Benjamin Britten in London - 31 January, 1933, 08:30 PM
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 129:
Go to last of series of Lemare-MacNaghten concerts at 8.30 at Ballet Club. Andrews. Oboe. Conc. (Sylvia Spencer) My Sinfonietta; Jacob. Wind 5tet, Finzi Introit (Anne M.), Grace Williams - Tr. & orch. (Walton).* Considering amt. of rehearsal & nature of same, my work went quite well - but oh! Bit of party at B Club. after & to the Bridges after with Bazil Reeve, who came up.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 129. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435185456871 accessed: 8 November, 2024
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Movement for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra
written by Grace Williams |
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Serenade
written by Gordon Jacob |
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Sinfonietta
written by Benjamin Britten |
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Introit
written by Gerald Finzi |
performed by Anne MacNaghten |
Oboe Concerto in C
written by H. K. Andrew |
performed by Silvia Spencer |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 31 January, 1933, 08:30 PM |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
*H. K. Andrews Concerto in C for oboe and chamber orchestra (1932); Britten Sinfonietta for ten instruments (1932), later published as his Op. 1; Gordon Jacob Serenade for five wind instruments (1932) unpublished; Gerald Finzi Introit for small orchestra and solo violin (1932) later published as the Introit in F, Op. 6; Grace Williams Movement for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra (1932), unpublished - not to be confused with the later Trumpet Concerto of 1963.
Originally submitted by gkw on Wed, 24 Jun 2015 23:37:37 +0100
Approved on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:39:05 +0100