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Winter Proms 1948–9
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Winter Proms 1948–9: All Events
Mon 5 Jan 1948
19:30
Prom 01
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Unknown
National Anthem
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin
Polonaise Act 3 Scene 1
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
Symphony No. 4 in F minor
interval
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra
Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Performers
Eileen Joyce
piano
piano
William Pleeth
cello
cello
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Unknown
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
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Tue 6 Jan 1948
19:30
Prom 02
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046
Cantata No. 68, 'Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt', BWV 68
No. 2 Aria 'Mein gläubiges Herze'
Cantata No. 201, 'Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde', BWV 201
No. 3 Aria 'Patron! Patron! das macht der Wind!'
Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047
Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major
Symphony No 36 in C major 'Linz', K 425
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 21, 'Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis', BWV 21
No. 3 Aria 'Seufzer, Tränen, Kummer, Not'
Performers
Elsie Suddaby
soprano
soprano
Willem Mont
cello
cello
Edward Walker
flute
flute
George Stratton
violin
violin
John McCarthy
oboe
oboe
George Eskdale
trumpet
trumpet
Kathleen Long
piano
piano
Dennis Brain
horn
horn
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Wed 7 Jan 1948
19:30
Prom 03
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Hector Berlioz
Overture ‘Le carnaval romain’
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor
Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
interval
interval
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Performers
Kendall Taylor
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Hector Berlioz
Robert Schumann
Johannes Brahms
Richard Wagner
Richard Strauss
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Thu 8 Jan 1948
19:30
Prom 04
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture
Frederick Delius
Violin Concerto
William Walton
Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor
- 2nd and 3rd movements were performed in reverse order
Jean Sibelius
En saga
Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte (Orchestral version)
Alborada del gracioso
Performers
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Jean Pougnet
violin
violin
William Walton
conductor
conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Felix Mendelssohn
Frederick Delius
William Walton
Jean Sibelius
Maurice Ravel
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Fri 9 Jan 1948
19:30
Prom 05
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
Symphony No 8 in F major
Arnold Bax
The Garden of Fand
interval
AntonÃn Dvořák
3 Slavonic Rhapsodies, Op 45
No. 3 in A flat major
Performers
Denis Matthews
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Arnold Bax
AntonÃn Dvořák
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Sat 10 Jan 1948
19:30
Prom 06
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville – overture
Granville Bantock
Ferishtah's Fancies
No. 14 Epilogue: Oh, love! no, love!
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor
Frederick Delius
A Dance Rhapsody No. 1
George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto in B flat major 'No. 9' (Handel/Wood)
- cadenza by Thalben-Ball
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor
Polovtsian Dances Act 2
interval
Performers
Parry Jones
tenor
tenor
Iris Loveridge
piano
piano
Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball
organ
organ
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Gioachino Rossini
Granville Bantock
Franz Schubert
Edvard Grieg
Frederick Delius
George Frideric Handel
Alexander Borodin
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Mon 12 Jan 1948
19:30
Prom 07
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
Tannhäuser
No. 10 Dich, teure Halle, grüss' ich wieder Act 2 Scene 1
Siegfried
Forest Murmurs (orchestral synthesis) Act 2 Scene 2
interval
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin
No. 19a Das süsse Lied verhallt Act 3 Scene 2
Lohengrin
No. 19b Atmest du nicht mit mir die süssen Düfte? Act 3 Scene 2
Lohengrin
No. 19c Höchstes Vertraun hast du mir schon zu danken Act 3 Scene 2
Götterdämmerung
No. 5 Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (Prologue)
Die Walküre
No. 40 Leb' wohl [Wotan's Abschied] Act 3 Scene 3
Die Walküre
No. 43 Feuerzauber Act 3 Scene 3
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
Egmont
No. 1 Overture
Performers
Maria Reining
soprano
Elsa
soprano
Elsa
Ludwig Suthaus
Lohengrin
Lohengrin
Tom Williams
baritone
baritone
Cyril Smith
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
Composers
Richard Wagner
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Tue 13 Jan 1948
19:30
Prom 08
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Notturno in D major, K286
Piano Concerto No 26 in D major, K 537 'Coronation'
Symphony No. 40 in G minor
Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben
Performers
Louis Kentner
piano
piano
Paul Beard
violin
violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Richard Strauss
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Wed 14 Jan 1948
19:30
Prom 09
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 88 in G major
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 in C major
Claude Debussy
Nocturnes
Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman
Overture
Performers
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Frederick Grinke
violin
violin
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (women's voices)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Joseph Haydn
Johannes Brahms
Jean Sibelius
Claude Debussy
Richard Wagner
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Thu 15 Jan 1948
19:30
Prom 10
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049
Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056
Cantata No. 21, 'Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis', BWV 21
No. 5 Aria 'Bäche von gesalznen Zahren'
Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050
Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051
interval
interval
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Job: A Masque for Dancing
Performers
Lambert Flack
flute
flute
Paul Beard
violin
violin
Robert Boddington
flute
flute
Harriet Cohen
piano
piano
William Herbert
tenor
tenor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Fri 16 Jan 1948
19:30
Prom 11
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major
interval
John Ireland
The Forgotten Rite
Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird Suite
Performers
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Solomon
piano
piano
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
John Ireland
Igor Stravinsky
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Sat 17 Jan 1948
19:30
Prom 12
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Carl Maria von Weber
Der Freischütz
Overture
Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth
Scena & cavatina 'Ambizioso spiro tu sei...Vieni! t'affretta! Act 1 Scene 2
Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Edward Elgar
‘Enigma’ Variations
interval
Hector Berlioz
The Trojans
Chasse royale et orage Act 4
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
Aria 'Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore' Act 2
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
Unknown
National Anthem
Performers
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
Margherita Grandi
soprano
soprano
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Leff Pouishnoff
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Carl Maria von Weber
Giuseppe Verdi
Sergey Rachmaninov
Edward Elgar
Hector Berlioz
Giacomo Puccini
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Unknown
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