Benjamin Britten in St Lukes Private Hospital - 17 December, 1930
from Diary of Benjamin Britten, Dec 17 1930, page 58:
Work in morning (Mass - copying out) & evening (Bridge transcription). Walk, with Mummy before lunch. Pictures (Grand) 3.0-5.0 with Beth - Disraeli - Most interesting & awfully good. Go to B.B.C. Symph. Concert at St Luke's Hospital - Dr. Colvin's Wireless. Why they gave this Mass in D to Scherchen - Heaven only knows. Of course there were beautiful bits - Sanctus & Benedictus & Kyrie - but the end of the Credo was incredibly scrambled. Chorus good - seemed to me that all their work was wasted. Soloists - tenor [Parry Jones] - not too bad: - Soprano [May Busby] - dreadful. Orchestra … more >>
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Benjamin Britten, Diary of Benjamin Britten, Dec 17 1930. In John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London), p. 58. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1396017536499 accessed: 24 November, 2024
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Mass in D
written by Beethoven |
performed by May Busby, National Chorus, Parry Jones |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 17 December, 1930 |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
Hermann Scherchen's reputation was founded on his performances of new music rather than the central classical repertory.
Originally submitted by Simon Brown on Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:38:56 +0000