Richard Temple Savage in Leeds - between in the middle of the 1930's and at the end of the 1930's

from A voice from the Pit: Reminiscences of an Orchestral Musician, page 41:

The only memory I have of Leeds Festival of a work by Lennox Berkeley - "Jonah", I think, - with a large section for unaccompanied voices. The choir were wavering about more and more until by the end of the rehearsal the only person still in tune was the soloist, Parry Jones, who had perfect pitch. Finally a few horns were cued in from time to time to keep everyone in tune.
cite as

Richard Temple Savage, A voice from the Pit: Reminiscences of an Orchestral Musician (Newton Abbot, 1988), p. 41. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1429012658760 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Leeds

Listeners

Richard Temple Savage
clarinettist music librarian, writer, music librarian, Clarinetist, Writer
1909-

Listening to

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'Jonah'
written by Sir Lennox Berkeley

Experience Information

Date/Time between in the middle of the 1930's and at the end of the 1930's
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Notes

Follows on from Experience 1426871284433.


Originally submitted by iepearson on Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:57:38 +0100
Approved on Sun, 20 Dec 2015 15:33:38 +0000