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17 Sep 1955, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Sat 17 Sep 1955
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Proms 1955 Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1955
Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1955
19:30 Sat 17 Sep 1955 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Edward Elgar
Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Golden Cockerel
Introduction and Wedding March
John Ireland
Piano Concerto
Carl Maria von Weber
Symphony No. 1 in C major, J50, Op 19
First concert performance in England
interval
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’)
Hector Berlioz
The damnation of Faust - Marche hongroise
The damnation of Faust - Menuet des follets
Henry Wood
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 5 Jack's the Lad
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 6 Farewell and Adieu, Ye Spanish Ladies - Cadenza
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 3 The Saucy Arethusa
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
No. 4 Tom Bowling
Thomas Arne
Rule, Britannia!
Hubert Parry
Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)
Unknown
National Anthem
Performers
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Gina Bachauer
piano
piano
Constance Shacklock
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Âé¶¹Éç Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Edward Elgar
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
John Ireland
Carl Maria von Weber
Hector Berlioz
Henry Wood
Thomas Arne
Hubert Parry
Unknown
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