Richard Temple Savage et al. in Norwich - in the middle of 1936
from A voice from the Pit: Reminiscences of an Orchestral Musician, page 40:
The other notable first performance was of Benjamin Britten's "Our Hunting Fathers" and Auden's verses attacking blood sports also surprised the Festival audience a little. It was conducted by the composer and I understand that Sophie Wyss, the singer, recounts in her memoirs that the orchestra behaved so badly at rehearsals we had to be reproved by Vaughan Williams! I confess I have no recollection of this although we certainly had problems. At this time Britten was very young, full of brilliant new ideas but quite unused to relating to hardened orchestral players. The work was full of … more >>
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Richard Temple Savage, A voice from the Pit: Reminiscences of an Orchestral Musician (Newton Abbot, 1988), p. 40. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1426871249587 accessed: 6 October, 2024
Listeners
Richard Temple Savage
1909-
Listening to
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'Our Hunting Fathers' op. 8
written by Benjamin Britten |
performed by Sophie Wyss, Benjamin Britten, 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 on from Experience 1426871266847.
Originally submitted by iepearson on Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:07:29 +0000
Approved on Sun, 20 Dec 2015 15:28:56 +0000