Benjamin Britten in London - 31 March, 1931
from Diary of Benjamin Britten, March 31 1931, pages 68-69:
Practise & write as usual. Play with Lauricella in afternoon. Go to lunch with Laulie in morning at Mackies62 – she is staying up here for a day or two. Go to Waterloo Studio (B.B.C). to hear Contemporary concert, with Bridges. He conducts B.B.C. orch “Enter Spring” & “Willow aslant a Brook” (Bridge) rather badly played, but magnificent, inspired works. Brosa St. Quart. plays with orch concerto by Conrad Beck. Interesting, but that’s all, incredibly played. And to end up with an absurd Concerto Grosso by Igor Markievitch. Intoleraby difficult, & consequently only mod. played by the… more >>
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Benjamin Britten, Diary of Benjamin Britten, March 31 1931. In John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, volume 72 (:London, 2009), p. 68-69. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1401960907848 accessed: 27 December, 2024
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Concerto Grosso (1930)
written by Igor Markevitch |
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Enter Spring, Rhapsody for orchestra
written by Frank Bridge |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Frank Bridge |
Symphony No. 4: Concerto for Orchestra (1929)
written by Conrad Beck |
performed by Brosa Quartet |
Willow aslant a Brook
written by Frank Bridge |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Frank Bridge |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 31 March, 1931 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
Waterloo Studio
Originally submitted by Simon Brown on Thu, 05 Jun 2014 10:35:08 +0100