Henry Wood

While Jullien retired in 1859, supposedly dying insane a year later, concerts of this sort remained a staple of London musical life, usually done at the Covent Garden Theatre in August and September. In 1896 Henry Wood breathed new life into the institution with programmes that drew more widely from the music of classical composers. It is important to see, nonetheless, that he stayed close to the mood of the traditional promenade by choosing short numbers of quite approachable music. Here is a programme from 1897: