in Royal Festival Hall - 5 March, 2012, 07:30 PM

from Email to Philharmonia dated 8 March 2012:

Wonderful concert last Thursday. The Brahms and Schoenberg were exhilarating (sic), but the Beethoven!!! The seventh is not just my favourite piece of music, but I think the finest artefact made by a man. I've been listening to it for over sixty years, first in albums when albums were albums- i.e. files of 78 discs- probably conducted by Toscanini. This was the best performance I have ever heard. In the fourth movement, I felt like I was listening to lightning there was so much power. Thank you very much.
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Email to Philharmonia dated 8 March 2012. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1401808600034 accessed: 29 March, 2024 (Philharmonia Orchestra)

location of experience: Royal Festival Hall

Listening to

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St Anthony Variations
written by Brahms
performed by esa-pekka salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

Experience Information

Date/Time 5 March, 2012, 07:30 PM
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by Ivan Hewett on Tue, 03 Jun 2014 16:16:40 +0100