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26 Aug 1899, Queen's Hall
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20:00
Sat 26 Aug 1899
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Proms 1899 Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1899
Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1899
20:00 Sat 26 Aug 1899 Queen's Hall
Programme
Unknown
National Anthem
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)
No. 1 in F minor (ending in F major)
Charles Gounod
Roméo et Juliette
Recitative & aria 'L'amour, l'amour...Ah! lève-toi, soleil! Act 2
Jeno Hubay
Hejre Kati, Op 32
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
Camille Saintâ€Saëns
Samson et Dalila
Aria 'Printemps qui commence' Act 1 Scene 6
Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
A Musical Snuffbox, Op 32
UK premiere
Camille Saintâ€Saëns
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor
UK premiere
George Frideric Handel
Acis and Galatea
Recitative & aria 'I rage, I melt, I burn...O ruddier than the cherry' Act 2
interval
Richard Wagner
Rienzi
Overture
Georges Bizet
Carmen, Grand Fantasia (probably arr. Alfred Cellier)
Napoleone Zardo
Mandoline Serenade
Florence Gilbert
Shadowtown Ferry
Proms premiere
Gioachino Rossini
William Tell – overture
Maude Valérie White
The devout lover
Hector Berlioz
The Damnation of Faust
Marche hongroise
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Ellison Hoose
tenor
tenor
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Louise Kirkby-Lunn
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Paul Bazelaire
cello
cello
Charles Knowles
bass-baritone
bass-baritone
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
Edwin James
bassoon
bassoon
Friedrich Adolf Borsdorf
horn
horn
Thomas Colton
trombone
trombone
Walter Reynolds
euphonium
euphonium
William Henry Squire
cello
cello
Miriam Timothy
harp
harp
Désiré-Alfred Lalande
oboe
oboe
James Wilcocke
piccolo
piccolo
Frank G James
cornet
cornet
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Composers
Unknown
Franz Liszt
Charles Gounod
Jeno Hubay
Edvard Grieg
Camille Saintâ€Saëns
Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
George Frideric Handel
Richard Wagner
Georges Bizet
Napoleone Zardo
Florence Gilbert
Gioachino Rossini
Maude Valérie White
Hector Berlioz
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