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Sat 10 Aug 1940
20:00
Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1940
Queen's Hall
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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
°Õ²¹²Ô²Ô³óä³Ü²õ±ð°ù
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
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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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