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12 Jan 1949, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Wed 12 Jan 1949
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Winter Proms 1949–50 Prom 03
Prom 03
19:30 Wed 12 Jan 1949 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon, J306
Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major
- cadenza by Mozart
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony)
Johannes Brahms
Vier ernste Gesänge, Op 121 (orch. Malcolm Sargent)
Proms premiere of this orchestration
interval
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Performers
Denis Matthews
piano
piano
Kathleen Ferrier
contralto
contralto
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Carl Maria von Weber
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Johannes Brahms
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
About this event
Part of
Winter Proms 1949–50
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