Richard Temple Savage in Royal Opera House
from A voice from the Pit: Reminiscences of an Orchestral Musician, pages 138-139:
We had an identical experience in 1963 when Shostakovitch [sic] arrived to listen to rehearsals of his "Katerina Ismailova" conducted by Edward Downes, also in accordance with the composer's own metronome markings in the score.
cite as
Richard Temple Savage, A voice from the Pit: Reminiscences of an Orchestral Musician (Newton Abbot, 1988), p. 138-139. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1433701307234 accessed: 19 April, 2024
Listeners
Richard Temple Savage
clarinettist music librarian, writer, music librarian, Clarinetist, Writer
clarinettist music librarian, writer, music librarian, Clarinetist, Writer
1909-
Listening to
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Katerina Izmailova
written by Dmitri Shostakovich |
performed by Covent Garden Opera Company |
Experience Information
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Connected with Experience 1432843043266.
Originally submitted by iepearson on Sun, 07 Jun 2015 19:21:47 +0100
Approved on Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:09:55 +0000