Benjamin Britten in Teatro Comunale, Florence - 4 April, 1934
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 206:
At 9.0 p.m. 1st Int. Soc Orchestral concert under Scherchen at Teatro Comunale - Honneger Symph mov. no. 3 (v. fine) - Ravel Lefthand pft. Concerto (not Revel at his best, but very charming in sports - Witgensten plays it) - Bartoks amusing 1st Rhapsody (Szigeti) - Markeievitch Salmo (which causes a bit of a scene, but is not really so important - interesting & original in spots) & Schrechter's Turkamenia [Turkmenia - suite for orchestra] - highly coloured but rather cheap underneath.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 206. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1437944250830 accessed: 6 October, 2024
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Rhapsody No. 1
written by Béla Bartók |
performed by Hermann Scherchen, Joseph Szigeti |
Salmo
written by Markievitch |
performed by Hermann Scherchen |
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
written by Maurice Ravel |
performed by Wittgenstein |
Mouvement Symphonique No.3
written by Arthur Honegger |
performed by Hermann Scherchen |
Turkmenia
written by Schrechter |
performed by Hermann Scherchen |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 4 April, 1934 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by gkw on Sun, 26 Jul 2015 21:57:31 +0100
Approved on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:28:30 +0100