in Royal Festival Hall - the 1950's
from Southbank Centre Archive:
Irmgard Seefried and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf singing (mainly) German Lieder - usually with Gerald Moore. Lisa Della Casa singing, in particular, Brahms' "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer". Hans Rosbaud conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra magisterially in a completely modern concert - Schoenberg, Webern, Berg, Blacher etc. - in such a way that it sounded like music. Clifford Curzon playing Mozart's 24th Piano Concerto with Harry Blech and the London Mozart Players in several successive years.
Southbank Centre (ed.), Southbank Centre Archive. In Southbank Centre Archive. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1443616766899 accessed: 19 April, 2024 (Southbank Centre Archive, http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/about-us/history-and-archive/southbank-centre-archive)
Listening to
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Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
written by Brahms |
performed by Lisa Della Casa |
Various
written by Berg, Blacher, Arnold Schoenberg, Brahms, Mozart, Mozart, Anton Webern |
performed by Irmgard Seefried, Lisa Della Casa, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Clifford Curzon, Gerald Moore, Hans Rosbaud |
24th Piano Concerto
written by Mozart |
performed by Clifford Curzon |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | the 1950's |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |