Benjamin Britten in Lowestoft - 16 February, 1935
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 249:
Bath before dinner - after which get Act III, IV, I of Pelleas & Melisande from Huizen - a very fine performance with Concertgebouw Orch. under Pierre Monteux - unfortunately the atmospherics often dreadful, so alot of the delicious music was lost. It is marvellous stuff - but so sensitive & intangible.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 249. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438271719738 accessed: 9 November, 2024
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Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)
written by Claude Debussy |
performed by Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Monteux |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 16 February, 1935 |
| Medium | broadcast |
| Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |
Originally submitted by gkw on Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:55:19 +0100
Approved on Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:19:32 +0000