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10 Aug 1940, Queen's Hall
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20:00
Sat 10 Aug 1940
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Proms 1940 Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1940
Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1940
20:00 Sat 10 Aug 1940 Queen's Hall
Programme
Unknown
National Anthem
Hector Berlioz
Overture ‘Le carnaval romain’
Edward Elgar
The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 2, Op 1b
Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata - 'È strano! è strano!'
Arthur Sullivan
Overture di ballo
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose – suite
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)
No. 1 in F minor (ending in F major)
Richard Wagner
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No. 1 Overture
Thomas Brown
Shepherd! thy demeanour vary (arr. Henry Lane-Wilson)
Henry Carey
Flocks are Sporting (arr. unknown)
Arthur Bliss
Things to Come
No. 3 March
Performers
London Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Noël Eadie
soprano
soprano
Leff Pouishnoff
piano
piano
Gerald Moore
piano
piano
Composers
Unknown
Hector Berlioz
Edward Elgar
Giuseppe Verdi
Arthur Sullivan
Franz Liszt
Maurice Ravel
Richard Wagner
Thomas Brown
Henry Carey
Arthur Bliss
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