Benjamin Britten - 5 June, 1931
from Diary of Benjamin Britten, June 5 1931, page 75:
Write a bit in morning, & then go to Patron’s Fund rehearsal in morning. Only new work is Howard Ferguson’s Short Symphony in D minor. V. fine work not too well played by N[ational]. Symph. Orch under Sargent. Schuman’s ineffective Vlc conc. (Audrey Piggott), Chausson’s Chanson Perpétuelle (well sung by Veronica Mansfield) & Strauss’s v. long & meandering Burlesque for Pft & orch. Practise in aft.
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Benjamin Britten, Diary of Benjamin Britten, June 5 1931. In John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 75. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1408110335367 accessed: 24 April, 2024
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Burlesque
written by Richard Strauss |
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Cello Concerto
written by Robert Schuman |
performed by Audrey Piggott |
Chanson Perpétuelle
written by Ernest Chausson |
performed by Veronica Mansfield |
Short Symphony in D minor
written by Howard Ferguson (composer) |
performed by Malcolm Sargent, National Symphony Orchestra |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 5 June, 1931 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others |
Originally submitted by Simon Brown on Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:45:35 +0100