love
Good Morrow, Gossip Joan
Georges Bizet
Carmen
No. 12b Aria 'Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre' Act 2
Trad.
Auld Lang Syne (arr. unknown)
Angelo Mascheroni
For all eternity
Proms premiere
Hermann Koenig
Post Horn Galop
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Clara Samuell
soprano
soprano
David Ffrangçon-Davies
baritone
baritone
Lori Recoschewitz (-Wilson)
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Frederick Dawson
piano
piano
Percy Frostick
violin
violin
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Howard Reynolds
cornet
post horn
cornet
post horn
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
S. Victor Balfour
orchestrator
orchestrator
Composers
Tom Harrison Frewin
Gioachino Rossini
Jules Massenet
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Richard Wagner
Ambroise Thomas
Felix Mendelssohn
Pietro Mascagni
Pablo de Sarasate
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fred Godfrey
James Hook
Georges Bizet
Trad.
Angelo Mascheroni
Hermann Koenig
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