Wilhelm Ganz in St James's Hall - 24 May, 1879
from Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life, pages 139-40:
The concert on May 24th was remarkable for the appearance of both Saint-Saens and Sarasate. One would have expected such a combination to draw a huge crowd, but such was not the case. When Sarasate gave recitals on his own account they were always crammed, which shows that the public wished to hear one artist, by himself, at the whole concert. There were two novelties by Saint-Saens, his C minor Concerto and his Symphony in A minor, which I asked him to conduct.
cite as
Wilhelm Ganz, Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life. In Internet Archive (London, 1913), p. 139-40. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436260597356 accessed: 7 December, 2024
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Piano Concerto in C minor
written by Saint-Saens, Beethoven |
performed by Saint-Saens, New Philharmonic Orchestra London |
Symphony in A Minor
written by Saint-Saens |
performed by Saint-Saens, New Philharmonic Orchestra London |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 24 May, 1879 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by sp327 on Tue, 07 Jul 2015 10:16:37 +0100
Approved on Wed, 18 Nov 2015 14:16:57 +0000