in Royal Festival Hall - the 1950's
from Southbank Centre Archive:
I remember so clearly, shortly after the opening of the Festival Hall, I was playing in the company at the reopened Old Vic just across the Waterloo Road. On one of my off nights I got myself a ticket for what was probably the first performance in London of the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 conducted by Walter Goehr. Unforgettable, it has been one of my great musical loves ever since.
cite as
Southbank Centre (ed.), Southbank Centre Archive. In Southbank Centre Archive. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1401463736962 accessed: 29 November, 2024 (Southbank Centre Archive, http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/about-us/history-and-archive/southbank-centre-archive)
Listening to
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Vespers
written by Claudio Monteverdi |
performed by Walter Goehr |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | the 1950's |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by Ivan Hewett on Fri, 30 May 2014 16:28:57 +0100