in Royal Festival Hall - 1953
from Southbank Centre Archive:
I went to the Festival Hall in 1953 when I was 7 and fell in love with classical music. Shura Cherkassky was playing the piano and Sir Adrian Boult was the conductor. I had a wonderful view of the orchestra and was entranced by the music...it could have been Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1.
Since then, I have been to many, many performances and a few years ago took my, then teenage boys, to see The Nutcracker which, would you believe, they loved!
cite as
Southbank Centre (ed.), Southbank Centre Archive. In Southbank Centre Archive. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1449251611914 accessed: 18 April, 2024 (Southbank Centre Archive, http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/about-us/history-and-archive/southbank-centre-archive)
Listening to
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Piano Concerto no. 1
written by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky |
performed by Shura Cherkassky, Sir Adrian Boult |
Ballet Suite, The Nutcracker, Op. 71a
written by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1953 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by Liz Ford on Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:53:32 +0000
Approved on Sat, 23 Jan 2016 22:53:52 +0000