Benjamin Britten in Lowestoft - 2 June, 1934

from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 213:

After dinner listen to wireless - including a bit of 9th Symphony from Hilversum - conductor luckily unamed - very bad, tempi ridiculous, grosely over-scored (re-scored) & ill-balanced.

cite as

John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 213. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438107486246 accessed: 19 April, 2024

location of experience: Lowestoft

Listeners

Benjamin Britten
Composer
1913-1976

Listening to

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Symphony No. 9
written by Hilversum

Experience Information

Date/Time 2 June, 1934
Medium broadcast
Listening Environment in private, indoors, solitary

Originally submitted by gkw on Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:18:06 +0100
Approved on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:20:40 +0100