Benjamin Britten in Wigmore Hall - 19 March, 1931
from Diary of Benjamin Britten, March 19 1931, page 67:
Quite good lesson with Ireland in Chelsea at 10.0. Practise afternoon, tea with Barbara & Mummy at Selfridges at 4.45. Go with Mummy (with tickets from Mrs. Brosa via. Mrs Bridge) to topping recital by Antonio Brosa. He is simply superb. Incredible technique, with beautiful interpretation. His Bach Chaconne was great. Prokofiev op. 16 Vln. Concerto didn’t contain much music, but was rather like a compendium of School for Virtuosity vln exercises. He played it toppingly. A great violinist.
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Benjamin Britten, Diary of Benjamin Britten, March 19 1931. In John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 67. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1401895658712 accessed: 18 December, 2024
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Chaconne
written by Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach |
performed by Antonio Brosa |
Violin Concerto op. 16
written by Sergei Prokofiev |
performed by Antonio Brosa |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 19 March, 1931 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Brosa’s Wigmore Hall recital, with the pianist George Reeves, also included Veracini’s Sonata in A minor.
Originally submitted by Simon Brown on Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:27:38 +0100