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Winter Proms 1947–8
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Winter Proms 1947–8: All Events
Mon 6 Jan 1947
19:00
Prom 01
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Unknown
National Anthem
John Ireland
Overture 'Satyricon'
Claude Debussy
L' enfant prodigue
Recitative & aria 'L'année en vain chasse l'année...Azaël! Azaël!'
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
interval
Benjamin Britten
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major
Performers
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Janet Howe
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Benno Moiseiwitsch
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Unknown
John Ireland
Claude Debussy
Ludwig van Beethoven
Benjamin Britten
Jean Sibelius
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Tue 7 Jan 1947
19:00
Prom 02
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
George Frideric Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks – overture (arr. Hamilton Harty)
Music for the Royal Fireworks - No 3. Bourrée (arr. Hamilton Harty)
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (arr. Hamilton Harty)
No. 3 La paix: Largo alla siciliana
Music for the Royal Fireworks - No 5. Minuets (arr. Hamilton Harty)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043
George Frideric Handel
Judas Maccabaeus
Recitative & aria 'Be comforted...The Lord worketh wonders' Act 2
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051
George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto No 7 in B flat major
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Concerto for Two Pianos in C major
Proms premiere
Gustav Holst
The Perfect Fool
Ballet music
Performers
Marie Wilson
violin
violin
Olive Zorian
violin
violin
Owen Brannigan
bass
bass
Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball
organ
organ
Cyril Smith
piano
piano
Phyllis Sellick
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
George Frideric Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Gustav Holst
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Wed 8 Jan 1947
19:00
Prom 03
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Felix Mendelssohn
Overture 'The Fair Melusine'
Proms premiere
Violin Concerto in E minor
Johannes Brahms
Variations on the St Anthony Chorale
interval
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D major
Performers
Alan Loveday
violin
violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Felix Mendelssohn
Johannes Brahms
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Thu 9 Jan 1947
19:00
Prom 04
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 in D major, 'Haffner'
Gustav Mahler
Songs of a Wayfarer
Proms premiere
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor
interval
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique
Performers
Nancy Evans
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Anthony Pini
cello
cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Gustav Mahler
Edward Elgar
Hector Berlioz
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Fri 10 Jan 1947
19:00
Prom 05
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio
Overture
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’
interval
Joseph Haydn
Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major
AntonÃn Dvořák
The Cunning Peasant, Op 37
Overture Proms premiere
Performers
Noel Mewton-Wood
piano
piano
Terence Macdonagh
oboe
oboe
Paul Beard
violin
violin
Ambrose Gauntlett
cello
cello
Richard Newton
bassoon
bassoon
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Joseph Haydn
AntonÃn Dvořák
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Sat 11 Jan 1947
19:00
Prom 06
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin
Polonaise Act 3 Scene 1
The Maid of Orleans
Recitative & aria 'So wills the Lord!...Farewell you native hills and fields' Act 1 No. 7
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
Symphony No. 4 in F minor
interval
Nikolai Ivanov-Radkevich
Russian Overture
First performance in England
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Golden Cockerel
Introduction and Wedding March
Performers
Oda Slobodskaya
soprano
soprano
Leff Pouishnoff
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nikolai Ivanov-Radkevich
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Mon 13 Jan 1947
19:00
Prom 07
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 36 Wahn! Wahn! Ãœberall Wahn! Act 3 Scene 1
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 49 Dance of the Apprentices Act 3 Scene 5
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 33 Prelude Act 3
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 47 Selig, wie die Sonne Act 3 Scene 4
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 34a Gleich, Meister! Hier! Act 3 Scene 1
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 51 Wach auf! es nahet gen den Tag Act 3 Scene 5
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 56 Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein Act 3 Scene 5
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 48b Sankt Krispin, lobet ihn! Act 3 Scene 5
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 58 Ehrt eure deutschen Meister Act 3 Scene 5
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 35b Schön' Dank, mein Jung! Act 3 Scene 1
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
Academic Festival Overture
interval
Performers
Frank Titterton
Walther
Walther
Laelia Finneberg
Eva
Eva
Owen Brannigan
Pogner
Pogner
Tom Williams
Hans Sachs
Hans Sachs
Margaret Rolfe
Magdalene
Magdalene
René Soames
David
David
BBC Singers
Dame Moura Lympany
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Richard Wagner
Johannes Brahms
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Tue 14 Jan 1947
19:00
Prom 08
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Jean Sibelius
Night Ride and Sunrise, Op 55
Violin Concerto
Symphony No. 7 in C major
William Walton
Sinfonia concertante
Maurice Ravel
Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No. 2
interval
Performers
Max Rostal
violin
violin
Kyla Greenbaum
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Jean Sibelius
William Walton
Maurice Ravel
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Wed 15 Jan 1947
19:00
Prom 09
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
interval
Performers
Nina Milkina
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Franz Schubert
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Thu 16 Jan 1947
19:00
Prom 10
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Idomeneo (Overture)
Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major
AntonÃn Dvořák
Symphony No. 7 in D minor
Constant Lambert
Summer's Last Will and Testament
No. 6 Rondo burlesca 'King Pest'
Granville Bantock
Ferishtah's Fancies
No. 14 Epilogue: Oh, love! no, love!
interval
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Performers
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Kendall Taylor
piano
piano
Constant Lambert
conductor
conductor
Parry Jones
tenor
tenor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sergey Prokofiev
AntonÃn Dvořák
Constant Lambert
Granville Bantock
Richard Strauss
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Fri 17 Jan 1947
19:00
Prom 11
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
Choral Fantasy
Symphony No. 7 in A major
Patrick Hadley
The Hills
World premiere
interval
Performers
Heddle Nash
tenor
tenor
Elsie Suddaby
soprano
soprano
Harold Williams
baritone
baritone
Franz Osborn
piano
piano
Margaret Rees
soprano
soprano
Margaret Rolfe
contralto
contralto
Emlyn Bebb
tenor
tenor
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Patrick Hadley
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Sat 18 Jan 1947
19:00
Prom 12
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Gioachino Rossini
Semiramide
Overture
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor
Arnold Bax
The Happy Forest
Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff
È sogno o realtà ? Act 2 Scene 1
Hector Berlioz
The damnation of Faust - Marche hongroise
The damnation of Faust - Ballet des sylphes
The damnation of Faust - Menuet des follets
Frederick Delius
Paris (The Song of a Great City)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (orch. Henry Wood)
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
Unknown
National Anthem
Performers
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Eileen Joyce
piano
piano
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Redvers Llewellyn
baritone
baritone
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Gioachino Rossini
Edvard Grieg
Arnold Bax
Giuseppe Verdi
Hector Berlioz
Frederick Delius
Johann Sebastian Bach
Edward Elgar
Unknown
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