Benjamin Britten in Lowestoft - 9 August, 1934
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 220:
Listen to a flabbergasting show of Act III of Götterdämmerung from Bayreuth. Leider & Max Lorenz (Siegfried) were worthy of the music, & Elmendorff rose to the occasion magnificently - I have never heard the Funeral March better played - the rhythm so strict & stern. Atmospherics were troublesome, but could not upset my enjoyment of the work.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 220. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438170992061 accessed: 21 January, 2025
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Götterdämmerung
written by Richard Wagner |
performed by Elmendorff, Leider, Max Lorenz |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 9 August, 1934 |
| Medium | broadcast |
| Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |
Originally submitted by gkw on Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:56:32 +0100
Approved on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:12:54 +0100