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Fri 9 Sep 1898
20:00
Prom 12
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture ‘Coriolan’
Nicola Vaccaj
Guilietta e Romeo
Aria 'Ah! se tu dormi' Act 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
No. 2 Largo Proms premiere
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
No. 1 Allegro con brio Proms premiere
Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’
Georges Bizet
Carmen
No. 15c Aria 'La fleur que tu m'avais jetée' Act 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Romance in F major, Op 50
Dudley Buck
When the heart is young
interval
Ludwig van Beethoven
King Stephen
Overture
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Samson et Dalila, Fantasia (arr. unknown)
World premiere of this arrangement
Johannes Brahms
Five Songs, Op. 94 – No. 4: ‘Sapphische Ode’
No. 4 Sapphische Ode Proms premiere
Michael William Balfe
The Bohemian Girl
Aria 'When other lips' Act 3
Frederic Clay
She wandered down the mountain side
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Marche héroïque, Op 34
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Helen A Culver
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Wolodia Roujitzky
piano
piano
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Ellison Hoose
tenor
tenor
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Alice M Toothill
soprano
soprano
Albert Fransella
flute
flute
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
Edwin James
bassoon
bassoon
Friedrich Adolf Borsdorf
horn
horn
Thomas Colton
trombone
trombone
Walter Reynolds
euphonium
euphonium
William Henry Squire
cello
cello
Miriam Timothy
harp
harp
Désiré-Alfred Lalande
oboe
oboe
James Wilcocke
piccolo
piccolo
Frederick L Kettlewell
cornet
cornet
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Nicola Vaccaj
Georges Bizet
Dudley Buck
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Johannes Brahms
Michael William Balfe
Frederic Clay
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