Gustav Holst - 18 March, 1934
from My Viola and I: a complete autobiography / Lionel Tertis, page 76:
Dear Tertis, I send you my warmest thanks for the great treat you gave me and thousands of others on Sunday night. Your playing was perfect. I’m sorry I can’t say the same about the piece itself. There is one bad bit of overscoring which makes me ask myself when am I going to learn the elements of my job. This shall be put right before the next performance. / If you have any critical suggestions I’d be glad to know them. (The bad bit is, of course, the ‘squiggles’ in four sharps.)
Lionel Tertis, My Viola and I: a complete autobiography / Lionel Tertis (Great Britain, 1974), p. 76. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1424789277178 accessed: 9 October, 2024
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Holst's Lyric Movement for viola and orchestra
written by Gustav Holst |
performed by Adrian Boult, Lionel Tertis |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 18 March, 1934 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | indoors, in public |
Notes
Letter from the composer Gustav Holst after the first performance of his Lyric Movement, for viola and orchestra premiered by Tertis in 18 March 1934, with Adrian Boult conducting.