Benjamin Britten in London - 9 December, 1931, 08:15 PM
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 92:
Go to B.B.C. concert (area ticket) at 8.15. Henry Wood. Haydn symphony (at usual break-neck speed & with usual battalion of strings) - Bach concerto E maj (Thibaud) - disgraceful performance - bad technically (rhythm out of control & intonation bad) & interpretively (impossible portamento). Thibaud was better in Chausson's long & sentimental Poem with orchestra. Delius' Song of High Hills - amazingly beautiful - incredibly long & monotonous even for Delius - but what marvellous sounds, he creates! Chorus (National) helped admirably in these.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 92. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434287039336 accessed: 23 April, 2024
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Concerto in E Major
written by Bach |
performed by Jacques Thibaud, Henry Wood |
Poem with Orchestra
written by Ernest Chausson |
performed by Jacques Thibaud, Henry Wood |
Song of High Hills
written by Delius |
performed by National Chorus, Henry Wood |
Unspecified Haydn symphony
written by Joseph Haydn |
performed by Henry Wood |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 9 December, 1931, 08:15 PM |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by gkw on Sun, 14 Jun 2015 14:03:59 +0100
Approved on Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:20:47 +0100