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20 Aug 1940, Queen's Hall
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20:00
Tue 20 Aug 1940
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Proms 1940 Prom 09
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20:00 Tue 20 Aug 1940 Queen's Hall
Programme
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 in G major 'The Surprise'
Canzonetta 'My mother bids me bind my hair', Hob. XXVIa:27
Canzonetta 'Now the dancing sunbeams play', Hob. XXVIa:26
Cello Concerto No 2 in D major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro
Aria 'Non più andrai' Act 1
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major
Symphony No. 35 in D major, ‘Haffner’
Frederick Delius
A Dance Rhapsody No. 1
César Franck
Les Djinns
Franz Schubert
3 Marche militaires (No 1 in D major)
(orch. Henry Wood)
Performers
Lilian Stiles-Allen
soprano
soprano
Anon.
orchestrator
orchestrator
Thelma Reiss (formerly Reiss Smith)
cello
cello
Roy Henderson
baritone
baritone
Myra Hess
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Composers
Joseph Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Frederick Delius
César Franck
Franz Schubert
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