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31 Aug 1922, Queen's Hall
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20:00
Thu 31 Aug 1922
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont
No. 1 Overture
George Frideric Handel
Serse (Act 1: Ombra mai fù)
(probably arr. Henry Wood)
Charles Gounod
Sapho
Aria 'O ma lyre immortelle' Act 3
Darius Milhaud
Suite symphonique no. 2, Op 57
First performance in England
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
interval
Richard Wagner
Siegfried, WWV 86c (arr. Percy Pitt)
Siegfried's Ordeal by Fire (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 3
Claude Debussy
L' enfant prodigue
Recitative & aria 'Ces airs joyeux...O temps, à jamais effacé'
Richard Wagner
Die Walküre
Walkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1
Frederic Hymen Cowen
Overture 'The Butterfly's Ball'
Hermann Löhr
Whatever is, is best
Proms premiere
Montague Phillips
4 Songs, Op 35
No. 3 Phyllis World premiere
4 Songs, Op 35
No. 4 My Celia World premiere
Léo Delibes
Coppélia
No. 1a Prelude Act 1
Coppélia
No. 1b Mazurka Act 1
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Charles Woodhouse
violin
violin
Frederick Kiddle
organ
piano
organ
piano
John T(homas) Cockerill
harp
harp
Margaret Balfour
contralto
contralto
Belinda Heather
piano
piano
Hubert Eisdell
tenor
tenor
William W Thompson
organ
organ
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
George Frideric Handel
Charles Gounod
Darius Milhaud
Franz Liszt
Richard Wagner
Claude Debussy
Frederic Hymen Cowen
Hermann Löhr
Montague Phillips
Léo Delibes
About this event
Part of
Proms 1922
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Web Exclusive: Egmont Overture
Liszt: Piano Concertos
Wagner: Die Walkure
Rare pre-war music. Welte-Mignon Piano Rolls (Delibes' Valse from Coppelia played by Artur Nikisch)
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