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24 Sep 1940, Queen's Hall
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Proms 1940 Prom 39

Prom 39
20:00 Tue 24 Sep 1940 Queen's Hall

Programme

      • Samson, HWV 57 (arr. Henry Wood)Overture
      • Water Music Suite (arr. Hamilton Harty)
      • Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 (arr. Henry Wood)Recitative & aria 'I feel the Deity within...Arm, arm, ye brave' Act 1
      • Concerto grosso in B minor, Op. 6 No. 12
      • Music for the Royal Fireworks – overture (arr. Hamilton Harty)
      • Music for the Royal Fireworks - No 3. Bourrée (arr. Hamilton Harty)
      • Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (arr. Hamilton Harty)No. 3 La paix: Largo alla siciliana
      • Music for the Royal Fireworks - No 5. Minuets (arr. Hamilton Harty)
      • Alessandro, HWV 21 (arr. Henry Wood)Recitative & aria 'Ne trionfi d'Alessandro...Lusinghe più care' Act 1
      • Organ Concerto in G minor (Handel/Wood)
      • Serse (Act 1: Ombra mai fù)(probably arr. Henry Wood)
      • Rodrigo, HWV 5 (arr. Henry Wood)Sailor's Dance & Trio
      • Overture to a Masque
      • Overture 'Carnival'

Performers

About this event

Due to intensified nightly air raids on London it was considered too dangerous to continue the Prom season and this concert was cancelled.

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Proms 1940