Benjamin Britten in Queen's Hall - 14 October, 1931
from Diary of Benjamin Britten, Oct 14 1931, page 86:
Write & Practise Pft before going to R.C.M. for lesson with Benjamin at 12.20. Practise before, & write after, tea, both here. Go to Queen’s Hall, with Mrs. Bridge, who gives me ticket, to B.B.C. Symp. Conc. Orch, material wonderful, Adrian Boult – muck! Brandenburg Conc. no. 3. – heavily played – tone wonderful. Ensemble of Beethoven Symph. 4, bad; otherwise moderate – not sparkling enough. Best of all, Backhaus in Schumann Concerto. Really inspired. Florence Austral sings Closing scene from Gotterdämerung wonderfully. Back by 11.0
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Benjamin Britten, Diary of Benjamin Britten, Oct 14 1931. In John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 86. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1423681366217 accessed: 22 January, 2025
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Brandenburg Concerto no 3
written by Bach |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult |
Closing scene from Gotterdamerung
written by Richard Wagner |
performed by Florence Austral, BBC Symphonic Orchestra |
Schuman Concerto
written by Robert Schuman |
performed by Backhaus |
Symphony no 4
written by Brahms, Beethoven |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 14 October, 1931 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by Simon Brown on Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:02:46 +0000