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21 Jul 1956, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Sat 21 Jul 1956
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Proms 1956 Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1956
Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1956
19:30 Sat 21 Jul 1956 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Unknown
National Anthem
Edward Elgar
Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major
César Franck
Symphony in D minor
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Golden Cockerel
Introduction and Wedding March
Darius Milhaud
Harp Concerto
First performance in England
Emmanuel Chabrier
Le roi malgré lui
Fête polonaise
Performers
Denis Matthews
piano
piano
Nicanor Zabaleta
harp
harp
91¸£ÀûÉç Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Unknown
Edward Elgar
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
César Franck
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Darius Milhaud
Emmanuel Chabrier
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