Proms 1917

Proms 1917 Calendar

By Year

Sat 25 Aug 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1917
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Unknown
  National Anthem
  Otto Nicolai
  Die lustigen Weiber von WindsorOverture
  Henry Balfour Gardiner
  Shepherd Fennel's Dance
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Der FreischützRecitative & aria 'Wie nahte mir der Schlummer...Leise, leise' Act 1
  Henry Walford Davies
  Solemn Melody
  interval
  Georges Bizet
  Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 1 Prélude
  Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 2 Aragonaise
  Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 3 Intermezzo
  Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 5 Les dragons de Alcala
  Carmen Suite No 2No. 6 Danse bohémienne Act 2
  Franz Liszt
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
  Felix Mendelssohn
  A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental musicNo. 1 Scherzo
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Invitation to the Dance (orch. Hector Berlioz)
  Hector Berlioz
  The Damnation of FaustMarche hongroise
  Henry Wood
  Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
  Eric Coates
  Your love
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’)
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Carrie Tubb
  soprano
  soprano
  Frederick Kiddle
  organpiano
  organpiano
  Charles Warwick-Evans
  cello
  cello
  Benno Moiseiwitsch
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Unknown
  Otto Nicolai
  Henry Balfour Gardiner
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Henry Walford Davies
  Georges Bizet
  Franz Liszt
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Hector Berlioz
  Henry Wood
  Eric Coates
  Edward Elgar
Mon 27 Aug 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 02
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  LohengrinNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
  TannhäuserNo. 21 Prelude Act 3 (1845 version)
  RienziOverture
  TannhäuserNo. 10 Dich, teure Halle, grüss' ich wieder Act 2 Scene 1
  Tristan and IsoldePrelude (with Wagner's concert-ending) Act 1
  GötterdämmerungDawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey (abridged concert version)
  interval
  interval
  Richard Wagner
  ParsifalNo. 12b Verwandlungsmusik Act 1 Scene 3
  ParsifalGrail Scene (orchestral synthesis) Act 1 Scene 3
  Joaquín Turina
  La procesión del Rocio, Op 9
  William G. James
  The first cuckoo
  F. S. Breville-Smith
  Daybreak
  Leone Sinigaglia
  Overture 'Le baruffe chiozzotte', Op 32
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Elsa Stralia
  soprano
  soprano
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Joaquín Turina
  William G. James
  F. S. Breville-Smith
  Leone Sinigaglia
Tue 28 Aug 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 03
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
  The Queen of Spades, Op 68 (arr. Henry Wood)Aria 'Hear me, friends' Act 1 Scene 2
  Swan LakeNo. 13d Danse des cygnes: Allegro moderato Act 2 No. 4d
  Swan LakeNo. 10 Scène Act 2 No. 1
  Swan LakeNo. 2 Valse Act 1 No. 2
  Swan LakeNo. 20 Danse hongroise (Czárdás) Act 3 No. 6
  Swan LakeNo. 13e Pas d'action Act 2 No. 4e
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
  Marche slave, Op 31
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Morceaux de fantasie, Op 3 (orch. Henry Wood)No. 2 Prelude in C sharp minor
  Arthur Baynon
  A prayer at dawn
  Alexander Borodin
  Prince IgorPolovtsian Dances (Act 2)
  interval
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Margaret Balfour
  contralto
  contralto
  Benno Moiseiwitsch
  piano
  piano
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Arthur Baynon
  Alexander Borodin
Wed 29 Aug 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 04
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Overture ‘Coriolan’
  Georges Bizet
  CarmenNo. 5 Aria 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle' Act 1
  CarmenNo. 10a Aria 'Près des remparts de Séville' Act 1
  Antonín Dvořák
  Cello Concerto in B minor
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 4 in F minor
  interval
  Edward Elgar
  Dream Children
  Guy d’Hardelot
  When the dream is there
  Montague Phillips
  The stars
  Anton Rubinstein
  Valse-Caprice in E flat major (orch. Karl Müller-Berghaus)
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Doris Manuellé
  contralto
  contralto
  Charles Warwick-Evans
  cello
  cello
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Georges Bizet
  Antonín Dvořák
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Edward Elgar
  Guy d’Hardelot
  Montague Phillips
  Anton Rubinstein
Thu 30 Aug 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 05
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Carl Maria von Weber
  OberonOverture
  Louis Spohr
  Zemire und Azor, WoO 52Aria 'Rose, wie bist du so reizend und mild' Act 1
  Joseph Speaight
  Some Shakespeare Fairy Characters (orchestral version)No. 3 Puck World premiere of this version
  Some Shakespeare Fairy Characters (orchestral version)No. 4 Queen Mab Sleeps World premiere of this version
  Georges Bizet
  L' Arlésienne – Suite No. 1No. 1 Prélude
  L' Arlésienne – Suite No. 1No. 2 Minuetto
  L' Arlésienne – Suite No. 1No. 3 Adagietto
  L' Arlésienne, Suite No. 2No. 4 Farandole
  L' Arlésienne, Suite No. 2No. 3 Menuet (from 'La jolie fille de Perth')
  interval
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
  Franz Liszt
  Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)No. 1 in F minor (ending in F major)
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (arr. August Wilhelmj)No. 2 Air
  Liza Lehmann
  Fly away, pretty moth
  Richard Wagner
  TannhäuserNo. 12 Ankunft der Gäste Act 2 Scene 4
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Dora Labbette
  soprano
  soprano
  Joseph Speaight
  conductor
  conductor
  Dorothea Vincent
  piano
  piano
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Louis Spohr
  Joseph Speaight
  Georges Bizet
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Franz Liszt
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Liza Lehmann
  Richard Wagner
Fri 31 Aug 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 06
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Orchestral Suite 'No. 5' in G major (Bach/Wood)
  Cantata No. 68, 'Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt', BWV 68 (arr. Henry Wood)No. 2 Aria 'Mein gläubiges Herze'
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
  Hubert Parry
  Lady Radnor's Suite
  Montague Phillips
  5 Songs, Op 27No. 2 Billy and me
  interval
  Frédéric Chopin
  Polonaise in A major, Op 40.1 (orch. Alexander Glazunov)
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  Frederick Kiddle
  organpiano
  organpiano
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Charles Warwick-Evans
  cello
  cello
  Clara Butterworth
  soprano
  soprano
  Lilia Kanevskaya
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Hubert Parry
  Montague Phillips
  Frédéric Chopin
Sat 1 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 07
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  EgmontNo. 1 Overture
  George Frideric Handel
  Serse, HWV 40 (arr. Joseph Hellmesberger)Aria 'Ombra mai fù' Act 1 Scene 1
  Giacomo Puccini
  Madama ButterflyAria 'Un bel di vedremo' Act 2
  Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
  Benedictus, Op 37.3
  Edvard Grieg
  Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
  interval
  Franz Liszt
  Hungarian Fantasia, S 123
  Léo Delibes
  SylviaNo. 20 Variation dansée Act 3
  Hector Berlioz
  Overture ‘Le carnaval romain’
  Frederic Hymen Cowen
  4 English Dances in the Olden Style Set 1
  Leslie Elliott
  There's a bird in my garden
  Daniel François Esprit Auber
  Fra Diavolo, S 18Overture
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Frederick Kiddle
  organpiano
  organpiano
  Arthur Beckwith
  violin
  violin
  Arthur Jones
  harp
  harp
  Elsa Stralia
  soprano
  soprano
  Arthur De Greef
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  George Frideric Handel
  Giacomo Puccini
  Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
  Edvard Grieg
  Franz Liszt
  Léo Delibes
  Hector Berlioz
  Frederic Hymen Cowen
  Leslie Elliott
  Daniel François Esprit Auber
Mon 3 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 08
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  The Flying DutchmanOverture
  LohengrinNo. 17 Prelude Act 3
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 49 Dance of the Apprentices Act 3 Scene 5
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 50 Procession of the Masters Act 3 Scene 5
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 33 Prelude Act 3
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 51 Wach auf! es nahet gen den Tag Act 3 Scene 5
  Tristan and IsoldeNo. 18 Mild und leise wie er lächelt Act 3 Scene 3
  TannhäuserNo. 1 Overture
  ParsifalNo. 27 Prelude Act 3
  Das RheingoldEntry of the Gods into Valhalla (orchestral version)
  interval
  Richard Wagner
  Die WalküreWalkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1
  Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
  A Musical Snuffbox, Op 32
  Samuel Liddle
  Because of you
  When snowdrops ring
  George Enescu
  2 Romanian Rhapsodies, Op 11No. 1 in A major
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Carrie Tubb
  soprano
  soprano
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
  Samuel Liddle
  George Enescu
Tue 4 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 09
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Francesca da Rimini
  Alexander Borodin
  Prince IgorRecitative & aria 'Slowly the day died away...Come, give answer!' Act 2
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  The Nutcracker, Suite, Op 71a
  Violin Concerto in D major
  MazeppaEntr'acte: The Battle of Poltava Act 3 No. 15
  Aleksandr Spendiaryan
  The Three Palm Trees, Op 10
  Montague Phillips
  5 Songs, Op 27No. 1 A dream love
  interval
  interval
  Igor Stravinsky
  Scherzo fantastique
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Joseph Cheetham
  tenor
  tenor
  Frederick Kiddle
  celestapiano
  celestapiano
  Sybil Eaton
  violin
  violin
  Composers
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Alexander Borodin
  Aleksandr Spendiaryan
  Montague Phillips
  Igor Stravinsky
Wed 5 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 10
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  The Magic FluteNo. 1 Overture
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Samson et DalilaRecitative & aria 'Samson, recherchant ma présence...Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!' Act 2
  Johannes Brahms
  Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op 11No. 4a Minuet I (G major)
  Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op 11No. 4b Minuet II (G minor)
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Piano Concerto No 4 in C minor
  César Franck
  Symphony in D minor
  Franz Liszt
  Symphonic Poem No. 3 'Les Préludes', S 97
  interval
  Haydn Wood
  Love's garden of roses
  Emmanuel Chabrier
  Joyeuse marche
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Grace Williamson
  contralto
  contralto
  William Garnet James
  piano
  piano
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Johannes Brahms
  César Franck
  Franz Liszt
  Haydn Wood
  Emmanuel Chabrier
Thu 6 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 11
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Der FreischützOverture
  Hector Berlioz
  Roméo et Juliette (La Reine Mab)
  Charles Gounod
  SaphoRecitative & aria 'Où suis-je?...O ma lyre immortelle' Act 3
  Pietro Mascagni
  Cavalleria rusticanaIntermezzo
  George Butterworth
  Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad'London premiere
  Percy Pitt
  Air de Ballet, Op 1a.1
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Flute Concerto in D major, K314No. 2 Andante ma non troppo
  Flute Concerto in D major, K314No. 3 Finale: Allegro
  interval
  Ambroise Thomas
  MignonNo. 8 Entr'acte Act 2
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Henry Wood)No. 16 The Great Gate at Kiev
  Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Henry Wood)No. 1 Promenade I
  Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Henry Wood)No. 2 Gnomus
  Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Henry Wood)No. 6 Tuileries: Dispute d'enfants après jeux
  Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Henry Wood)No. 7 Bydlo
  Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Henry Wood)No. 9 Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
  Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Henry Wood)No. 10 Two Polish Jews - One Rich, One Poor
  Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Henry Wood)No. 12 Limoges: Le marché
  Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Henry Wood)No. 15 The Hut on Fowl's Legs
  Emmanuel Chabrier
  GwendolineOverture
  Montague Phillips
  Starry woods
  Franz von Suppé
  Dichter und BauerOverture
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Olga Haley
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Albert Fransella
  flute
  flute
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Hector Berlioz
  Charles Gounod
  Pietro Mascagni
  George Butterworth
  Percy Pitt
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Ambroise Thomas
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Emmanuel Chabrier
  Montague Phillips
  Franz von Suppé
Fri 7 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 12
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049
  George Frideric Handel
  Ezio, HWV 29 (arr. Henry Wood)Aria 'Se un bell’ardire' Act 1 Scene 6
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
  Symphony No. 2 in D major
  Robert Schumann
  Manfred, Op 115Overture
  Trad.
  2 Serbian Songs
  Édouard Lalo
  Rapsodie norvégienne
  interval
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  Frederick Kiddle
  organpiano
  organpiano
  Albert Fransella
  flute
  flute
  Arthur Beckwith
  violin
  violin
  W. G. Smith
  flute
  flute
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Fraser Gange
  baritone
  baritone
  Gertrude Peppercorn
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  George Frideric Handel
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Robert Schumann
  Trad.
  Édouard Lalo
Sat 8 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 13
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Felix Mendelssohn
  A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture
  Jacques Offenbach
  The Tales of HoffmannEntr'acte Act 2
  Richard Wagner
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 18 'Fanget an' - So rief der Lenz in den Wald Act 1 Scene 3
  Enrique Granados
  12 Danzas españolas, Op 37 (orch. Henry Wood)No. 4 Villanesca (Allegretto alla pastorale) First performance in England of this version
  12 Danzas españolas, Op 37 (orch. Henry Wood)No. 5 Andantino quasi allegretto First performance in England of this version
  12 Danzas españolas, Op 37 (orch. Henry Wood)No. 6 Allegretto, poco a poco accelerando First performance in England of this version
  12 Danzas españolas, Op 37 (orch. Henry Wood)No. 12 Andante First performance in England of this version
  El pelele (Allegretto) (orch. Henry Wood) First performance in England of this version
  interval
  Charles Gounod
  FaustBallet Music (complete)
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Introduction and Rondo capriccioso
  Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
  Baba-Yaga
  Arthur Sullivan
  Overture 'In memoriam'
  Frederick Delius
  Brigg Fair
  Haydn Wood
  Roses of Picardy
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Walter Glynne
  tenor
  tenor
  Marjorie Hayward
  violin
  violin
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Jacques Offenbach
  Richard Wagner
  Enrique Granados
  Charles Gounod
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
  Arthur Sullivan
  Frederick Delius
  Haydn Wood
  Edward Elgar
Mon 10 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 14
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
  Siegfried Idyll
  Tristan and IsoldePrelude and Liebestod
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 56 Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein Act 3 Scene 5
  ParsifalGood Friday Music (concert version) Act 3 Scene 1
  interval
  Richard Wagner
  GötterdämmerungNo. 37 Trauermusik Act 3 Scene 2
  GötterdämmerungSong of the Rhine Daughters (abridged concert version) Act 3 Scene 1
  Franz Liszt
  Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)No. 2 in D minor (ending in G major)
  Maude Valérie White
  So we'll go no more a-roving
  Moritz Moszkowski
  4 Polish Folk Dances, Op 55 (orchestral version)No. 4 Krakowiak in G major
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Gervase Elwes
  tenor
  tenor
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Franz Liszt
  Maude Valérie White
  Moritz Moszkowski
Tue 11 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 15
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Alexander Borodin
  Prince IgorOverture
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  6 Romances (No 6, None but the Lonely Heart)
  7 Romances, Op 47 (arr. Henry Wood)No. 6 Den′ li tsarit?
  Sergei Nikiforovich Vasilenko
  In the Rays of the Sun, Op 17
  Alexander Glazunov
  Violin Concerto in A minor
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Overture '1812'
  interval
  Louis Aubert
  Suite brève, Op 6 (orchestral version)First performance in England
  Teresa del Riego
  Sink, red sun
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Eugene OneginValse Act 2 Scene 1
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Joan Ashley
  soprano
  soprano
  Daniel Melsa
  violin
  violin
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Alexander Borodin
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Sergei Nikiforovich Vasilenko
  Alexander Glazunov
  Louis Aubert
  Teresa del Riego
Wed 12 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 16
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  FidelioOverture
  Charles Gounod
  Hymne à Sainte Cécile
  Amilcare Ponchielli
  La GiocondaAria 'Cielo e mar!' Act 2
  Henry Purcell
  Suite for Organ & Orchestra (Purcell/Wood)
  Franz Liszt
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
  interval
  Isaac Albéniz
  MerlinNivian's Dance Act 3 World premiere
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No 7 in C major, 'Le midi'
  Armas Järnefelt
  Praeludium
  Hermann Löhr
  Romany SongsNo. 3 Where my caravan has rested
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Sorochintsï Fair (arr. Anatoly Lyadov)Gopak Act 2
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Frederick Kiddle
  organpiano
  organpiano
  Arthur Beckwith
  violin
  violin
  Arthur Jones
  harp
  harp
  Sidney Pointer
  tenor
  tenor
  Arthur De Greef
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Charles Gounod
  Amilcare Ponchielli
  Henry Purcell
  Franz Liszt
  Isaac Albéniz
  Joseph Haydn
  Armas Järnefelt
  Hermann Löhr
  Modest Mussorgsky
Thu 13 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 17
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Franz Schubert
  Die Zauberharfe, D 644Overture
  Antonín Dvořák
  8 Humoreskes, Op 101 (orch. Henry Wood)No. 7 in G flat major
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Henry VIIIBallet Music No. 1: Introduction - Entry of the Clans Act 2
  Henry VIIIBallet Music No. 2: Idylle écossaise Act 2
  Henry VIIIBallet Music No. 4: Gipsy Dance Act 2
  Henry VIIIBallet Music No. 6: Gigue and Finale Act 2
  Unknown
  Sigh no more, ladies (arr. Henry Wood)
  William Aikin
  Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (arr. Henry Wood)
  Ambroise Thomas
  MignonNo. 1 Overture
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Rondino in E flat major, WoO 25
  John Ireland
  The Forgotten Rite World premiere
  interval
  Claude Debussy
  Printemps (orch. Henri Büsser)
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Toccata and Fugue in F major, BWV 540 (orch. Henry Wood)No. 1 Toccata
  Henry Ley
  April on Waggon Hill
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Songs of travelNo. 3 The roadside fire
  Edward Elgar
  3 Bavarian Dances, Op 27
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Gervase Elwes
  tenor
  tenor
  New Queen's Hall Orchestra (1895-1914, Queen's Hall Orchestra) (members)
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Edith Walton
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Franz Schubert
  Antonín Dvořák
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Unknown
  William Aikin
  Ambroise Thomas
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  John Ireland
  Claude Debussy
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Henry Ley
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Edward Elgar
Fri 14 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 18
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047
  Joseph Haydn
  The CreationNo. 9 Aria 'Nun beut die Flur das frische Grün'
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Symphony No. 4 in B flat major
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Souvenir de Hapsal, Op 2 (orch. Max Erdmannsdörfer)No. 3 Chant sans paroles
  Guy d’Hardelot
  When the dream is there
  Emmanuel Chabrier
  España
  interval
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  Albert Fransella
  flute
  flute
  Arthur Beckwith
  violin
  violin
  F. L. Gyp
  trumpet
  trumpet
  James McDonagh
  oboe
  oboe
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Amy Evans
  soprano
  soprano
  Tessie Thomas
  violin
  violin
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Joseph Haydn
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Guy d’Hardelot
  Emmanuel Chabrier
Sat 15 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 19
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Euryanthe, J291Overture
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) (arr. Henry Wood)
  Arthur Sullivan
  IvanhoeAria 'Woo thou thy snowflake' Act 2 Scene 2
  Waldo Warner
  Three Elfin Dances, Op 10 London premiere
  Edvard Grieg
  Lyric Suite, Op 54
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Piano Concerto No 4 in C minor
  interval
  Joachim Raff
  6 Morceaux, Op 85 (orch. Henry Wood)No. 3 Cavatina
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Overture 'Ruy Blas'
  Léo Delibes
  CoppéliaNo. 1a Prelude Act 1
  CoppéliaNo. 1b Mazurka Act 1
  F. S. Breville-Smith
  The gay cavalier
  Richard Wagner
  TannhäuserNo. 12 Ankunft der Gäste Act 2 Scene 4
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Frederick Kiddle
  organpiano
  organpiano
  Charles Warwick-Evans
  cello
  cello
  Arthur Jones
  harp
  harp
  Charles Tree
  baritone
  baritone
  Myra Hess
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Arthur Sullivan
  Waldo Warner
  Edvard Grieg
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Joachim Raff
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Léo Delibes
  F. S. Breville-Smith
  Richard Wagner
Mon 17 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 20
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  ParsifalNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
  Tristan and IsoldeNo. 12 Prelude Act 3
  TannhäuserNo. 2 Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1
  RienziAria 'Gerechter Gott! So ist's entschieden schon!' Act 3 Scene 2
  A Faust Overture, WWV 59
  Parsifal, WWV 111 (arr. Emil Steinbach)Klingsor's Magic Garden and Flowermaidens' Scene (orchestral synthesis) Act 2
  GötterdämmerungDawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey (abridged concert version)
  interval
  Alexander Glazunov
  Song of the Volga Boatmen (arr. Henry Wood)
  Hamish MacCunn
  One lone star
  George Enescu
  2 Romanian Rhapsodies, Op 11No. 2 in D major
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  James McDonagh
  cor anglais
  cor anglais
  Margaret Balfour
  contralto
  contralto
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Alexander Glazunov
  Hamish MacCunn
  George Enescu
Tue 18 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 21
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Alexander Glazunov
  Overture 'Carnaval', Op 45
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Boris Godunov – 'I have attained supreme power'
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Scheherazade
  Alexander Scriabin
  Concerto for Piano in F sharp minor, Op 20
  Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
  KikimoraFirst performance in England
  Alexander Glazunov
  Salome, Op 90Salome's Dance
  interval
  Morfydd Llwyn Owen
  For Jeannie's sake
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  MazeppaGopak Act 1 No. 4a
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  Frederick Kiddle
  organpiano
  organpiano
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Robert Radford
  bass
  bass
  William Murdoch
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Alexander Glazunov
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Alexander Scriabin
  Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
  Morfydd Llwyn Owen
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Wed 19 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 22
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Bedrich Smetana
  The Bartered BrideOverture
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Divertimento No 17 in D major, K334 (3rd mvt, Minuet and Trio)
  Antonín Dvořák
  Stabat MaterAria 'Inflammatus et accensus'
  Mikhail Fabianovich Gnessin
  From Shelley, Op 4First performance in England
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’
  interval
  Claude Debussy
  Childrens Corner (orch. André Caplet)
  Ethel Barns
  O soul of mine!
  Jules Massenet
  Le CidMarche du Cid Act 3
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Gertrude Higgs
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Arthur Beckwith
  violin
  violin
  Dora Garland
  violin
  violin
  Ethel Barns
  piano
  piano
  Frederick Kiddle
  organ
  organ
  Composers
  Bedrich Smetana
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Antonín Dvořák
  Mikhail Fabianovich Gnessin
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Claude Debussy
  Ethel Barns
  Jules Massenet
Thu 20 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 23
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor: Allegro, WoO 1.5 (orch. Albert Parlow)
  Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major: Vivace, WoO 1.6 (orch. Albert Parlow)
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 (orch. Sigismund Bachrich)No. 3 Gavotte en rondeau
  Claude Debussy
  L' enfant prodigueRecitative & aria 'L'année en vain chasse l'année...Azaël! Azaël!'
  Édouard Lalo
  Divertissement Proms premiere
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor
  interval
  Edward German
  Symphonic Suite in D minor 'Leeds'No. 2 Valse gracieuse
  Norman O'Neill
  The Blue Bird, Op 37No. 1 Dance of the Mist-maids
  The Blue Bird, Op 37No. 2 Dance of Fire and Water
  The Blue Bird, Op 37No. 3 Dance of the Stars
  The Blue Bird, Op 37No. 4 Dance of the Hours
  Edward Elgar
  Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
  Paul Rubens
  I love the moon
  William G. James
  The first cuckoo
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Invitation to the Dance (orch. Hector Berlioz)
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Marjorie Perkins
  soprano
  soprano
  Daisy Kennedy
  violin
  violin
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Claude Debussy
  Édouard Lalo
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Edward German
  Norman O'Neill
  Edward Elgar
  Paul Rubens
  William G. James
  Carl Maria von Weber
Fri 21 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 24
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 (orch. Sigismund Bachrich)No. 3 Gavotte en rondeau
  Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 (orch. Sigismund Bachrich)No. 1 Preludio: Allegro molto
  Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 (orch. Sigismund Bachrich)No. 2 Adagio (Loure)
  Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Il re pastore, K 208Aria 'L'amerò, sarò costante' Act 2
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Concerto for Piano in C sharp minor, Op 30
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 5 in C minor
  interval
  Paul Dukas
  The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  Liza Lehmann
  Evensong Proms premiere
  There are fairies at the bottom of our garden Proms premiere
  Edward MacDowell
  6 Poems after Heine, Op 31 (orch. Ross Jungnickel)No. 2 Scotch Poem
  6 Poems after Heine, Op 31 (orch. Ross Jungnickel)No. 6 Poème erotique
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Albert Fransella
  flute
  flute
  Arthur Beckwith
  violin
  violin
  Benno Moiseiwitsch
  piano
  piano
  Louise Dale
  soprano
  soprano
  Liza Lehmann
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Paul Dukas
  Liza Lehmann
  Edward MacDowell
Sat 22 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 25
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Gioachino Rossini
  William Tell – overture
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Le rouet d'Omphale, Op 31
  Ruggero Leoncavallo
  Pagliacci - 'Si può? Si può?'
  Sir Percy C. Buck
  CroonWorld premiere
  Alexandre Luigini
  Ballet égyptien, suite, Op 12No. 1 Allegro non troppo
  Ballet égyptien, suite, Op 12No. 2 Allegretto (3/8)
  Ballet égyptien, suite, Op 12No. 3 Andante sostenuto
  Ballet égyptien, suite, Op 12No. 8 Finale: Andante espressivo - Allegro non troppo
  interval
  Dora Bright
  Suite bretonneWorld premiere
  Leone Sinigaglia
  Overture 'Le baruffe chiozzotte', Op 32
  John Foulds
  Keltic Suite, Op 29No. 2 A Lament
  Franz Liszt
  Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)No. 2 in D minor (ending in G major)
  Edward Elgar
  Introduction and Allegro
  Hermann Löhr
  In love
  Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
  Overture 'Britannia', Op 52
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Fraser Gange
  baritone
  baritone
  Albert Fransella
  flute
  flute
  Frederick Kiddle
  organpiano
  organpiano
  Charles Warwick-Evans
  cello
  cello
  Arthur Jones
  harp
  harp
  Composers
  Gioachino Rossini
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Ruggero Leoncavallo
  Sir Percy C. Buck
  Alexandre Luigini
  Dora Bright
  Leone Sinigaglia
  John Foulds
  Franz Liszt
  Edward Elgar
  Hermann Löhr
  Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
Mon 24 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 26
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  TannhäuserNo. 1 Overture
  Tristan and IsoldePrelude (with Wagner's concert-ending) Act 1
  LohengrinNo. 17 Prelude Act 3
  GötterdämmerungNo. 40 Starke Scheite Act 3 Scene 3
  SiegfriedForest Murmurs (orchestral synthesis) Act 2 Scene 2
  ParsifalNo. 12b Verwandlungsmusik Act 1 Scene 3
  ParsifalGrail Scene (orchestral synthesis) Act 1 Scene 3
  Isaac Albéniz
  Catalonia
  Graham Peel
  The country loverNo. 4 The early morning
  interval
  Montague Phillips
  A calendar of songNo. 1 Wake up!
  Arthur Sullivan
  Overture di ballo
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Carrie Tubb
  soprano
  soprano
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Isaac Albéniz
  Graham Peel
  Montague Phillips
  Arthur Sullivan
Tue 25 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 27
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Fantasy-Overture 'Hamlet'
  Eugene OneginAria 'Puskay pogibnu ya' Act 1 Scene 2
  The Sleeping BeautyNo. 6 Valse Act 1 No. 2
  The Sleeping BeautyNo. 17 Panorama Act 2 No. 8
  The Sleeping BeautyNo. 8a Pas d'action: Adagio Act 1 No. 4a
  The Sleeping BeautyNo. 1a Introduction
  The Sleeping BeautyNo. 9c L'arrivée de la Fée des lilas Act 1 No. 5c
  The Sleeping BeautyNo. 24 Pas de caractère 'Le chat botté et la chatte blanche' Act 3
  Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra
  Capriccio italien, Op 45
  interval
  Alexander Borodin
  In the Steppes of Central Asia
  Montague Phillips
  4 Songs, Op 26No. 2 Hush'd is my lute
  6 Songs, Op 25No. 6 Blue-bells
  Jean Sibelius
  Karelia Overture, Op 10
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Clara Butterworth
  soprano
  soprano
  Charles Warwick-Evans
  cello
  cello
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Alexander Borodin
  Montague Phillips
  Jean Sibelius
Wed 26 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 28
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  The Marriage of FigaroOverture
  Ambroise Thomas
  MignonNo. 5 Aria 'Connais-tu le pays?' Act 1
  Franz Schubert
  Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D 797No. 10 Ballet No. 2 in G major: Andantino
  Franz Liszt
  Rhapsodie espagnole, S 254 (orch. Ferruccio Busoni)
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 5 in E minor
  interval
  Hector Berlioz
  The Damnation of FaustBallet des sylphes
  The Damnation of FaustMenuet des follets
  Hermann Löhr
  Over the hills of heart's content
  Teresa del Riego
  Thank God for a garden
  Frédéric Chopin
  Polonaise in A major, Op 40.1 (orch. Alexander Glazunov)
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Carmen Hill
  contralto
  contralto
  William Murdoch
  piano
  piano
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Ambroise Thomas
  Franz Schubert
  Franz Liszt
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Hector Berlioz
  Hermann Löhr
  Teresa del Riego
  Frédéric Chopin
Thu 27 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 29
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Overture ‘Coriolan’
  Georges Bizet
  L' Arlésienne – Suite No. 1No. 1 Prélude
  L' Arlésienne – Suite No. 1No. 2 Minuetto
  L' Arlésienne – Suite No. 1No. 3 Adagietto
  L' Arlésienne, Suite No. 2No. 4 Farandole
  L' Arlésienne, Suite No. 2No. 3 Menuet (from 'La jolie fille de Perth')
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  The Marriage of FigaroAria 'Non più andrai' Act 1
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 in E minor
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
  interval
  Johan Svendsen
  Carnival in Paris, Op 9
  Henry Wood
  Fantasia on Welsh Melodies
  Richard Maxwell
  It's springtime in Killarney
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’)
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Charles Tree
  baritone
  baritone
  Arthur De Greef
  piano
  piano
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Georges Bizet
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Johan Svendsen
  Henry Wood
  Richard Maxwell
  Edward Elgar
Fri 28 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 30
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068
  George Frideric Handel
  Berenice, HWV 38Aria 'Si, tra i ceppi' Act 2
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Violin Concerto in E major
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’
  Sir John Blackwood McEwen
  Grey Galloway
  Graham Peel
  In summertime on Bredon
  interval
  Anton Rubinstein
  Valse-Caprice in E flat major (orch. Karl Müller-Berghaus)
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  George Baker
  baritone
  baritone
  Frederick Kiddle
  organpiano
  organpiano
  Marjorie Hayward
  violin
  violin
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  George Frideric Handel
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Sir John Blackwood McEwen
  Graham Peel
  Anton Rubinstein
Sat 29 Sep 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 31
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Franz Schubert
  Die Zauberharfe, D 644Overture
  Georges Bizet
  Jeux d'enfants (orchestral version)
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Samson et DalilaAria 'Printemps qui commence' Act 1 Scene 6
  Norman O'Neill
  Before Dawn First concert performance
  Joseph Holbrooke
  Variations on an Old English Air 'Three Blind Mice', Op 37.1
  interval
  Edward Elgar
  Carillon, Op 75
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Overture '1812'
  Felix Mendelssohn
  2 Lieder ohne Worte (orch. Ernest Guiraud)No. 30 in A major: Allegretto grazioso 'Frühlingslied' (Op. 62 No. 6)
  2 Lieder ohne Worte (orch. Ernest Guiraud)No. 34 in C major: Presto 'Spinnerlied' (Op. 67 No. 4)
  Guy d’Hardelot
  When the dream is there
  Fred Godfrey
  Lucy Long (arr. Frederick Godfrey)
  Antonín Dvořák
  Overture 'Carnival'
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Carmen Hill
  contralto
  contralto
  Norman O'Neill
  conductor
  conductor
  Miriam Lewes
  reciter
  reciter
  Oriana Madrigal Society Chorus (women's voices)
  Tita Brand-Cammaerts
  speaker
  speaker
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Wilfred James
  bassoon
  bassoon
  Composers
  Franz Schubert
  Georges Bizet
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Norman O'Neill
  Joseph Holbrooke
  Edward Elgar
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Guy d’Hardelot
  Fred Godfrey
  Antonín Dvořák
Mon 1 Oct 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 32
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  TannhäuserNo. 21 Prelude Act 3 (1845 version)
  Siegfried Idyll
  The Flying DutchmanOverture
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 36 Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn! Act 3 Scene 1
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 23b Was duftet doch der Flieder Act 2 Scene 3
  ParsifalNo. 27 Prelude Act 3
  Die WalküreWalkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1
  RienziOverture
  interval
  Ethel Smyth
  The WreckersOverture
  Anon.
  song (unidentified)
  Edward German
  Symphonic Suite in D minor 'Leeds'No. 2 Valse gracieuse
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Robert Radford
  bass
  bass
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Ethel Smyth
  Anon.
  Edward German
Tue 2 Oct 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 33
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Vasily Zolotaryov
  Overture 'Fête villageoise'London premiere
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Eugene OneginRecitative & aria 'Nu, shto zhe?...Kuda, kuda vï udalilis' Act 2 Scene 2
  Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
  Caucasian Sketches, Op 10
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
  Alexander Glazunov
  Paraphrase sur les hymnes des nations alliées, Op 96
  interval
  Modest Mussorgsky
  A Night on the Bare Mountain (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov)
  Dorothy Forster
  Mifanwy
  Alexander Borodin
  Prince IgorPolovtsian March Act 3
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Herbert Cave
  tenor
  tenor
  Benno Moiseiwitsch
  piano
  piano
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Vasily Zolotaryov
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Alexander Glazunov
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Dorothy Forster
  Alexander Borodin
Wed 3 Oct 1917
- 14:30
  Prom 34
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Ballet Music (Alceste)(arr. Henry Wood)
  Giuseppe Verdi
  ErnaniRecitative & cavatina 'Surta è la notte...Ernani, involami' Act 1 Scene 3
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Danse macabre
  Claude Debussy
  Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
  George Frideric Handel
  Organ Concerto in B flat major, HWV 290, Op. 4 No. 2 (arr. Henry Wood)
  interval
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 40 in G minor
  César Franck
  RédemptionMorceau symphonique
  Haydn Wood
  It is only a tiny garden
  F. S. Breville-Smith
  Daybreak
  Hector Berlioz
  Overture ‘Le carnaval romain’
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Elsa Stralia
  soprano
  soprano
  Frederick Kiddle
  organpiano
  organpiano
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Claude Debussy
  George Frideric Handel
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  César Franck
  Haydn Wood
  F. S. Breville-Smith
  Hector Berlioz
Thu 4 Oct 1917
- 14:30
  Prom 35
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Der FreischützOverture
  Jean Sibelius
  Valse triste
  Claude Debussy
  L' enfant prodigueRecitative & aria 'L'année en vain chasse l'année...Azaël! Azaël!'
  Howard Carr
  The Jolly Roger London premiere
  Robert Schumann
  Piano Concerto in A minor
  Georges Bizet
  Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 1 Prélude
  Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 2 Aragonaise
  Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 3 Intermezzo
  Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 5 Les dragons de Alcala
  interval
  Georges Bizet
  Carmen Suite No 2No. 6 Danse bohémienne Act 2
  Henry Walford Davies
  Solemn Melody
  Roger Quilter
  4 Child Songs, Op 5No. 1 A Good Child
  4 Child Songs, Op 5No. 2 The Lamplighter
  Hector Berlioz
  The Damnation of FaustMarche hongroise
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Marjorie Perkins
  soprano
  soprano
  Howard Carr
  conductor
  conductor
  Myra Hess
  piano
  piano
  Frederick Kiddle
  organpiano
  organpiano
  Charles Warwick-Evans
  cello
  cello
  Composers
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Jean Sibelius
  Claude Debussy
  Howard Carr
  Robert Schumann
  Georges Bizet
  Henry Walford Davies
  Roger Quilter
  Hector Berlioz
Fri 5 Oct 1917
- 14:30
  Prom 36
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Paride ed ElenaAria 'O del mio dolce ardor' Act 1
  César Franck
  Symphonic Variations
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 7 in A major
  interval
  Johannes Brahms
  Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op 11No. 4a Minuet I (G major)
  Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op 11No. 4b Minuet II (G minor)
  Maude Valérie White
  So we'll go no more a-roving
  Emmanuel Chabrier
  Joyeuse marche
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Olga Haley
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  William Murdoch
  piano
  piano
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  César Franck
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Johannes Brahms
  Maude Valérie White
  Emmanuel Chabrier
Sat 6 Oct 1917
- 14:30
  Prom 37
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Ambroise Thomas
  MignonNo. 1 Overture
  Franz Liszt
  Symphonic Poem No. 3 'Les Préludes', S 97
  Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor
  Scenes from 'The Song of Hiawatha', Op 30No. 1a Aria 'Onaway! awake, belovèd!'
  Jules Massenet
  Scènes pittoresques
  Violin Concerto No 1 (1st mvt, Allegro maestoso)(reorchestrated and arr. Henry Wood in D major)
  interval
  Charles Gounod
  Marche funèbre d'une marionette
  Emmanuel Chabrier
  España
  Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari
  I gioielli della MadonnaIntermezzo Act 2
  I gioielli della MadonnaIntermezzo Act 3
  Haydn Wood
  Roses of Picardy
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  MazeppaEntr'acte: The Battle of Poltava Act 3 No. 15
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Joseph Cheetham
  tenor
  tenor
  Daniel Melsa
  violin
  violin
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Ambroise Thomas
  Franz Liszt
  Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor
  Jules Massenet
  Charles Gounod
  Emmanuel Chabrier
  Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari
  Haydn Wood
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Mon 8 Oct 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 38
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  TannhäuserNo. 2 Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1
  Träume, WWV 91b
  Tristan and IsoldePrelude and Liebestod
  Tristan and IsoldeNo. 4 Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen Act 1 Scene 3
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 49 Dance of the Apprentices Act 3 Scene 5
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 50 Procession of the Masters Act 3 Scene 5
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 33 Prelude Act 3
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 51 Wach auf! es nahet gen den Tag Act 3 Scene 5
  ParsifalGood Friday Music (concert version) Act 3 Scene 1
  interval
  Richard Wagner
  GötterdämmerungNo. 37 Trauermusik Act 3 Scene 2
  Maurice Ravel
  Valses nobles et sentimentales (orchestral version)
  Graham Peel
  Gipsies
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Sorochintsï Fair (arr. Anatoly Lyadov)Gopak Act 2
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Arthur Beckwith
  violin
  violin
  Carrie Tubb
  soprano
  soprano
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Maurice Ravel
  Graham Peel
  Modest Mussorgsky
Tue 9 Oct 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 39
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55No. 4 Tema con variazioni
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Song of the Flea(arr. Henry Wood)
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  The Golden Cockerel Suite (arr. Maximilian Steinberg )Proms premiere
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
  Jean Sibelius
  En saga
  interval
  Paul Rubens
  The admiral's yarn
  Igor Stravinsky
  Fireworks
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Charles Tree
  baritone
  baritone
  Daisy Kennedy
  violin
  violin
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Jean Sibelius
  Paul Rubens
  Igor Stravinsky
Wed 10 Oct 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 40
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  The Magic FluteNo. 1 Overture
  Selim Palmgren
  A Finnish Lullaby (version for string orchestra)London premiere
  Richard Wagner
  Die WalküreNo. 40 Leb' wohl [Wotan's Abschied] Act 3 Scene 3
  Die WalküreNo. 43 Feuerzauber Act 3 Scene 3
  Die WalküreNo. 41 Der Augen leuchtendes Paar Act 3 Scene 3
  Die WalküreNo. 42 Loge, hör! Act 3 Scene 3
  Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor
  The Bamboula
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Violin Concerto No 3 in G major, K 216
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Alceste - Overture
  Edward German
  Who Were The Yeomen of England (Merrie England)
  George Enescu
  2 Romanian Rhapsodies, Op 11No. 1 in A major
  interval
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Norman Allin
  bass
  bass
  Albert Sammons
  violin
  violin
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Selim Palmgren
  Richard Wagner
  Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor
  Franz Schubert
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Edward German
  George Enescu
Thu 11 Oct 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 41
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Armas Järnefelt
  Praeludium
  Edward Elgar
  ‘Enigma’ Variations
  Charles Gounod
  La reine de SabaRecitative & aria 'La Reine?...Sous les pieds d'une femme' Act 4
  Edvard Grieg
  Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
  Charles Martin Loeffler
  A Pagan Poem, Op 14 First performance in England
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Morceaux de fantasie, Op 3 (orch. Henry Wood)No. 2 Prelude in C sharp minor
  interval
  Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
  Colomba, Op 28Ballet Music No. 1: Presto - Allegretto grazioso Act 2
  Colomba, Op 28Ballet Music No. 2: Andantino Act 2
  Colomba, Op 28Ballet Music No. 3: Rustic March Act 2
  Colomba, Op 28No. Ballet Music No. 4: Saltarello Act 2
  F. S. Breville-Smith
  The gay cavalier
  Daniel François Esprit Auber
  Fra Diavolo, S 18Overture
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Kenneth Ellis
  bass
  bass
  E. C. Dubrucq
  oboe
  oboe
  Tosta Benici
  piano
  piano
  Frank G James
  trumpet
  trumpet
  W. L. Barraclough
  trumpet
  trumpet
  F(rank) R(udolph) Moore
  trumpet
  trumpet
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Armas Järnefelt
  Edward Elgar
  Charles Gounod
  Edvard Grieg
  Charles Martin Loeffler
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
  F. S. Breville-Smith
  Daniel François Esprit Auber
Fri 12 Oct 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 42
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Tragic Overture
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  La clemenza di Tito, K 621Recitative & aria 'Ecco il punto...Non più di fiori' Act 2
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No 8 in F major
  interval
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Iphigénie en Aulide (arr. Richard Wagner)Overture
  Teresa del Riego
  Some other day
  F. S. Breville-Smith
  Daybreak
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Overture 'Ruy Blas'
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Aubrey Brain
  horn
  horn
  Frederick Salkeld
  horn
  horn
  Arthur Beckwith
  violin
  violin
  Margaret Balfour
  contralto
  contralto
  Francisco Gomez
  basset horn
  basset horn
  Albert Fransella
  flute
  flute
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Charles Warwick-Evans
  cello
  cello
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Teresa del Riego
  F. S. Breville-Smith
  Felix Mendelssohn
Sat 13 Oct 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 43
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Carl Maria von Weber
  OberonOverture
  Claude Debussy
  Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
  Fromental Halévy
  La JuiveAria 'Si la rigueur' Act 1
  Jules Massenet
  Le CidBallet music (complete) Act 2
  interval
  Pietro Mascagni
  Cavalleria rusticanaIntermezzo
  César Franck
  Symphonic Variations
  Paul Dukas
  The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  Franz Liszt
  Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 359 (orchestral version)No. 2 in D minor (ending in G major)
  Léo Delibes
  CoppéliaNo. 10b Valse Act 2
  CoppéliaNo. 10a Entr'acte Act 2
  F. S. Breville-Smith
  The song of the waggoner
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Robert Radford
  bass
  bass
  Myra Hess
  piano
  piano
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Claude Debussy
  Fromental Halévy
  Jules Massenet
  Pietro Mascagni
  César Franck
  Paul Dukas
  Franz Liszt
  Léo Delibes
  F. S. Breville-Smith
  Edward Elgar
Mon 15 Oct 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 44
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  LohengrinNo. 17 Prelude Act 3
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 33 Prelude Act 3
  Tristan and IsoldeNo. 12 Prelude Act 3
  ParsifalNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
  RienziAria 'Allmächt'ger Vater, blick herab!' Act 5 Scene 1
  GötterdämmerungSong of the Rhine Daughters (abridged concert version) Act 3 Scene 1
  Parsifal, WWV 111 (arr. Emil Steinbach)Klingsor's Magic Garden and Flowermaidens' Scene (orchestral synthesis) Act 2
  TannhäuserNo. 12 Ankunft der Gäste Act 2 Scene 4
  interval
  Sir Hamilton Harty
  A Comedy Overture
  Haydn Wood
  Love's garden of roses
  Jules Massenet
  Le CidMarche du Cid Act 3
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  James McDonagh
  cor anglais
  cor anglais
  Joseph Cheetham
  tenor
  tenor
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Sir Hamilton Harty
  Haydn Wood
  Jules Massenet
Tue 16 Oct 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 45
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Anton Stepanovich Arensky
  Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, Op 35a
  Jean Sibelius
  5 Songs, Op 37No. 1 Den första kyssen
  5 Songs, Op 37No. 5 Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Firebird Suite
  Nikolai Tcherepnin
  Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op 30
  Moritz Moszkowski
  Boabdil, der letzte Maurenkönig, Op 49Ballet Music No. 1: Moorish Fantasia Act 2
  Boabdil, der letzte Maurenkönig, Op 49Ballet Music No. 2: Scherzo-Valse Act 2
  Boabdil, der letzte Maurenkönig, Op 49Ballet Music No. 3: Malagueña Act 2
  interval
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Serenade for Strings in C major, Op 48No. 3 Elegy: Larghetto elegiaco
  Eric Coates
  Our little home
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  Kamarinskaya
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Carmen Hill
  contralto
  contralto
  Benno Moiseiwitsch
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Anton Stepanovich Arensky
  Jean Sibelius
  Igor Stravinsky
  Nikolai Tcherepnin
  Moritz Moszkowski
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Eric Coates
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Wed 17 Oct 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 46
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  The Abduction from the SeraglioOverture
  Giacomo Puccini
  ToscaAria 'E lucevan le stelle' Act 3
  Edvard Grieg
  Piano Concerto in A minor
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
  George Enescu
  2 Romanian Rhapsodies, Op 11No. 2 in D major
  interval
  Haydn Wood
  O flower divine
  Moritz Moszkowski
  4 Polish Folk Dances, Op 55 (orchestral version)No. 4 Krakowiak in G major
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Herbert Cave
  tenor
  tenor
  Arthur De Greef
  piano
  piano
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Giacomo Puccini
  Edvard Grieg
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  George Enescu
  Haydn Wood
  Moritz Moszkowski
Thu 18 Oct 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 47
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Euryanthe, J291Overture
  Giacomo Puccini
  ToscaAria 'Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore' Act 2
  Edward Elgar
  The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 2, Op 1b
  Montague Phillips
  Phantasy, Op 16World premiere
  Gioachino Rossini
  William Tell – overture
  Edward MacDowell
  Suite No. 2 'Indian', Op 48
  interval
  Otto Nicolai
  Die lustigen Weiber von WindsorOverture
  Montague Phillips
  Starry woods
  5 Songs, Op 27No. 3 Wild flowers
  Ferdinand Hérold
  ZampaOverture
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Clara Butterworth
  soprano
  soprano
  Montague Phillips
  conductor
  conductor
  Arthur Beckwith
  violin
  violin
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Giacomo Puccini
  Edward Elgar
  Montague Phillips
  Gioachino Rossini
  Edward MacDowell
  Otto Nicolai
  Ferdinand Hérold
Fri 19 Oct 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 48
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major
  Giulio Caccini
  Amarilli, mia bella (arr. Henry Wood)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’No. 1 Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’No. 2 Scherzo & Trio: Molto vivace - Presto
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’No. 3 Adagio molto e cantabile
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Orchestral Suite 'No. 6' (Bach/Wood)
  interval
  Guy d’Hardelot
  2 Songs
  Jean Sibelius
  Finlandia
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Carmen Hill
  contralto
  contralto
  Myra Hess
  piano
  piano
  Frederick Kiddle
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Giulio Caccini
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Guy d’Hardelot
  Jean Sibelius
Sat 20 Oct 1917
- 19:30
  Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms 1917
  Queen's Hall
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
  George Frideric Handel
  Serse, HWV 40 (arr. Joseph Hellmesberger)Aria 'Ombra mai fù' Act 1 Scene 1
  Ambroise Thomas
  MignonNo. 8 Entr'acte Act 2
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  The Maid of OrleansRecitative & aria 'So wills the Lord!...Farewell you native hills and fields' Act 1 No. 7
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Suite de Ballet No. 1 (Gluck/Mottl)
  interval
  Franz Liszt
  Totentanz
  Joachim Raff
  6 Morceaux, Op 85 (orch. Henry Wood)No. 3 Cavatina
  Édouard Lalo
  Rapsodie norvégienne
  Henry Wood
  Fantasia on Scottish Melodies
  Graham Peel
  The country loverNo. 5 Wander-thirst
  Johannes Brahms
  Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor: Allegro, WoO 1.5 (orch. Albert Parlow)
  Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major: Vivace, WoO 1.6 (orch. Albert Parlow)
  Unknown
  National Anthem
  Performers
  Henry Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
  Frederick Kiddle
  organpiano
  organpiano
  Arthur Beckwith
  violin
  violin
  Arthur Jones
  harp
  harp
  Olga Haley
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  William Murdoch
  piano
  piano
  Pipe Major David A Smith
  bagpipes
  bagpipes
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  George Frideric Handel
  Ambroise Thomas
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Franz Liszt
  Joachim Raff
  Édouard Lalo
  Henry Wood
  Graham Peel
  Johannes Brahms
  Unknown

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