Richard Temple Savage in London - between at the end of the 1930's and in the beginning of the 1950's

from A voice from the Pit: Reminiscences of an Orchestral Musician, pages 35-36:

Albert Coates, a fine conductor originally trained in Russia ... I remember him in his later years as no respecter of the composer's intentions as to tempi - he would put rubati in the "Casse-Noisette" Suite and in Beethoven's Pastoral that had to be heard to be believed
cite as

Richard Temple Savage, A voice from the Pit: Reminiscences of an Orchestral Musician (Newton Abbot, 1988), p. 35-36. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1426871044192 accessed: 8 November, 2024

location of experience: London

Listeners

Richard Temple Savage
clarinettist music librarian, writer, music librarian, Clarinetist, Writer
1909-

Listening to

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'Casse Noisette' suite op. 71a
written by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
performed by unspecified orchestra, Albert Coates
Pastoral Symphony
written by Beethoven
performed by unspecified orchestra, Albert Coates

Experience Information

Date/Time between at the end of the 1930's and in the beginning of the 1950's
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors, in public

Notes

Locations unspecified.

Originally submitted by iepearson on Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:04:04 +0000
Approved on Sun, 20 Dec 2015 15:24:47 +0000