Benjamin Britten in Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate - 15 November, 1932
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 122:
After dinner I go to Lemare-MacN. concert no.2. at Ballet club. Desperately dull. Quartets by Locke, Gordon Jacob (not even competent, I feel) & Phant. of Helen Perkin (the best of the programme, in spots amusing but never really felt. Among these Muriel Herbert (acc. by Alannah Delias for whom I turn over) sings some of her impossible songs, & one each of Betty Lutyens & E. Maconchy.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 122. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434920977766 accessed: 25 November, 2024
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Phantasy Quartet
written by Helen Perkin |
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Unspecified quartets
written by Locke, Gordon Jacob |
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Unspecified songs
written by E. Maconchy, Betty Lutyens, Muriel Herbert |
performed by Alannah Delias, Muriel Herbert |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 15 November, 1932 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by gkw on Sun, 21 Jun 2015 22:09:38 +0100
Approved on Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:31:09 +0100