Benjamin Britten in Vienna - 4 November, 1934
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 231:
Mum has a very nasty fall in her room while washing. She comes down to breakfast, but goes to bed soon after for the rest of the day. So I have to go to the Philharmonic Orch. concert alone - this at 11.30 - conducted Mengelberg. Little can be said abt. the orchestra - I've never heard the like. M. doesn't impress me so much. He rescores Beethoven's lovely Pastoral Symphony in places almost out of recognition - & even Mahler's 4th Symphony (M. of all people knew to the nth degree what he wanted). But I enjoyed this work enormously - I know it's long - but not too long (except perhaps … more >>
John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 231. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438196317486 accessed: 22 January, 2025
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Pastoral Symphony
written by Beethoven |
performed by Mengelberg, Vienna Philharmonic |
Symphony No. 4
written by Gustav Mahler |
performed by Mengelberg, Elizabeth Schumann, Vienna Philharmonic |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 4 November, 1934 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |