Benjamin Britten in London - 11 December, 1933
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 156:
Paul Wright comes to dinner, & go to Ballet Club with him by 8.30. 2nd of MacN. Lemare concerts - Choir (select(!!)), & quart. Do. Elizabeth Machonchy's Motets, & Syke's Motet. My 2 part songs (which I accompany) go quite well - esp. Lift Boy. But really there isn't a singer in the lot of them. Anne did her best with my 'Go Play, Boy, Play' - but again, I want 1st class instrumentalists besides enthusiasm.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 156. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1437666976821 accessed: 7 October, 2024
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written by Elizabeth Machonchy, Syke |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 11 December, 1933 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by gkw on Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:56:17 +0100
Approved on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 22:47:05 +0100