in Cheltenham - 16 July, 1981

from Domus Diary: Preparing for the Cheltenham Festival, 1981, pages 29-30:

Felix and Dickie open the concert with seven Bartok Duos which go down very well, and are entertaining to watch, with Dickie's face expressing all the grand and serious emotions, and Felix's all the mischievous and extrovert. Then Ruth, Michael and Robin play the Beethoven Serenade, this time standing up to play it. They play it very well, but the piece is about double the length it needs to be, and after the fourth movement, even the other players begin to fidget. Felix and I agree that it's not a good idea to play music which has a built-in fidget ingredient to an audience which is not sure …   more >>
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Susan Tomes, Domus Diary: Preparing for the Cheltenham Festival, 1981. In Beyond the notes : journeys with chamber music (Woodbridge, 2004), p. 29-30. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1402139789757 accessed: 9 October, 2024

location of experience: Cheltenham

Listening to

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Duos
written by Béla Bartók
performed by Richard Lester, Felix Wurman
Serenade in D op. 25
written by Beethoven
performed by Michael Faust, Robin Ireland, Ruth Ehrlich
piano quartet no. 1 in C minor op. 15
written by Fauré
performed by Domus

Experience Information

Date/Time 16 July, 1981
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by iepearson on Sat, 07 Jun 2014 12:16:29 +0100