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18 Aug 1956, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Sat 18 Aug 1956
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Programme
Gioachino Rossini
William Tell – overture
Frederick Delius
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Édouard Lalo
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
No. 1 Allegro non troppo
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
No. 2 Scherzando: Allegro molto
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
No. 4 Andante
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
No. 5 Rondo: Allegro
Gustave Charpentier
Louise
Aria 'Depuis le jour' Act 3
interval
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No 2 in B minor
Eric Coates
Four Centuries
Proms premiere
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55
No. 4 Tema con variazioni
Performers
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Alfredo Campoli
violin
violin
Adele Leigh
soprano
soprano
Eric Coates
conductor
conductor
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Gioachino Rossini
Frederick Delius
Édouard Lalo
Gustave Charpentier
Alexander Borodin
Eric Coates
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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