Benjamin Britten in London - 12 December, 1932
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 125:
No. III of Lemare MacN. Concerts at Ballet Club. Choral & String programme Arnold Foster - 3 Manx Songs. Lillian Harriss - Phantasy Trio. Jane Joseph - a little Child - Female voices & St. quint. My 2-pt. Songs (3 - Oxford Press - W. de la Mare) - sung v. well. I accompany. They go down well. Helen Perkin plays a Suite of Christian Danton (I turn over). Betty Lutyens - 5 Os.[bert] Sitwell Poems for Chorus & Vlc. 'CB. Horn. Trpt. & Pft. My String quintet Phant. v. badly played by Anne Mac N's quart + Vla. Worse, by far than rehearsals. 3 Three madrigals. the Choir was poor. I sang bass & … more >>
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 125. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435096347919 accessed: 12 October, 2024
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A Little Child
written by Jane Joseph |
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Five Osbert Sitwell Poems
written by Betty Lutyens |
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Phantasy Trio
written by Lillian Harriss |
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Three Manx Songs
written by Arnold Foster |
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Phantasy Quintet
written by Benjamin Britten |
performed by Anne MacNaghten |
unspecified suite
written by Christian Danton |
performed by Helen Perkin |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 12 December, 1932 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by gkw on Tue, 23 Jun 2015 22:52:28 +0100
Approved on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:42:58 +0100