Benjamin Britten in London - 7 July, 1932
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 109:
Write home & listen to wireless after supper. Prokofiev's attractive overture on Yiddish Themes, a Bax carol, Elizabeth Maconchy's ordinary Pft concerto (Kathleen Long) some amazing Beggar Songs of Hermann Reutter. Put solos of Bartok & Walton's Delightful & attractive Façade.* Performances on the whole inadequate under Stanford Robinsons - except for the Wireless Singers who sang brilliantly
cite as
John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 109. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434664044711 accessed: 18 April, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers
Allegro barbaro
written by Béla Bartók |
|
Burlesque No. 1
written by Béla Bartók |
|
Concertino
written by Elizabeth Maconchy |
performed by Kathleen Long, Kathleen |
Façade
written by Sir William Walton |
performed by Stanford Robinsons |
Four Beggar Songs
written by Hermann Reutter |
performed by Stanford Robinsons |
Of a Rose I Sing a Song
written by A. Bax |
performed by Stanford Robinsons |
Overture on Hebrew Themes
written by Sergei Prokofiev |
performed by Stanford Robinsons |
Romanian Dance No. 1
written by Béla Bartók |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 7 July, 1932 |
| Medium | broadcast |
| Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |
Notes
Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes for chamber ensemble (1919); Bax Of a Rose I Sing a Song, carol for choir, harp, cello and double bass (1920); Four Beggar Songs; Bartok Romanian Dance No. 1 (1915), Burlesque No. 1 (1908), Allegro barbaro (1911); Walton Façade, first suite for orchestra (1926).
Originally submitted by gkw on Thu, 18 Jun 2015 22:47:24 +0100
Approved on Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:39:22 +0100