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29 Aug 1896, Queen's Hall
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20:00
Sat 29 Aug 1896
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Proms 1896 Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1896
Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1896
20:00 Sat 29 Aug 1896 Queen's Hall
Programme
Hector Berlioz
The Damnation of Faust
Marche hongroise
Ambroise Thomas
Mignon
No. 1 Overture
Paolo Tosti
On Lido Waters
Proms premiere
Nicolò Paganini
Violin Concerto No 1
Proms premiere (arr. unknown in D major)
Edward German
Henry VIII
Morris Dance Act 4
Henry VIII
Shepherd's Dance Act 1
Henry VIII
Torch Dance Act 1
Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata - 'È strano! è strano!'
Ernesto Köhler
Papillon, Op 30
Proms premiere
Carl Joachim Andersen
8 Vortragsstücke
No. 4 Die Mühle Proms premiere
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin
No. 17 Prelude Act 3
Jules Levy
Polka de Concert
Proms premiere
Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville – 'Largo al factotum'
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
interval
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, Grand Fantasia (arr. unknown)
Ernest Newton
Ailsa mine
Henryk Wieniawski
Souvenir de Moscou, Op 6
Cécile Chaminade
6 Pièces Romantiques
No. 3 Idylle Arabe Proms premiere
Wilhelm Ganz
The nightingale's trill
Proms premiere
Tito Mattei
Non è ver
Sir Landon Ronald
Daphne's love
Proms premiere
Charles Dibdin
Blow high, blow low
Proms premiere
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Marche héroïque, Op 34
Performers
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Percy Pitt
piano
piano
Jack G Robertson
tenor
tenor
John Dunn
violin
violin
Marie Duma
soprano
soprano
Albert Fransella
flute
soloist
flute
soloist
The Park Sisters
David Ffrangçon-Davies
baritone
baritone
Arthur W Payne
violin
violin
Charles Ould
cello
cello
Manuel de Gomez
clarinet
clarinet
Edwin James
bassoon
bassoon
Friedrich Adolf Borsdorf
horn
horn
Howard Reynolds
cornet
cornet
Thomas Colton
trombone
trombone
Miriam Timothy
harp
harp
Walter M Malsch
oboe
oboe
J(ames) H. Guilmartin
euphonium
euphonium
Composers
Hector Berlioz
Ambroise Thomas
Paolo Tosti
Nicolò Paganini
Edward German
Giuseppe Verdi
Ernesto Köhler
Carl Joachim Andersen
Richard Wagner
Jules Levy
Gioachino Rossini
Edvard Grieg
Pietro Mascagni
Ernest Newton
Henryk Wieniawski
Cécile Chaminade
Wilhelm Ganz
Tito Mattei
Sir Landon Ronald
Charles Dibdin
Camille Saint‐Saëns
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