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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2019 - One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Season - Prom 40: Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee
Performance Date16 August 2019
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersAlessandro Fisher - vocal,
Stephen Hough - piano
Orchestra or BandOrchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
ConductorsAdam Fischer
Set List'Victoria and Merrie England – suite 15’', Sullivan,
'Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor 21’', Mendelssohn,
INTERVAL
'Gruss aus der Ferne; Ständchen; Gruss an den Bruder; Aus Wilhelm Meister; Lebewohl (Wanderlied) 12’', Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
'Symphony No. 3 in A minor, ‘Scottish’ 40’', Mendelssohn
Performance NotesThe Proms celebrates the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birth with a glimpse into the monarch’s musical life.

The programme features music by her favourite composer, Mendelssohn, including his lively ‘Scottish’ Symphony and First Piano Concerto, which will be performed by Stephen Hough on Victoria’s own piano, loaned by HM The Queen from the Royal Collection.

The concert also includes a suite from Arthur Sullivan’s ballet Victoria and Merrie England, composed to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, as well as songs by Prince Albert.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2019/),
Programme (RAHE/1/2019/),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2019/),
Digital Photographs,
Posters (RAHE/2/2019/)
Ticket Prices£7.50-£105, £6 gallery and arena standing
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/2y92YNT2ULW4w
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/6/2019/31BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2019 - One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Season Mini-Guide19 July - 14 September 2019
RAHE/1/2019/78BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2019 - One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Season - Prom 40: Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee16 August 2019
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work11719BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2019 - One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Season 75
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6131Hough; Sir; Stephen (1961-); British-born Australian pianist, composer, writer
DS/UK/984Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE); 1986-; British period-instrument orchestra
DS/UK/19482Fischer; Ádám (1949-); Hungarian conductor
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