Richard Church et al. in Clapham

from The Golden Sovereign, pages 48–49:

But Young Harry, who had caused the disturbance, was too upset to settle down at the keyboard.  He flung back his hair, looked at his uncle accusingly, and stood up.

“No!” he cried, “I can’t take the piano part after that.  You’d better.  I’ll play the ’cello.”

And he picked up his own instrument, bent over it, his hair almost sweeping the strings, and began to tune…   more >>

cite as

Richard Church, The Golden Sovereign (London, 1957), p. 48–49. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1445795228144 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Clapham

Listeners

Richard Church
editor, Civil service, Novelist, Poet […]
1893-1972
Bertie Bridge
Double bassist

Listening to

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Piano Trio No. 1
written by Franz Schubert
performed by 'Old Harry' Bridge, 'Young Harry' Bridge, Charlie Bridge

Experience Information

Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Notes

This is the performance of a Schubert piano trio referred to in Listening Experience no. 1445794529158. The Bridge family have been arguing about the merits of Wagner's music immediately before the performance.


Originally submitted by lcc5 on Sun, 25 Oct 2015 17:47:08 +0000
Approved on Thu, 10 Mar 2016 10:27:19 +0000