Benjamin Britten in Lowestoft - 20 January, 1935
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 244:
Usual Sunday, long walk with Beth in morning. Wireless, reading, letters, work at other times of day. F.B. conducts a lovely B.B.C. Orch. concert at 9.20. Haydn 99 Symphony - v. beautifully played - Schönberg's lovely Verklärte Nacht - which the strings played splendidly. A rousing show of his own thrilling Enter Spring, with the heavenly tune in it. And a brisk finale in Coq D'or Wedding March* Act. the hall's a bit too resonant, but otherwise it was a fabulous concert.
John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 244. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438268018407 accessed: 18 December, 2024
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Enter Spring, Rhapsody for orchestra
written by Frank Bridge |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Frank Bridge |
'Wedding march' from Act III of Le Coq d'Or
written by Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimski-Korsakow |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Frank Bridge |
Symphony No. 99 in E flat (Hob.I:99)
written by Joseph Haydn |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Frank Bridge |
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
written by Arnold Schoenberg |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Frank Bridge |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 20 January, 1935 |
| Medium | broadcast |
| Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |
Notes
*Haydn Symphony No. 99 in E flat (Hob.I:99); Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4, for strings; Bridge Enter Spring, Rhapsody for orchestra (1926-7); Rimsky-Korsakov 'Wedding march' from Act III of Le Coq d'Or.