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Proms 1956 Events

Sat 15 Sep 1956
- 19:30
  Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1956
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  TannhäNo. 1 Overture
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Le rouet d'Omphale, Op 31
  César Franck
  Symphonic Variations
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 7 in C major
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Benjamin Britten
  The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  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
  Eileen Joyce
  piano
  piano
  Constance Shacklock
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  César Franck
  Jean Sibelius
  Edward Elgar
  Benjamin Britten
  Henry Wood
  Thomas Arne
  Hubert Parry
  Unknown
Fri 14 Sep 1956
- 19:30
  Prom 48
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537, Op 86 (orch. Edward Elgar)
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  John Greenwood
  Concerto for Viola World premiere
  Arnold Bax
  The Happy Forest
  Performers
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Norma Procter
  contralto
  contralto
  Owen Brannigan
  bass
  bass
  Pauline Brockless
  soprano
  soprano
  Walter Midgley
  tenor
  tenor
  Royal Choral Society
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  John Hollingsworth
  conductor
  conductor
  Watson Forbes
  viola
  viola
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  John Greenwood
  Arnold Bax
Thu 13 Sep 1956
- 19:30
  Prom 47
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Hector Berlioz
  Overture 'Le carnaval romain'
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor- cadenzas by Beethoven
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony)
  Iain Hamilton
  Symphonic Variations, Op 19London premiere
  interval
  Richard Strauss
  Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  Performers
  Myra Hess
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Malcolm Sargent
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Hector Berlioz
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Iain Hamilton
  Richard Strauss
Wed 12 Sep 1956
- 19:30
  Prom 46
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  Armida, Hob. XXVIII:12Overture
  Symphony No. 102 in B flat major
  Johannes Brahms
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
  interval
  interval
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No 1 in C minor
  Performers
  Clifford Curzon
  piano
  piano
  London Philharmonic Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
  Johannes Brahms
Tue 11 Sep 1956
- 19:30
  Prom 45
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  George Frideric Handel
  Concerto a due cori No. 2 in F major, HWV 333 (arr. Hamilton Harty)Proms premiere of this arrangement
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Cello Concerto in E minorProms premiere
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 5 in E flat major
  Manuel de Falla
  Nights in the Gardens of Spain
  César Franck
  Le chasseur maudit
  Performers
  Charles Spinks
  organ
  organ
  János Starker
  cello
  cello
  Iris Loveridge
  piano
  piano
  London Philharmonic Orchestra
  Basil Cameron
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  George Frideric Handel
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Jean Sibelius
  Manuel de Falla
  César Franck