Mrs. Bridge et al. in London - 13 December, 1934

from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 237:

After an early dinner I go with the Bridges to a concert of the Audrey Melville orchestra which F.B. conducts. The orchestra isn't good - the prof. wind being appalling. But even then we had good shows of the Leonora 3 & Borodin's lovely 2nd Symphony. Thelma Reiss plays the Dvorak Vlc concerto, with very lovely tone but not quite musically enough. 

cite as

John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 237. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438250209682 accessed: 16 October, 2024

location of experience: London

Listeners

Benjamin Britten
Composer
1913-1976

Listening to

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Violin Concerto
written by Antonín Dvorák
performed by Audrey Melville Orchestra, Thelma Reiss, Frank Bridge
Leonora Overture No. 3
written by Beethoven
performed by Audrey Melville Orchestra, Frank Bridge
Symphony No. 2
written by Aleksandr Borodin
performed by Audrey Melville Orchestra, Frank Bridge

Experience Information

Date/Time 13 December, 1934
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by gkw on Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:56:49 +0100
Approved on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 13:47:18 +0100