Lionel Tertis in Bond Street - early 20th Century
from My Viola and I: a complete autobiography / Lionel Tertis, page 47:
After my most enjoyable participation in piano quartet performances during our tour in America, I returned home to be involved in a peculiar experience – being a member of a short time of the famous Bohemian String Quartet in London. As a result of an urgent appeal from Broadwood & Sons, the well-known piano manufacturers – who gave series of chamber music concerts at the Aerolian Hall in Bond Street and in the provinces – I was called upon to play with this celebrated quartet at a moment’s notice, practically without rehearsal. The works included Schubert’s great D minor quartet … more >>
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Lionel Tertis, My Viola and I: a complete autobiography / Lionel Tertis (Great Britain, 1974), p. 47. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1424375169342 accessed: 11 November, 2024
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Quartet in D Minor
written by Franz Schubert |
performed by Joseph Hofman, Lionel Tertis, Josef Suk |
Experience Information
Date/Time | early 20th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | indoors, solitary |
Notes
The musicians with whom Lionel Tertis played with were part of a quartet named Bohemian String Quartet. Lionel Tertis was invited to replace their viola player during those performances.
Originally submitted by tlisboa on Thu, 19 Feb 2015 19:46:09 +0000
Approved on Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:12:51 +0000