| Main Performers | Henry Wendon - vocal,
Maurice Cole - piano,
Marie Goossens - harp |
| Orchestra or Band | London Symphony Orchestra |
| Set List | Overture, 'Rebus', Frank Bridge,
'Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.54', Schumann (Maurice Cole),
'Theme and Variations, from 3rd Suite in G, Op.55', Tchaikovsky,
'Toccata and Fugue in D Minor', Bach-Klenovsky,
'Song of Creation' (The Immortal Hour), Rutland Boughton (Henry Wendon, Marie Goossens),
'Faery Song' (The Immortal Hour), Rutland Boughton (Henry Wendon, Marie Goossens),
'Fantasia on British Sea-Songs', arr. H Wood,
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem) |
| Performance Notes | End of Promenade Season - Success of Albert Hall Experiment:-
"The present season of the Proms, so like to and so different from all previous seasons of the proms, was triumphantly concluded on Saturday evening. It ended with the proper ritual, of which the chief observance is Sir Henry Wood's Fantasia on British Sea Songs, with the audience taking up - this year with tropical fervour - the refrain 'Rule Britannia' and repeating it.
The Programme was short, as prom programmes go. Schuman's piano concerto, played by Mr Maurice Cole, being the only work of substance. the second part, in which Mr Henry Wendon sang two short songs from The Immortal Hour, was broadcast. The whole concert was conducted by Sir Henry Wood, but he broke his self imposed rule of silence to make a short speech in which he referred to the valuable work done by his colleague, Mr Basil Cameron, in lightening the conductor's enormous task though the season just ended.
Viewed in retrospect the season is remarkable for the very large audiences that have assembled on the classical nights, so that the despised Albert Hall will henceforth have a claim to be the home of the proms, even if its atmosphere can never be quite so homely as that of Queen's Hall. The programmes have perhaps wisely , been conservative, but the new practice of having two conductors to share the work will enable a more adventurous policy to be pursued in future years, to which Sir Henry is already, with characteristic zest, looking forward - even, as he jocularly remarked, to his second jubilee."
(The Times, 25 August 1941) |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/1941/3A),
Programme (RAHE/1/1941/38) |