The Proms organ. This coincided with the adoption of this lower pitch by other leading orchestras and concert series. Although the concerts gained a popular following and reputation, Newman went bankrupt in 1902, and the banker Edgar Speyer took over the expense of funding them. Wood received a knighthood in 1911. In 1914 anti-German feeling led Speyer to surrender his role, and music publishers Chappell & Co. took control of the concerts. Although Newman remained involved in artistic planning, it was Wood's name which became most closely associated with the Proms. As conductor from the first concert (which opened with Wagner's "Rienzi"
The Building of the House opening of the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London which took place earlier the same year. The Building of the House The Building of the House, op. 79 is an "overture with or without chorus" by Benjamin Britten written in 1967. The overture is notable for the use of Asian-influenced heterophony. The optional text is taken from Psalm 127, adapted by Imogen Holst from "The Whole Book of Psalms (set in English)". It is set using the chorale melody Vater unser im Himmelreich. The piece was written for the inauguration of the Snape Maltings concert hall, which took place in June