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Sat 19 Sep 1959
19:30
Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1959
Royal Albert Hall
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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 vlast
No. 4 From Bohemia's Woods and Fields
Henry Wood
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 5 Jack's the Lad
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 6 Farewell and Adieu, Ye Spanish Ladies - Cadenza
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 3 The Saucy Arethusa
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 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
Unknown
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Fri 18 Sep 1959
19:30
Prom 48
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
Michael Tippett
The Midsummer Marriage
Ritual 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
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Thu 17 Sep 1959
19:30
Prom 47
Royal Albert Hall
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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
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Wed 16 Sep 1959
19:30
Prom 46
Royal Albert Hall
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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
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Tue 15 Sep 1959
19:30
Prom 45
Royal Albert Hall
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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
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