Benjamin Britten in London - 11 March, 1931
from Diary of Benjamin Britten, March 11 1931, page 66:
Finish my carol in morning. Practise. Lesson with Benjamin 2.40. Go to University Library get Chopin - Godovsky Studies vol. 1. Brahms F 5tet & Bruchner no8 Symph. Go to very fine B.B.C. concert conducted by O. Fried. Coriolan ov. (v. finely played). Brahms 2nd Concerto (Gieseking) - simply magnificent. He was as brilliant as Rubenstein, but put the music to the fore simply magnificently - I've never heard a Concerto played so well. Berlioz Fantastic Symphony - more polished than the Hallé, & consequently March to Scaffold lost a bit. But the orchestra was simply superb, all the evening. … more >>
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Benjamin Britten, Diary of Benjamin Britten, March 11 1931. In John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London), p. 66. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1397203747191 accessed: 24 November, 2024
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Concerto No. 2 in B flat Op. 83
written by Brahms |
performed by Lauri Kennedy, BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Walter Gieseking |
Coriolan Overture Op. 62
written by Beethoven |
performed by Oskar Fried, BBC Symphonic Orchestra |
Symphonie Fantastique
written by Berlioz |
performed by Oskar Fried, BBC Symphonic Orchestra |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 11 March, 1931 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by Simon Brown on Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:09:07 +0100