Sat 8 Aug 1931

• 20:00

  Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1931

  Queen's Hall

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  Programme

  • • • Unknown
      • National Anthem
    • • George Frideric Handel
      • Alcina, HWV 34 (arr. Henry Wood)Dream Music (Ballet) Act 2
      • Alcina, HWV 34 (arr. Henry Wood)Ballet Music Act 1
      • Alcina, HWV 34 (arr. Henry Wood)Overture
    • • Julius Harrison
      • Four Cavalier TunesNo. 4 Marching along Proms premiere
      • Four Cavalier TunesNo. 1 King Charles Proms premiere
    • • Johann Sebastian Bach
      • Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (arr. August Wilhelmj)No. 2 Air
    • • Felix Mendelssohn
      • Scherzo in G minor, from Octet, Op 20 (orchestral version)
    • • Franz Liszt
      • Hungarian Fantasia, S 123
    • • Ambroise Thomas
      • MignonNo. 15 Recitative & aria 'Oui! Pour ce soir...Je suis Titania' Act 2
    • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
      • Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major
    • • Johann Sebastian Bach
      • Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (orch. Henry Wood)
    • • Maurice Ravel
      • Boléro
    • • Frédéric Chopin
      • Waltz in A flat major, Op 42
    • • Carl Maria von Weber
      • Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, No. 4 Rondo: PrestoProms premiere
    • • Modest Mussorgsky
      • Sorochintsï Fair (arr. Anatoly Lyadov)Gopak Act 2

  Performers

  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Henry Wood

    conductor
    conductor
  • Frank Titterton

    tenor
    tenor
  • Adela Verne

    piano
    piano
  • Nora Gruhn

    soprano
    soprano
  • Aubrey Brain

    horn
    horn

  Composers

  • Unknown
  • George Frideric Handel
  • Julius Harrison
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Felix Mendelssohn
  • Franz Liszt
  • Ambroise Thomas
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Maurice Ravel
  • Frédéric Chopin
  • Carl Maria von Weber
  • Modest Mussorgsky

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