Prom 26
20:00
Mon 9 Sep 1940
Queen's Hall
Programme
- 骋枚迟迟别谤诲盲尘尘别谤耻苍驳Song of the Rhine Daughters (abridged concert version) Act 3 Scene 1
- SiegfriedWotan's Spear and the Sleeping Br眉nnhilde (orchestral synthesis) Act 3
- The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 56 Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein Act 3 Scene 5 - This cancelled performance (detailed in the printed concert programme) was a change from the excerpts advertised in the 1940 Proms Guide
- 罢补苍苍丑盲耻蝉别谤No. 21 Prelude Act 3 (1845 version)
- 罢补苍苍丑盲耻蝉别谤No. 2 Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1
- ParsifalNo. 22 Dich nannt'ich...Ich sah das Kind Act 2 Scene 2
- Die Walk眉reWalk眉renritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1
- The Boatswain's MateOverture
- A Masked BallRecitative & aria 'Ecco l'orrido campo...Ma dall' arido stelo divulsa' Act 2
- The Magic Flute (Act 1, Sc 4: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd sch枚n)
- The Trumpet
Performers
- Henry Woodconductor
- Parry Jonestenor
- Eva Turnersoprano
- George Eskdaletrumpet
- John Cozenstrumpet
- Albert Wildtrumpet
- Charles Pemelltrumpet
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.
