Prom 25
20:00
Sat 7 Sep 1940
Queen's Hall
Programme
- Variations on an Old English Air 'Three Blind Mice', Op 37.1
- Lakmé, Act 2 - 'Où va la jeune Hindoue?'
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
- En saga
- interval
- ToscaAria 'E lucevan le stelle' Act 3
- Three Pieces, Op 7World premiere
- Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55No. 4 Tema con variazioni - This item replaced the originally scheduled three (unspecified) Slavonic Dances by Dvořák
- London Pageant
- Love has eyes
- Bid me discourse
- SchwanengesangNo. 4 Ständchen
- Love went a-riding
- Overture 'Ruy Blas'
Performers
- Henry Woodconductor
- Joan Tribesoprano
- Benno Moiseiwitschpiano
- Frank Tittertontenor
- George Strattonviolin
- Gerald Moorepiano
About this event
Due to intensified nightly air raids on London it was considered too dangerous to continue the Prom season and this was the last concert of the Proms 1940 season. It was also the last Prom ever to be held at the Queen's Hall.
