Richard Temple Savage in Covent Garden - in the middle of the 1930's
from A voice from the Pit: Reminiscences of an Orchestral Musician, page 33:
When it came to "Prince Igor" in that first season, Beecham was not at all happy with the chorus and in fact compared them unfavourable to a suburban church choir; he then sent for an actual church choir to replace them, from the Russian Orthodox Church in Paris.
cite as
Richard Temple Savage, A voice from the Pit: Reminiscences of an Orchestral Musician (Newton Abbot, 1988), p. 33. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1426870936449 accessed: 5 October, 2024
Listeners
Richard Temple Savage
clarinettist music librarian, writer, music librarian, Clarinetist, Writer
clarinettist music librarian, writer, music librarian, Clarinetist, Writer
1909-
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Prince Igor
written by Aleksandr Borodin |
performed by Sir Thomas Beecham, Russian Orthodox Cathedral Choir of Paris, London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | in the middle of the 1930's |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by iepearson on Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:02:16 +0000
Approved on Sun, 20 Dec 2015 15:21:48 +0000