in Royal Festival Hall - between the 1960's and the 1970's
from Southbank Centre Archive:
1968/9? The most memorable concert (perhaps I was more easily pleased at age 16/17) was Georg Szell conducting the Eroica Symphony with Sir Clifford Curzon playing a Mozart concerto in the first half (was it D Minor, C Minor or A Minor K488?, one of my favourites anyway.) I also remember late 60s Karl Richter conducting St John Passion with Ernst Haffliger as evangelist and a large orchestra. Richter directed from the harpsicord. Saddest was Britten's memorial concert (1976).
Southbank Centre (ed.), Southbank Centre Archive. In Southbank Centre Archive. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1444650142483 accessed: 22 December, 2024 (Southbank Centre Archive, http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/about-us/history-and-archive/southbank-centre-archive)
Listening to
hide composersBritten Memorial Concert | |
Mozart concerto
written by Mozart |
performed by Clifford Curzon |
St John Passion
written by Bach |
performed by Ernst Haffliger |
Eroica Symphony
written by Beethoven |
performed by George Szell |
Experience Information
Date/Time | between the 1960's and the 1970's |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |