Yehudi Menuhin in Bath - the 1970's
from Unfinished Journey, page 362:
One evening after a concert given by that Soviet rarity the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the section leaders and I settled down for some informal music, including Schubert’s Quintet in C Major; and astonishingly these young players who were drilled beyond belief, who played with a perfection which was fantastic, proved untrained to sight-read.
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Yehudi Menuhin, Unfinished Journey (London, April, 1977), p. 362. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1409956796960 accessed: 22 January, 2025
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Schubert’s Quintet in C Major (sight-reading)
written by Franz Schubert |
performed by Moscow Chamber Orchestra |
Experience Information
Date/Time | the 1970's |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
From Menuhin's reflections on the differences between Russian and British musical training and mentality.
Originally submitted by tlisboa on Fri, 05 Sep 2014 23:39:57 +0100
Approved on Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:16:22 +0000