Benjamin Britten in Lowestoft - 28 December, 1934
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 240:
In evening, Beth & Aunt Flo go to a film, but I stay and listen to a B.B.C. orch concert, conducted (atrociously) by R.V. Williams. Grace has 2 Psalms done - nor her best works but definitely musical, & far away the best of the programme which inc. dreadful concoctions by E. Maconchy, R.O. Morris, Robin Milford, & R.V.W. (5 dreadfully boring mystical (?) songs). It is concerts like this which make me absolutely despair of English Music and its critics.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 240. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438253320162 accessed: 25 November, 2024
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Two Psalms
written by Grace Williams |
performed by Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 28 December, 1934 |
| Medium | broadcast |
| Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |
Originally submitted by gkw on Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:48:41 +0100
Approved on Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:12:00 +0100