From the Royal Albert Hall, London.
A re-creation of the Prom programme of 6 September 1900, giving an insight into musical taste at the turn of the century.

Gil Shaham (violin) Lilian Watson (soprano) Delia Jones (mezzo) Benjamin Luxon (baritone) Gareth Newman (bassoon) BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth

Dvorak Overture: Carnival

Frederick Cowen Melodie; A l'espagnole

Dvorak Songs my mother taught me

Eva Dell'Acqua Villanelle

Wieniawski Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor

Rubinstein Valse-Caprice

George Henschel Young Dietrich

Gounod Hymn to St Cecilia

Donizetti Omio Fernando (La Favorita)

Massenet Marche du Cid

9.00 Interval
David Huckvale looks at how fashions in concert programming have changed over the last 100 years.

9.20 Puccini, arr Gordon Langford Grand Fantasia on "La Boheme"

Bach, arr Gounod Ave Maria

Weber Adagio and Rondo (Bassoon Concerto in F)

Frances Allrtsen When the Boys Come Home

Florian Pascal Serenade; Fairy Fretting

Sousa Washington Post

Radio Times Offer: see page 118
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