Lionel Bradley in Queen's Hall - 6 February, 1939
from Lionel Bradley Bulletin, 6 Feb 1939:
Feb 6, Courtauld-Sargent, Feuermann
This was a good concert of strangely contrasting items. Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante (op.84) is, in effect, a concerto grosso with a concertino consisting of solo violin, cello, oboe & bassoon. The opening allegro was distinctly Mozartean & the whole work was attractive. I am not very familiar with Dvořák’s cello concerto (op.104) it is v. melodious and without being a show piece for the ‘cello is well laid out so as to make the soloist reasonably prominent. Feuermann (have I heard him before?) seemed to play it … more >>
Lionel Bradley, Lionel Bradley Bulletin, 6 Feb 1939. In Special Collections, Royal College of Music, number LJHB-2/034. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1419006979895 accessed: 13 October, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
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Le Jugement du Fou
written by Jean Françaix |
performed by Malcolm Sargent |
Pastoral Symphony
written by Ralph Vaughan Williams |
performed by Malcolm Sargent |
Sinfonia Concertante (op.84)
written by Haydn |
performed by Malcolm Sargent |
Cello concerto (op. 104)
written by Antonín Dvorák |
performed by Malcolm Sargent, Emanuel Feuermann |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 6 February, 1939 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Commentary on one of the Courtauld-Sargent concerts at Queen's Hall in London. The concert included the first performance of Françaix's "Le Jugement du Fou".