Proms 1959

Proms 1959: All Events

Sat 25 Jul 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1959
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Unknown
  National Anthem
  John Ireland
  A London Overture
  Edward Elgar
  Sea PicturesNo. 2 In haven
  Sea PicturesNo. 4 Where corals lie
  Sea PicturesNo. 3 Sabbath morning at sea
  Paul Dukas
  The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Concerto in E flat major for two pianos - arranged for three hands
  interval
  Benjamin Britten
  The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  Graham Whettam
  Dance Concertante London premiere
  Ottorino Respighi
  La boutique fantasque (suite)
  Performers
  Norma Procter
  contralto
  contralto
  Cyril Smith
  piano
  piano
  Phyllis Sellick
  piano
  piano
  Anon.
  music arranger
  music arranger
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Unknown
  John Ireland
  Edward Elgar
  Paul Dukas
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Benjamin Britten
  Graham Whettam
  Ottorino Respighi
Mon 27 Jul 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 02
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  The Flying DutchmanOverture
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Violin Concerto in E minor
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’
  Daniel Jones
  Symphony No. 5 Proms premiere
  interval
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Manoug Parikian
  violin
  violin
  Daniel Jones
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Antonín Dvořák
  Daniel Jones
Tue 28 Jul 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 03
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Franz Schubert
  3 Marche militaires (No 1 in D major)
  Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D 797No. 6 Entr'acte No. 3 in B flat major: Andantino
  Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D 797No. 10 Ballet No. 2 in G major: Andantino
  Fantasy in C major, D760, 'Wanderer' (orch. Liszt)
  Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1)
  interval
  Performers
  Joseph Weingarten
  piano
  piano
  Hervey Alan
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  Jacqueline Delman
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Singers
  Royal Choral Society
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Franz Schubert
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
Wed 29 Jul 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 04
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No 3 in C major
  Violin Concerto
  Symphony No. 7 in C major
  Scènes historiques – Suite No. 1No. 3 Festivo
  Lemminkäinen Suite, Op 22No. 2 The Swan of Tuonela
  interval
  Jean Sibelius
  Valse triste
  Finlandia
  Performers
  Alfredo Campoli
  violin
  violin
  Helen Gaskell
  cor anglais
  cor anglais
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
Thu 30 Jul 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 05
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Carl Maria von Weber
  OberonOverture
  Sergei Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No. 3)
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Scheherazade
  interval
  Performers
  Ronald Smith
  piano
  piano
  April Cantelo
  soprano
  soprano
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Sergei Rachmaninov
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Fri 31 Jul 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 06
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
  Adelaide, Op 46 (arr. Louis Spohr)
  Symphony No. 1 in C major
  Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
  Elizabeth Maconchy
  Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon First public performance
  Richard Strauss
  Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  interval
  Performers
  William McAlpine
  tenor
  tenor
  Denis Matthews
  piano
  piano
  Evelyn Rothwell
  oboe
  oboe
  Archie Camden
  bassoon
  bassoon
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Elizabeth Maconchy
  Richard Strauss
Sat 1 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 07
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Eugene Onegin – Polonaise
  Eugene OneginValse Act 2 Scene 1
  Eugene Onegin – Letter Scene
  The Sleeping Beautyexcerpts (unspecified)
  Eugene Onegin (Act 2, Sc 2: Kuda, kuda, kuda vi udalilis)
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
  interval
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Capriccio italien, Op 45
  Romeo and Juliet - Duet
  Overture '1812'
  Performers
  Amy Shuard
  sopranoJuliet
  sopranoJuliet
  Rowland Jones
  tenorRomeo
  tenorRomeo
  Peter Element
  piano
  piano
  Janet Howe
  Nurse
  Nurse
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Mon 3 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 08
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  Ruslan and Lyudmila – overtureOverture
  Ruslan and Lyudmila – overtureAria 'O field, who has strewn thee with dead men's bones? Act 2
  Alexander Borodin
  String Quartet No. 2 in D major (orch. Malcom Sargent)No. 3 Notturno
  Sergei Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Francesca da Rimini
  interval
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Peter and the Wolf, Op 67
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  The Golden Cockerel Suite (arr. Maximilian Steinberg )No. 1 Tsar Dodon in his Palace
  The Golden Cockerel Suite (arr. Maximilian Steinberg )No. 4 Wedding and Lamentable End of Tsar Dodon
  Performers
  Alfred Orda
  baritone
  baritone
  Benno Moiseiwitsch
  piano
  piano
  Wilfred Pickles
  narrator
  narrator
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  Alexander Borodin
  Sergei Rachmaninov
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Tue 4 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 09
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Eine kleine Nachtmusik
  The Magic Flute (Act 1, Sc 4: O zittre nicht... Zum Lieden bin ich)
  Piano Concerto No 19 in F major, K 459
  Symphony No. 41 in C major, ‘Jupiter’
  Richard Strauss
  Ein Heldenleben
  interval
  Performers
  Elizabeth Simon
  soprano
  soprano
  Edith Vogel
  piano
  piano
  Paul Beard
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Richard Strauss
Wed 5 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 10
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068
  Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050
  Cantata No. 80, 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott'
  Chorale Prelude 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland', BWV 661
  Chorale Prelude 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein', BWV 734Proms premiere
  Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225
  interval
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564Proms premiere
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Douglas Whittaker
  flute
  flute
  Iris Loveridge
  piano
  piano
  David Martin
  violin
  violin
  Duncan Robertson
  tenor
  tenor
  Jennifer Vyvyan
  soprano
  soprano
  Pamela Bowden
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Roger Stalman
  bass
  bass
  BBC Singers
  Geraint Jones
  organ
  organ
  Leslie Woodgate
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
Thu 6 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 11
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Gioachino Rossini
  Il viaggio a ReimsOverture
  Robert Schumann
  Piano Concerto in A minor
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony)
  Jacques Ibert
  Symphonie concertanteFirst UK concert performance
  interval
  Emmanuel Chabrier
  España
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Phyllis Sellick
  piano
  piano
  John Hollingsworth
  conductor
  conductor
  Léon Goossens
  oboe
  oboe
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Gioachino Rossini
  Robert Schumann
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Jacques Ibert
  Emmanuel Chabrier
Fri 7 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 12
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Overture 'Leonore' No. 1, Op 138
  Symphony No. 4 in B flat major
  Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
  Humphrey Searle
  Symphony No. 2, Op 33 Proms premiere
  Claude Debussy
  Images for OrchestraNo. 2 Ibéria
  interval
  Performers
  Daniël Wayenberg
  piano
  piano
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Humphrey Searle
  Claude Debussy
Sat 8 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 13
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Gioachino Rossini
  William Tell – overture
  Edvard Grieg
  Two Elegiac Melodies, Op 34
  Franz Liszt
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 5 in C minor
  interval
  George Frideric Handel
  Organ Concerto in B flat major 'No. 7' (Handel/Wood)
  Igor Stravinsky
  Petrushka (1947 version)In Petrushka's Cell
  Petrushka (1947 version)Shrovetide Fair towards Evening (alternative concert ending)
  Petrushka (1947 version)Russian Dance
  Performers
  John Ogdon
  piano
  piano
  Arnold Richardson
  organ
  organ
  Ernest Lush
  piano
  piano
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Gioachino Rossini
  Edvard Grieg
  Franz Liszt
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  George Frideric Handel
  Igor Stravinsky
Mon 10 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 14
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Hector Berlioz
  Benvenuto CelliniOverture
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Orfeo ed EuridiceRecitative & aria 'Sposa! Euridice!...Che farò senza Euridice?'
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 8 in G major
  Gustav Mahler
  Songs of a Wayfarer
  Richard Wagner
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 49 Dance of the Apprentices Act 3 Scene 5
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 50 Procession of the Masters Act 3 Scene 5
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 33 Prelude Act 3
  interval
  interval
  interval
  Performers
  Kendall Taylor
  piano
  piano
  Kerstin Meyer
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Hector Berlioz
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Antonín Dvořák
  Gustav Mahler
  Richard Wagner
Tue 11 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 15
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Bedrich Smetana
  The Bartered BrideOverture
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major
  César Franck
  Symphony in D minor
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Sinfonia antartica (Symphony No. 7)
  interval
  interval
  interval
  Performers
  Peter Katin
  piano
  piano
  Adrienne Cole
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (women's voices)
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Bedrich Smetana
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  César Franck
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
Wed 12 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 16
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  ‘Enigma’ Variations
  Gustav Holst
  The Planets
  Edward Elgar
  Cello Concerto in E minor
  Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
  interval
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (women's voices)
  John Hollingsworth
  conductor
  conductor
  André Navarra
  cello
  cello
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Gustav Holst
Thu 13 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 17
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Overture 'Ruy Blas'
  Joseph Haydn
  Cello Concerto in D major, Hob. VIIb:2
  The Seasons (Summer, No 15: Welche Labung für die Sinne!)
  The Seasons (Summer, No 14: Willkommen jetzt, o dunkler Hain)
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Symphony No. 3 in A minor, ‘Scottish’
  interval
  Richard Strauss
  Don Quixote, Op 35
  Performers
  Erling Blöndal Bengtsson
  cello
  cello
  Ilse Wolf
  soprano
  soprano
  Harry Danks
  viola
  viola
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Joseph Haydn
  Richard Strauss
Fri 14 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 18
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Overture ‘Coriolan’
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
  Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’
  John Ireland
  The Forgotten Rite
  Piano Concerto
  Overture 'Satyricon'
  interval
  Performers
  Anthony Bonaventura
  piano
  piano
  Eric Parkin
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  John Ireland
Sat 15 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 19
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Arthur Sullivan
  Overture di ballo
  Roger Quilter
  To Julia, Op 8
  Erno Dohnanyi
  Variations on a Nursery Song, Op 25
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Scenes from 'The Song of Hiawatha', Op 30Hiawatha's Wedding Feast
  Scenes from 'The Song of Hiawatha', Op 30Overture
  Edvard Grieg
  Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
  Darius Milhaud
  Percussion ConcertoLondon premiere
  Alexander Borodin
  Prince IgorPolovtsian Dances Act 2
  interval
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  orchestratorconductor
  orchestratorconductor
  Alexander Young
  tenor
  tenor
  Patricia Bishop
  piano
  piano
  Wembley Philharmonic Society
  Royal Choral Society
  Gilbert Webster
  percussion
  percussion
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Arthur Sullivan
  Roger Quilter
  Erno Dohnanyi
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Edvard Grieg
  Darius Milhaud
  Alexander Borodin
Mon 17 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 20
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Marche slave, Op 31
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Symphony No. 4 in F minor
  Mátyás Seiber
  Tre Pezzi London premiere
  Richard Wagner
  TannhäuserNo. 1 Overture
  interval
  Performers
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Alberto Lysy
  violin
  violin
  Mátyás Seiber
  conductor
  conductor
  Amaryllis Fleming
  cello
  cello
  Maurice Miles
  conductor
  conductor
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Mátyás Seiber
  Richard Wagner
Tue 18 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 21
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Leos Janáček
  Sinfonietta
  Maurice Ravel
  Piano Concerto in G major
  Igor Stravinsky
  Symphony of Psalms
  William Walton
  Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor
  interval
  Performers
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Colin Horsley
  piano
  piano
  Charles Spinks
  piano
  piano
  Eric Gritton
  piano
  piano
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  William Walton
  conductor
  conductor
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Leos Janáček
  Maurice Ravel
  Igor Stravinsky
  William Walton
Wed 19 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 22
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Love for Three Oranges, Suite, Op 33bNo. 4 Scherzo
  Love for Three Oranges, Suite, Op 33bNo. 3 March
  Sergei Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor
  Hector Berlioz
  Symphonie fantastique
  Malcolm Williamson
  Piano Concerto No. 1London premiere
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphonic Variations, Op 78
  interval
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Clive Lythgoe
  piano
  piano
  John Hollingsworth
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Sergei Rachmaninov
  Hector Berlioz
  Malcolm Williamson
  Antonín Dvořák
Thu 20 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 23
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Robert Schumann
  Symphony No. 4 in D minor
  Edward Elgar
  The Dream of Gerontius
  interval
  Performers
  John Hollingsworth
  conductor
  conductor
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Marjorie Thomas
  Angel
  Angel
  Richard Lewis
  Gerontius
  Gerontius
  John Cameron
  Angel of the AgonyPriest
  Angel of the AgonyPriest
  Croydon Philharmonic Society
  Royal Choral Society
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Robert Schumann
  Edward Elgar
Fri 21 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 24
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  The Creatures of PrometheusNo. 1 Overture
  FidelioRecitative & aria 'Abscheulicher...Komm, Hoffnung' Act 1 Scene 2
  Romance in G major, Op 40
  Romance in F major, Op 50
  Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
  Igor Stravinsky
  Violin Concerto in D major
  interval
  Andrzej Panufnik
  Polonia Proms premiere
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Joyce Barker
  soprano
  soprano
  Ida Haendel
  violin
  violin
  Andrzej Panufnik
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Igor Stravinsky
  Andrzej Panufnik
Sat 22 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 25
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  George Frideric Handel
  Theodora, HWV 68 (arr. Gordon Jacob)Overture Proms premiere
  Benjamin Britten
  Soirées musicales
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  The Nutcracker, Suite, Op 71a
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 7 in D minor
  interval
  Performers
  Kathleen Jones
  piano
  piano
  National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
  Walter Susskind
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  George Frideric Handel
  Benjamin Britten
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Antonín Dvořák
Mon 24 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 26
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Hector Berlioz
  Overture 'Le carnaval romain'
  Edvard Grieg
  Symphonic Dances, Op 64No. 4 in A minor
  Symphonic Dances, Op 64No. 2 in A major
  Bohuslav Martinů
  Oboe ConcertoUK premiere
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 39 in E flat major
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 2 in D major
  interval
  Performers
  Evelyn Rothwell
  oboe
  oboe
  John Barbirolli
  conductor
  conductor
  Hallé (pre-2003, Hallé Orchestra)
  Composers
  Hector Berlioz
  Edvard Grieg
  Bohuslav Martinů
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Johannes Brahms
Tue 25 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 27
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Gioachino Rossini
  La scala di setaOverture
  Sergei Rachmaninov
  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  Claude Debussy
  Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 5 in D major
  Richard Strauss
  Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op 60 (suite) Proms premiere
  Dmitri Kabalevsky
  Colas Breugnon, Op 24Overture
  interval
  Performers
  Peter Katin
  piano
  piano
  John Barbirolli
  conductor
  conductor
  Hallé (pre-2003, Hallé Orchestra)
  Composers
  Gioachino Rossini
  Sergei Rachmaninov
  Claude Debussy
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Richard Strauss
  Dmitri Kabalevsky
Wed 26 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 28
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
  Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55No. 4 Tema con variazioni
  Symphony No. 5 in E minor
  William Alwyn
  Symphony No. 4 World premiere
  interval
  Performers
  John Barbirolli
  conductor
  conductor
  Hallé (pre-2003, Hallé Orchestra)
  Composers
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  William Alwyn
Thu 27 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 29
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Franz Schubert
  Die Zauberharfe, D 644Overture
  Johannes Brahms
  Variations on the St Anthony Chorale
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
  interval
  Performers
  Lamar Crowson
  piano
  piano
  John Barbirolli
  conductor
  conductor
  Hallé (pre-2003, Hallé Orchestra)
  Composers
  Franz Schubert
  Johannes Brahms
Fri 28 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 30
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  EgmontNo. 1 Overture
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major - cadenza by Beethoven
  Symphony No. 7 in A major
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 8 in D minor
  interval
  Performers
  Hans Richter-Haaser
  piano
  piano
  John Barbirolli
  conductor
  conductor
  Hallé (pre-2003, Hallé Orchestra)
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sat 29 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 31
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  The Abduction from the Seraglio – overture
  Joseph Haydn
  Trumpet Concerto
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 40 in G minor
  Richard Strauss
  Der Rosenkavalier – suite
  Franz von Suppé
  Pique DameOverture
  Oscar Straus
  Ein Walzertraumselection (unspecified) Proms premiere
  Johann Strauss II
  Neue-Pizzicato-Polka, Op 449Proms premiere
  Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op 325
  Fledermaus-Polka, Op 362Overture
  interval
  Performers
  William Lang
  trumpet
  trumpet
  John Barbirolli
  conductor
  conductor
  Hallé (pre-2003, Hallé Orchestra)
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Joseph Haydn
  Richard Strauss
  Franz von Suppé
  Oscar Straus
  Johann Strauss II
Mon 31 Aug 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 32
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  The CreationProms premiere of complete work
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Owen Brannigan
  bass
  bass
  Elsie Morison
  soprano
  soprano
  Walter Midgley
  tenor
  tenor
  Croydon Philharmonic Choir
  Royal Choral Society
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
Tue 1 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 33
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Tapiola
  Igor Stravinsky
  Capriccio
  Kodály Zoltán
  Variations on a Hungarian Folksong 'The Peacock'
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No. 5 in D minor
  Performers
  Colin Horsley
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Igor Stravinsky
  Kodály Zoltán
  Dmitry Shostakovich
Wed 2 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 34
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Academic Festival Overture
  Vier ernste Gesänge, Op 121 (orch. Malcolm Sargent)
  Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
  Symphony No 1 in C minor
  Performers
  Kim Borg
  bass
  bass
  Andor Földes
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
Thu 3 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 35
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  Introduction and Allegro
  Franz Liszt
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 2 in D major
  interval
  Kenneth Leighton
  Burlesque, Op 19 First public performance
  Frédéric Chopin
  Scherzo in B flat minor, Op 31
  Mazurka in E minor, Op 41.2
  Mazurka in A minor, Op 68.2
  Antonín Dvořák
  Overture 'Carnival'
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Witold Malcuzynski
  piano
  piano
  Kenneth Leighton
  conductor
  conductor
  Maurice Miles
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Franz Liszt
  Jean Sibelius
  Kenneth Leighton
  Frédéric Chopin
  Antonín Dvořák
Fri 4 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 36
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Overture 'Leonore' No. 2
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Symphony No 8 in F major
  interval
  York Bowen
  Piano Concerto No. 4 in A minorFirst public performance
  Alan Rawsthorne
  Overture 'Street Corner'
  Performers
  Alan Loveday
  violin
  violin
  York Bowen
  piano
  piano
  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  York Bowen
  Alan Rawsthorne
Sat 5 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 37
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Léo Delibes
  SylviaNo. 17 Grand cortège de Bacchus Act 3
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Swan LakeNo. 13d Danse des cygnes: Allegro moderato Act 2 No. 4d
  Swan LakeNo. 10 Scène Act 2 No. 1
  Swan LakeNo. 2 Valse Act 1 No. 2
  Swan LakeNo. 20 Danse hongroise (Czárdás) Act 3 No. 6
  Swan LakeNo. 13e Pas d'action Act 2 No. 4e
  William Walton
  Façade, Suite No. 2No. 1 Fanfare
  Façade, Suite No. 2No. 2 Scotch Rhapsody
  Façade, Suite No. 1No. 1 Polka
  Façade, Suite No. 1No. 3 Swiss Yodelling Song
  Façade, Suite No. 2No. 6 Old Sir Faulk
  Façade, Suite No. 1No. 2 Valse
  Façade, Suite No. 2No. 5 Popular Song
  Façade, Suite No. 1No. 4 Tango-Pasodoble
  Façade, Suite No. 1No. 5 Tarantella Sevillana
  César Franck
  Symphonic Variations
  interval
  Manuel de Falla
  The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 1
  The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 2
  Richard Arnell
  Harlequin in April, Op 63 Proms premiere
  Maurice Ravel
  Boléro
  interval
  interval
  Performers
  John Hollingsworth
  conductor
  conductor
  Natalia Karp
  piano
  piano
  Richard Arnell
  conductor
  conductor
  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  Composers
  Léo Delibes
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  William Walton
  César Franck
  Manuel de Falla
  Richard Arnell
  Maurice Ravel
Mon 7 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 38
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major
  George Frideric Handel
  Serse (Act 1: Ombra mai fù)
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
  George Frideric Handel
  Harp Concerto in B flat major- cadenza by Marcel Grandjany Proms premiere
  interval
  George Frideric Handel
  Water Music Suite (arr. Hamilton Harty)
  Joaquín Rodrigo
  Concierto serenataUK premiere
  Arnold Bax
  Tintagel
  Performers
  John Hollingsworth
  conductor
  conductor
  Constance Shacklock
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Maurice Cole
  piano
  piano
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Nicanor Zabaleta
  harp
  harp
  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  George Frideric Handel
  Joaquín Rodrigo
  Arnold Bax
Tue 8 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 39
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Gustav Holst
  The Perfect FoolBallet music
  Alban Berg
  Violin Concerto
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 4 in F minor
  interval
  Claude Debussy
  La mer
  Paul Hindemith
  Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
  Performers
  Tibor Varga
  violin
  violin
  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Gustav Holst
  Alban Berg
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Claude Debussy
  Paul Hindemith
Wed 9 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 40
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Fantasy-Overture 'Hamlet'
  Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra
  Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
  interval
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Pezzo capriccioso, Op 62Proms premiere
  Lennox Berkeley
  Symphony No. 2, Op 51London premiere
  interval
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Maurice Gendron
  cello
  cello
  Maurice Miles
  conductor
  conductor
  Lennox Berkeley
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Lennox Berkeley
Thu 10 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 41
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Arthur Honegger
  Le roi DavidProms premiere
  George Frideric Handel
  Israel in Egypt (Pt 2, No 6: He spake the word)
  Israel in Egypt (Pt 2, No 9: He smote all the first-born)
  Israel in Egypt (Pt 2, No 7: He gave them hailstones)
  Israel in Egypt (Pt 2, No 8: He sent a thick darkness)
  Israel in Egypt (Pt 3, No 39: Sing ye to the Lord)
  Organ Concerto in D minor (Handel/Wood)
  interval
  George Frideric Handel
  Coronation Anthem ‘Zadok the Priest’
  Performers
  Ena Mitchell
  soprano
  soprano
  Pamela Bowden
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  David Galliver
  tenor
  tenor
  Richard Attenborough
  narrator
  narrator
  Alexandra Choir
  BBC Singers
  Goldsmiths Choral Union
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball
  organ
  organ
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Arthur Honegger
  George Frideric Handel
Fri 11 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 42
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Fidelio – overture
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
  Symphony No. 2 in D major
  interval
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 9 in E minor
  Performers
  Myra Hess
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sat 12 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 43
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Otto Nicolai
  Die lustigen Weiber von WindsorOverture
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  The Maid of OrleansRecitative & aria 'So wills the Lord!...Farewell you native hills and fields' Act 1 No. 7
  Johann Strauss II
  By the Beautiful Blue Danube – waltz
  Edvard Grieg
  Piano Concerto in A minor
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)
  Constant Lambert
  The Rio Grande
  Georges Bizet
  L' Arlésienne – Suite No. 1
  L' Arlésienne, Suite No. 2No. 4 Farandole
  Performers
  Jean Allister
  contralto
  contralto
  Eileen Joyce
  piano
  piano
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Otto Nicolai
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Johann Strauss II
  Edvard Grieg
  Igor Stravinsky
  Constant Lambert
  Georges Bizet
Mon 14 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 44
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 36 Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn! Act 3 Scene 1
  Siegfried Idyll
  Das RheingoldEntry of the Gods into Valhalla (orchestral version) - Performed without soloists other than the Rhinemaidens
  Das RheingoldNo. 37 Schwüles Gedünst schwebt in der Luft - Performed without soloists other than the Rhinemaidens
  Das RheingoldNo. 38 Zur Burg fürht die Brücke - Performed without soloists other than the Rhinemaidens
  Das RheingoldNo. 39 Abdendich strahlt - Performed without soloists other than the Rhinemaidens
  Das RheingoldNo. 40 Ihrem Ende - Performed without soloists other than the Rhinemaidens
  Das RheingoldNo. 41 Rheingold! Rheingold! - Performed without soloists other than the Rhinemaidens
  Die WalküreNo. 36 War es so schmählich Act 3 Scene 3
  Die WalküreNo. 40 Leb' wohl [Wotan's Abschied] Act 3 Scene 3
  Die WalküreNo. 43 Feuerzauber Act 3 Scene 3
  Die WalküreNo. 37 Weil für dich im Auge Act 3 Scene 3
  Die WalküreNo. 38 So tatest du Act 3 Scene 3
  Die WalküreNo. 39a Und das ich ihm in Stücken Act 3 Scene 3
  Die WalküreNo. 39b Nicht streb', o Maid Act 3 Scene 3
  Die WalküreNo. 41 Der Augen leuchtendes Paar Act 3 Scene 3
  Die WalküreNo. 42 Loge, hör! Act 3 Scene 3
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 5 in E flat major
  Performers
  Sigurd Björling
  bassWotan
  bassWotan
  Marjorie Avis
  soprano
  soprano
  Maude Baker
  contralto
  contralto
  Eleanor Capp
  soprano
  soprano
  Sylvia Fisher
  Brünnhilde
  Brünnhilde
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Jean Sibelius
Tue 15 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 45
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Felix Mendelssohn
  A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture
  Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'
  Johannes Brahms
  Violin Concerto in D major - cadenza by Joachim
  interval
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 3 in F major
  Performers
  Endre Wolf
  violin
  violin
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Johannes Brahms
Wed 16 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 46
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Serenade in D major 'Serenata notturna', K 239
  Exsultate, jubilate
  Symphony No. 35 in D major, 'Haffner'
  Johannes Brahms
  Double Concerto
  Symphony No. 4 in E minor
  Performers
  John Hollingsworth
  conductor
  conductor
  Heather Harper
  soprano
  soprano
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Ralph Holmes
  violin
  violin
  Rohan de Saram
  cello
  cello
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Johannes Brahms
Thu 17 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 47
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Symphony No 1 in D major 'Classical' - 1. Allegro
  Béla Bartók
  Piano Concerto No 1
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 6 in E minor
  interval
  Richard Strauss
  Four Last Songs
  Maurice Ravel
  La valse
  Performers
  Hephzibah Menuhin
  piano
  piano
  Heidi Krall
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Béla Bartók
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Richard Strauss
  Maurice Ravel
Fri 18 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 48
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  LohengrinNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  Michael Tippett
  The Midsummer MarriageRitual Dances Proms premiere
  interval
  Hector Berlioz
  The damnation of Faust - Marche hongroise
  The damnation of Faust - Ballet des sylphes
  The damnation of Faust - Menuet des follets
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  John Mitchinson
  tenor
  tenor
  David Ward
  bass
  bass
  Elsie Morison
  soprano
  soprano
  Nancy Thomas
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Royal Choral Society
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Maurice Miles
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Michael Tippett
  Hector Berlioz
Sat 19 Sep 1959
- 19:30
  Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1959
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Gioachino Rossini
  The Barber of Seville – overture
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Andante cantabile, Op 11a
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
  Frederick Delius
  A Dance Rhapsody No. 1
  interval
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Bedrich Smetana
  Má vlastNo. 4 From Bohemia's Woods and Fields
  Henry Wood
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 5 Jack's the Lad
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 6 Farewell and Adieu, Ye Spanish Ladies - Cadenza
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 3 The Saucy Arethusa
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 4 Tom Bowling
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia!
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)
  Unknown
  National Anthem
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Adolph Schmid
  music arranger
  music arranger
  Clifford Curzon
  piano
  piano
  Constance Shacklock
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Gioachino Rossini
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Frederick Delius
  Edward Elgar
  Bedrich Smetana
  Henry Wood
  Thomas Arne
  Hubert Parry
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