Benjamin Britten in Royal Albert Hall - 25 October, 1931, 03:00 PM
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, pages 86-87:
Go to Albert Hall Concert 3.0 L.S.O. Beecham. Smetena's sparkling Bart. Bride ov. Mozart 32. C maj, delightful, Symphony, Edna Iles in Beethoven's Fine 3rd Concerto - Delius Marvellously beaut. but Wagnerian Walk to Paradise Garden (Vill. Rom & Juliet) - & Bizet's Charming 1st L'Arlesienne Suite. Orch. probably very good (also Edna Iles) but Echo was more than usually vile where I was sitting (Stalls - ticket given by Lauricella). Thomas Beecham v. good tho' too spectacular - we want a screen!
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 86-87. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434113567911 accessed: 8 December, 2024
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Walk to Paradise Garden
written by Richard Wagner |
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unspecified orchestral music
written by J. Strauss, Offenbach, Franz Schubert, Delius, Brahms, Paul Dukas, Pierre Boulez, Richard Strauss, Mozart |
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1'st L'arlesienne Suite
written by Georges Bizet |
performed by Sir Thomas Beecham, London Symphony Orchestra |
Piano Concerto no 3
written by Beethoven |
performed by Edna Iles |
Symphony No 34 in C
written by Mozart |
performed by Sir Thomas Beecham, London Symphony Orchestra |
The Bartered Bride
written by Bedřich Smetana |
performed by Sir Thomas Beecham, London Symphony Orchestra |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 25 October, 1931, 03:00 PM |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by gkw on Fri, 12 Jun 2015 13:52:48 +0100
Approved on Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:25:11 +0100