Ethel Bridge et al. in London - 12 June, 1931, 09:45 PM
from Diary of Benjamin Britten, June 12 1931, page 76:
Write much more of Vln Part in morning. usual practise. Walks after tea with Tumpty, Gates, & Summers in the park. After dinner go to marvellous B.B.C. concert (at 9.45) at Studio, with Bridges. Wagner Faust ov. & Strauss Don Juon. Marvellous works, thrilling & moving. Glazunov’s dry & academic 6th Symphony. I have never heard the orch. play better; they were enthusiastic about his conducting, & I don’t wonder! He introduced me to Harry Barlow, the world’s greatest Tuba player, who showed me alot about the instrument, & also told us a little about his life’s study of the instrument, … more >>
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Benjamin Britten, Diary of Benjamin Britten, June 12 1931. In John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 76. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1408437972862 accessed: 29 January, 2025
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Don Juan
written by Franz Liszt, Richard Strauss, Mozart |
performed by BBC Concert Orchestra |
Overture to Faust
written by Richard Wagner |
performed by BBC Concert Orchestra |
Symphony No. 6, Op.58
written by Aleksandr Glazunov |
performed by BBC Concert Orchestra |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 12 June, 1931, 09:45 PM |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by Simon Brown on Tue, 19 Aug 2014 09:46:13 +0100