Benjamin Britten in Lowestoft - 12 October, 1931
from Diary of Benjamin Britten, Oct 12 1931, pages 85-86:
Walks with M in morning with Caesar, & with Mummy. In Interval continue Psalm 150. Play tennis in aft. 3.0–4.30, with Beth, Mrs. Hodges & Dr More (?) from St. Luke’s. Quite good tennis, & great fun. In evening, in auspices of Lowestoft Mus. Soc, Fred. Woodhouse, with Mable Ritchie (staying here for night) & Geoffrey Dunn give an evening of “Intimate opera,” in St. Margaret’s Institute, at 8.15. Programme, – Coffee Cantata (Bach), [BB leaves gap here] (Arne), & Bastien & Bastienne, (Mozart). All very delightful & amusing The three come back to supper afterwards. Mum. Beth & I go, … more >>
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Benjamin Britten, Diary of Benjamin Britten, Oct 12 1931. In John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 85-86. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1423680540395 accessed: 10 December, 2024
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Date/Time | 12 October, 1931 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by Simon Brown on Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:49:00 +0000