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Fri 4 Oct 1940
20:00
Prom 48
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Choral Fantasy
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
Benjamin Dale
Before the Paling of the Stars
Henry Balfour Gardiner
News from Whydah
Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (arr. Henry Wood)
No. 21 Sanctus
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Mary Jarred
contralto
contralto
Cyril Smith
piano
piano
Isobel Baillie
soprano
soprano
Eric Greene
tenor
tenor
Parry Jones
tenor
tenor
Ruth Naylor
soprano
soprano
Arnold Matters
baritone
baritone
Alexandra Choir (members)
Alexandra Choir
Charles Proctor
conductor
conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Benjamin Dale
Henry Balfour Gardiner
Johann Sebastian Bach
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