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Sat 17 Sep 1988

• 19:30

  Prom 69 - Last Night of the Proms 1988

  Royal Albert Hall

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  Programme

  • • • Richard Strauss
      • Don Juan
    • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
      • Eugene Onegin – Letter Scene
    • • Edvard Grieg
      • Piano Concerto in A minor- Grainger's performance of the solo part was taken from a 1921 Pianola roll, transferring it live in the concert hall to the Steinway grand piano, accompanied by conductor and orchestra.
    • • William Walton
      • Henry V (choral suite arr. Malcolm Sargent)No. 1 Prologue
      • Henry V (choral suite arr. Malcolm Sargent)No. 2 Passacaglia: Death of Falstaff
      • Henry VNo. 3 Charge and Battle
      • Henry V (choral suite arr. Malcolm Sargent)No. 3 Touch her soft lips and part
      • Henry V (choral suite arr. Malcolm Sargent)No. 4 Finale: Agincourt Song
    • • Percy Grainger
      • Molly on the Shore
      • Irish Tune from County Derry
      • Shepherd's Hey - medley
    • • Charles Villiers Stanford
      • Songs of the Sea – 1: Drake's Drum
    • • Edward Elgar
      • Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
    • • Henry Wood
      • Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 5 Jack's the Lad
      • Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 6 Farewell and Adieu, Ye Spanish Ladies - Cadenza
      • Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 7 Home, Sweet Home
      • Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 3 The Saucy Arethusa
      • Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 4 Tom Bowling
      • Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 8 See, the Conquering Hero Comes
      • Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 1 Bugle Calls
    • • Thomas Arne
      • Rule, Britannia!
    • • Hubert Parry
      • Jerusalem

  Performers

  • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
  • Joan Rodgers

    soprano
    soprano
  • Percy Grainger

    Pianola roll
    Pianola roll
  • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers
  • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus
  • Benjamin Luxon

    baritone
    baritone
  • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Chorus) (men's voices)
  • Sir Andrew Davis

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Richard Strauss
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Edvard Grieg
  • William Walton
  • Percy Grainger
  • Charles Villiers Stanford
  • Edward Elgar
  • Henry Wood
  • Thomas Arne
  • Hubert Parry

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