Richard Temple Savage in Norwich - in the middle of 1936
from A voice from the Pit: Reminiscences of an Orchestral Musician, pages 40-41:
Beecham conducted Delius' "Mass of Life" which meant that we had to send for a certain Captain Waterhouse who played the bass oboe. He was a total mystery to me, I never knew his first name - he was always referred to simply as Captain Waterhouse - I never talked to him; he would appear, tallish, faintly military, not young, and vanish again. I often wondered what he did during those long, long spells when he was not playing the bass oboe, an instrument for which opportunities of employment were very rare indeed. But I never discovered.
cite as
Richard Temple Savage, A voice from the Pit: Reminiscences of an Orchestral Musician (Newton Abbot, 1988), p. 40-41. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1426871231562 accessed: 12 September, 2024
Listeners
Richard Temple Savage
1909-
Listening to
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'Mass of Life'
written by Delius |
performed by unnamed choir, unnamed soloists, Sir Thomas Beecham, London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Experience Information
Date/Time | in the middle of 1936 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors, in public |
Notes
Follows straight on from Experience 1426871249587.
Originally submitted by iepearson on Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:07:11 +0000
Approved on Sun, 20 Dec 2015 15:27:59 +0000