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11 Aug 1923, Queen's Hall
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Sat 11 Aug 1923
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Proms 1923 Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1923
Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1923
20:00 Sat 11 Aug 1923 Queen's Hall
Programme
Edward Elgar
Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
Carl Maria von Weber
Der Freischütz
Recitative & aria 'Wie nahte mir der Schlummer...Leise, leise' Act 1
Ambroise Thomas
Mignon
No. 8 Entr'acte Act 2
Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Jules Massenet
Le Cid
Ballet music (complete) Act 2
interval
Charles Gounod
Faust
No. 11b Aria 'Salut! demeure chaste et pure' Act 3
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op 43
No. 4 Marche miniature
Camille Saint‐Saëns
The Carnival of the Animals
First performance in England
Montague Phillips
Starry woods
H. Lyall Phillips
Bells of Brittany
Proms premiere
Hector Berlioz
The Trojans
Chasse royale et orage Act 4
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Carrie Tubb
soprano
soprano
Myra Hess
piano
piano
Hughes Macklin
tenor
tenor
Dorothy Hess
piano
piano
Helene Diedrichs
piano
piano
Frederick Kiddle
piano
piano
Composers
Edward Elgar
Carl Maria von Weber
Ambroise Thomas
Sergey Rachmaninov
Jules Massenet
Charles Gounod
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Montague Phillips
H. Lyall Phillips
Hector Berlioz
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