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Winter Proms 1949–50: All Events
Mon 10 Jan 1949
19:30
Prom 01
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Unknown
National Anthem
Antonín Dvořák
Overture 'Carnival'
Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth
Una macchia è qui tuttora! Act 4 Scene 2
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
Ottorino Respighi
La boutique fantasque (suite)
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
Aria 'Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore' Act 2
Richard Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
Performers
Margherita Grandi
soprano
soprano
Solomon
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Unknown
Antonín Dvořák
Giuseppe Verdi
Franz Schubert
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Ottorino Respighi
Giacomo Puccini
Richard Wagner
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Tue 11 Jan 1949
19:30
Prom 02
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 in D major, ‘Haffner’
Violin Concerto No 3 in G major, K 216
Così fan tutte, K 588
Aria 'Un' aura amorosa' Act 1 Scene 2
Così fan tutte, K 588
Aria 'Ah, lo veggio' Act 2 Scene 2
Symphony No. 41 in C major, ‘Jupiter’
interval
Richard Strauss
Don Juan
Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
Der Rosenkavalier, Waltz Sequence No. 1
Proms premiere of this version
Performers
Antonio Brosa
violin
violin
Heddle Nash
tenor
tenor
Dennis Brain
horn
horn
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Richard Strauss
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Wed 12 Jan 1949
19:30
Prom 03
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon
Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major
- cadenza by Mozart
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony)
Johannes Brahms
Vier ernste Gesänge, Op 121 (orch. Malcolm Sargent)
Proms premiere of this orchestration
interval
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Performers
Denis Matthews
piano
piano
Kathleen Ferrier
contralto
contralto
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Carl Maria von Weber
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Johannes Brahms
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
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Thu 13 Jan 1949
19:30
Prom 04
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D major
interval
Frederick Delius
A Dance Rhapsody No. 1
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Performers
Anthony Pini
cello
cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Richard Wagner
Edward Elgar
Johannes Brahms
Frederick Delius
Richard Strauss
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Fri 14 Jan 1949
19:30
Prom 05
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont
No. 1 Overture
Violin Concerto in D major
Symphony No. 7 in A major
interval
William Walton
Sinfonia concertante
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor
Polovtsian Dances Act 2
Performers
Jean Pougnet
violin
violin
Noel Mewton-Wood
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
William Walton
Alexander Borodin
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Sat 15 Jan 1949
19:30
Prom 06
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Gioachino Rossini
Semiramide
Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
Aria 'Madamina! il catalogo è questo' Act 1 Scene 5
Claude Debussy
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Sergey Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
The Maid of Orleans
Recitative & aria 'So wills the Lord!...Farewell you native hills and fields' Act 1 No. 7
Gustav Holst
The Planets
No. 1 Mars, the Bringer of War
The Planets
No. 3 Mercury, the Winged Messenger
The Planets
No. 4 Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Jean Sibelius
En saga
interval
Maurice Ravel
Boléro
Performers
Owen Brannigan
bass
bass
Cyril Smith
piano
piano
Janet Howe
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
Composers
Gioachino Rossini
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Claude Debussy
Sergey Rachmaninov
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Gustav Holst
Jean Sibelius
Maurice Ravel
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Mon 17 Jan 1949
19:30
Prom 07
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty
No. 6 Valse Act 1 No. 2
Violin Concerto in D major
Symphony No. 5 in E minor
Jacques Ibert
Flute Concerto
Proms premiere
interval
Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka (1947 version)
Shrovetide Fair
Petrushka (1947 version)
In Petrushka's Cell
Petrushka (1947 version)
Shrovetide Fair towards Evening, and Death of Petrushka
Petrushka (1947 version)
Russian Dance
Performers
Alfredo Campoli
violin
violin
Geoffrey Gilbert
flute
flute
Sidney Harrison
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Stanford Robinson
conductor
conductor
Composers
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Jacques Ibert
Igor Stravinsky
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Tue 18 Jan 1949
19:30
Prom 08
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068
George Frideric Handel
Rinaldo
Recitative & aria 'Armida, dispietata...Lascia ch'io pianga' Act 2 Scene 4
Theodora
No. 46 Recitative 'Or lulled with grief' Act 1 Scene 5
Theodora
No. 47 Air 'Sweet rose and lily' Act 1 Scene 5
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043
George Frideric Handel
Israel in Egypt
No. 6 Chorus 'He spake the word'
Israel in Egypt
No. 9 Chorus 'He smote all the firstborn'
Israel in Egypt
No. 7 Chorus 'He gave them hailstones'
Israel in Egypt
No. 8 Chorus 'He sent a thick darkness'
Israel in Egypt
No. 30 Chorus 'Sing ye to the Lord'
interval
George Frideric Handel
Chandos Anthem No. 2 'In the Lord put I my trust', HWV 247 (arr. Edward Elgar)
Overture in D minor
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056
Chorale Prelude 'Valet will ich dir geben', BWV 736
Proms premiere
Chorale Prelude 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ', BWV 639
Proms premiere
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
George Frideric Handel
Coronation Anthem ‘Zadok the Priest’
Performers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Nancy Evans
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Frederick Grinke
violin
violin
David Martin
violin
violin
Goldsmiths Choral Union
Kathleen Long
piano
piano
Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball
organ
organ
Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
George Frideric Handel
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Wed 19 Jan 1949
19:30
Prom 09
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
No. 1 Scherzo
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
No. 6 Wedding March
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
No. 5 Nocturne
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
interval
interval
interval
Performers
Solomon
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Felix Mendelssohn
Johannes Brahms
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Thu 20 Jan 1949
19:30
Prom 10
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Hector Berlioz
Beatrice and Benedict – overture
Overture
Frederick Delius
A Village Romeo and Juliet
The Walk to the Paradise Garden
César Franck
Symphonic Variations
interval
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
Aram Khachaturian
Piano Concerto
Jean Sibelius
Lemminkäinen Suite, Op 22
No. 2 The Swan of Tuonela
Finlandia
Performers
Dame Moura Lympany
piano
piano
Helen Gaskell
cor anglais
cor anglais
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Hector Berlioz
Frederick Delius
César Franck
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Aram Khachaturian
Jean Sibelius
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Fri 21 Jan 1949
19:30
Prom 11
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture ‘Coriolan’
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
- cadenza by Clara Schumann
Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
interval
Performers
Cyril Preedy
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Sat 22 Jan 1949
19:30
Prom 12
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
John Ireland
A London Overture
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor
Giuseppe Verdi
A Masked Ball
Recitative & aria 'Alzati!...Eri tu che macchiavi' Act 3 Scene 1
Edward Elgar
‘Enigma’ Variations
Gordon Jacob
Music for a Prince - Festal March
First concert performance
Herbert Howells
Music for a Prince - Corydon's Dance
First concert performance
Music for a Prince - Scherzo in Arden
First concert performance
Michael Tippett
Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles
First concert performance
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’)
Unknown
National Anthem
Performers
Eileen Joyce
piano
piano
Redvers Llewellyn
baritone
baritone
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
John Ireland
Edvard Grieg
Giuseppe Verdi
Edward Elgar
Gordon Jacob
Herbert Howells
Michael Tippett
Unknown
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