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Proms 2025
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16 Aug 1940, Queen's Hall
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Fri 16 Aug 1940
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture ‘Coriolan’
Symphony No. 1 in C major
In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133 (arr. Henry Wood)
interval
Ludwig van Beethoven
6 Songs, Op 48 (arr. Henry Wood)
No. 4 Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
Symphony No. 2 in D major
George Enescu
2 Romanian Rhapsodies, Op 11
No. 2 in D major
Robert Schumann
12 Gedichte, Op 35
No. 10 Stille Thränen
Liederkreis, Op 39
No. 12 Frühlingsnacht
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major
Performers
London Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Mary Jarred
contralto
contralto
James Ching
piano
piano
Gerald Moore
piano
piano
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
George Enescu
Robert Schumann
Edward Elgar
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