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Sat 21 Sep 1940
20:00
Prom 37
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Otto Nicolai
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Overture
Louis Spohr
Zemire und Azor, WoO 52
Aria 'Rose, wie bist du so reizend und mild' Act 1
Arnold Bax
Cello Concerto
Malcolm Sargent
An Impression on a Windy Day
Charles Gounod
Faust
No. 6 Recitative & cavatina 'O sainte médaille...Avant de quitter ces lieux' Act 2
Erno Dohnanyi
Variations on a Nursery Song, Op 25
- Both Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick were due to play at ths concert, but it is not clear who would have played the piano in this work.
Camille Saint‐Saëns
The Carnival of the Animals
Jules Massenet
Le Cid
Marche du Cid Act 3
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Olive Groves
soprano
soprano
Beatrice Harrison
cello
cello
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
John Hargreaves
baritone
baritone
Anon.
piano
piano
Cyril Smith
piano
piano
Phyllis Sellick
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Otto Nicolai
Louis Spohr
Arnold Bax
Malcolm Sargent
Charles Gounod
Erno Dohnanyi
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Jules Massenet
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