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Sat 20 Sep 1958
- 19:30
  Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1958
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Bedrich Smetana
  The Bartered BrideOverture
  Ethel Smyth
  Two Interlinked French Folk Melodies
  John Ireland
  Piano Concerto
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)
  interval
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Gustav Holst
  The Perfect FoolBallet music
  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
  Colin Horsley
  piano
  piano
  Monica Sinclair
  contralto
  contralto
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Bedrich Smetana
  Ethel Smyth
  John Ireland
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Edward Elgar
  Gustav Holst
  Henry Wood
  Thomas Arne
  Hubert Parry
  Unknown
Fri 19 Sep 1958
- 19:30
  Prom 48
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Performance dedicated to the memory of the composer whose Commemoration Funeral Service was held today.
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  Iain Hamilton
  The Bermudas, Op 33 Proms premiere
  Richard Wagner
  RienziOverture
  interval
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Norma Procter
  contralto
  contralto
  Pauline Brockless
  soprano
  soprano
  William McAlpine
  tenor
  tenor
  David Couzyn
  bass
  bass
  BBC Singers
  Royal Choral Society
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Maurice Miles
  conductor
  conductor
  Thomas Hemsley
  baritone
  baritone
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Iain Hamilton
  Richard Wagner
Thu 18 Sep 1958
- 19:30
  Prom 47
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Hector Berlioz
  Beatrice and Benedict – overtureOverture
  Richard Wagner
  Siegfried Idyll
  Robert Schumann
  Piano Concerto in A minor
  Edward Elgar
  Symphony No. 1 in A flat major
  interval
  Performers
  Myra Hess
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Hector Berlioz
  Richard Wagner
  Robert Schumann
  Edward Elgar
Wed 17 Sep 1958
- 19:30
  Prom 46
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068
  Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248No. 8 Aria 'Großer Herr und starker König'
  Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043
  Cantata No. 140, 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV 140Proms premiere
  Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227Proms premiere
  Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
  interval
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  David Ward
  bass
  bass
  William Overton
  trumpet
  trumpet
  Tessa Robbins
  violin
  violin
  Desmond Bradley
  violin
  violin
  Charles Spinks
  organ
  organ
  Alexander Young
  tenor
  tenor
  Ena Mitchell
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Singers
  Leslie Woodgate
  conductor
  conductor
  Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball
  organ
  organ
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
Tue 16 Sep 1958
- 19:30
  Prom 45
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Oberon, J306Overture
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 35 in D major, 'Haffner'
  William Walton
  Viola Concerto
  Zoltán Kodály
  Dances of Galánta
  interval
  Hector Berlioz
  Symphonie fantastique
  Performers
  William Primrose
  viola
  viola
  London Philharmonic Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  William Walton
  Zoltán Kodály
  Hector Berlioz