in London - April, 1862
from Life and letters of Sir Charles Hallé; being an autobiography (1819-1860) , pages 264-265:
The journey from Manchester to London never seemed shorter to me than it did yesterday. Heller and Joachim were as merry as larks, and we amused ourselves greatly. On arriving, I established Heller in his rooms, which please him ; then I gave two lessons, and rejoined Heller and Joachim at the Wellington for dinner. In the evening I had a paid private concert at Mr. Cook's, where I played four of Beethoven's sonatas to ten people, so that I came home rather tired
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Charles Halle, and Marie Hallé and Charles E Halle (ed.), Life and letters of Sir Charles Hallé; being an autobiography (1819-1860) (London, 1896), p. 264-265. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1429007281046 accessed: 21 March, 2025
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Sonatas
written by Beethoven |
performed by Charles Halle |
Experience Information
Date/Time | April, 1862 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by Meg Barclay on Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:28:01 +0100
Approved on Sat, 24 Oct 2015 11:44:41 +0100