Jack Brymer in Kiel - late , month unknown, the 1960's
from Senza Malizia, Ma Non Sempre Con Ardore ('Not Intentionally Rude, But Sometimes Slightly Critical'), page 217:
Sir John Pritchard... I vividly remember one occasion when he flew out to Kiel, in Germany, to conduct that orchestra [BBCSO] in the late 1960s. We were in the middle of a tour, and the main work of the evening was Schubert's great C Major Symphony - a work which can be among the most thrilling for any orchestra, but also in some conditions the most boring (the description of it as 'Schubert's Heavenly Length' has been quoted by many a weary fiddler, in many a band). John hardly rehearsed it at all, yet the performance was nothing short of masterly.
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Jack Brymer, Senza Malizia, Ma Non Sempre Con Ardore ('Not Intentionally Rude, But Sometimes Slightly Critical'). In Jack Brymer, In the Orchestra (London, 1987), p. 217. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1420488006072 accessed: 8 February, 2025
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Symphony in C major No. 9 D.944
written by Franz Schubert |
performed by Sir John Pritchard, BBC Symphonic Orchestra |
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| Date/Time | late , month unknown, the 1960's |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by iepearson on Mon, 05 Jan 2015 20:00:06 +0000
Approved on Wed, 02 Mar 2016 11:59:27 +0000