Benjamin Britten in Queen's Hall - 10 February, 1932
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 99:
Go to B.B.C. concert Queen's Hall (area). Beethoven's miserable King Stephan ov. miserably played under Boult. Brahms Vln conc. (Busch - marvellous technically but as hard as nails with little feeling for music). Ireland's magnificent Mai-Dun - quite well played for the B.B.C. orch. Max's new Winter Legend's (Harriet Cohen) longwinded rambling boring stuff - so feeble and dull after the Ireland.* Orchestra bad all evening; Boult worse. Come back via Bridges at 11.15.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 99. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434397874660 accessed: 18 April, 2024
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King Stephan Overture
written by Beethoven |
performed by Adrian Boult, BBC Symphonic Orchestra |
Mai-Dun
written by John Ireland |
performed by Adrian Boult, BBC Symphonic Orchestra |
Violin Concerto
written by Johannes Brahms |
performed by Busch, Adrian Boult, BBC Symphonic Orchestra |
Winter Legends
written by Bax |
performed by Adrian Boult, BBC Symphonic Orchestra |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 10 February, 1932 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
*Ireland Mai-Dun, symphonic rhapsody for orchestra (1920-1); Bax Winter Legends, Sinfonia concertante for piano and orchestra (1930).
Originally submitted by gkw on Mon, 15 Jun 2015 20:51:15 +0100
Approved on Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:46:42 +0100