Benjamin Britten - 22 March, 1931
from Diary of Benjamin Britten, March 22 1931, page 68:
Get up early & go to St. Matthews with Mummy at 8.0. Spend all morning (11.0–1.0) & afternoon (2.30–4.45) with lunch back here – at Bach Choir, St. Matthew Passion, cond. A. Boult, with D. Silk, M. Balfour, S. Wilson, H. Eisdle, K. Falkner & A Cranmer. A very good performance on the whole, & very moving. Keith Falkner & St. Wilson were great & Dorothy Silk also. Choir quite good – oh, it’s a great work! Tea with Barbara; back here for supper. Write to Pop afterwards. Early bed, by 10.0
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Benjamin Britten, Diary of Benjamin Britten, March 22 1931. In John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, volume 72 (:London, 2009), p. 68. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1401959292069 accessed: 1 December, 2024
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Saint Matthew Passion
written by Bach |
performed by Dorothy Silk, H. Eisdle, M. Balfour, S. Wilson, Adrian Boult, Keith Falkner |
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| Date/Time | 22 March, 1931 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others |
Originally submitted by Simon Brown on Thu, 05 Jun 2014 10:08:12 +0100