Benjamin Britten in London - 9 January, 1932, 08:00 AM
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 95:
Musical Evening. at 8.0. Besides ourselves 3 Colemans, Mrs. & John Nicholson Mr & Mrs Back (who both sing) Mr & Mrs. Owles. Mrs & Miss Phillips. 2 Miss Boyds. 2 Miss Astles (Miss Ethel plays). Miss Banks. Miss Goldsmith. Sing a lot of Part Songs including my variations* - quite good! I play Ravel "Jeux d'eau" & Debussy "Reflets" & Franck Symp. Variations. Mum sings Ireland "12 Oxen" & Armstrong Gibbs "to one who passed Whistling". Quite a success. They go about 11.45.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 95. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434289594592 accessed: 15 November, 2024
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12 Oxen
written by John Ireland |
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Variations on a French Carol
written by Benjamin Britten |
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unspecified
written by Ernő Dohnányi |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 9 January, 1932, 08:00 AM |
| Duration | 3 hours 45 minutes |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
*The premiere of Britten's Variations on a French Carol.
Originally submitted by gkw on Sun, 14 Jun 2015 14:46:34 +0100
Approved on Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:17:55 +0100