Adrian Boult - at the end of 1823
from Letter from Adrian Boult to William Walton, 11th November 1932, page 158:
Many thanks for your letter. I certainly think that we gave a better show of 'Belshazzar' than last time, in particular I think we solved the problem of 'The Kings of the Earth', expensive though that solution is, for as you know the Wireless Chorus is entirely professional. I expect you were able to hear the rather slower tempo and determine whether you found it too slow. Personally I thought it worked out just right though we reduced the Double Basses to two and had a good deal of trouble with the bass line altogether, Bass Clarinet and Bassoons and so on had to be very much damped down. … more >>
Lewis Foreman, Letter from Adrian Boult to William Walton, 11th November 1932. In From Parry to Britten: British Music in Letters, 1900 - 1945 (London, 1987), p. 158. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1413301492497 accessed: 9 December, 2024
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Belshazzar's Feast
written by Sir William Walton |
performed by Wireless Chorus, Adrian Boult |
Experience Information
Date/Time | at the end of 1823 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |