in Royal Festival Hall - the 1950's
from Southbank Centre Archive:
In 1955 I was a 22-year-old teacher in training. I attended several concerts in the Festival Hall 1955-60. Which do I remember? Which one do I cherish most? Oct 57 Holst's The Planets LPO conducted by Boult. Oct 58 Bizet and Franck Symphonies RPO conducted by Beecham. November 59 Beethoven's Choral Symphony Philharmonia Joan Sutherland and Jon Vickers conducted by Klemperer. December 59 Haydn, Mozart, Liszt and Rossini RPO conducted by Beecham. June 61 Stravinsky's Firebird and Orff's Carmina Burana conducted by Stokowski. But the best? July 1956 Verdi's … more >>
Southbank Centre (ed.), Southbank Centre Archive. In Southbank Centre Archive. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1447172347244 accessed: 23 December, 2024 (Southbank Centre Archive, http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/about-us/history-and-archive/southbank-centre-archive)
Listening to
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Carmina Burana
written by Carl Orff |
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The Firebird
written by Igor Stravinksy |
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Classical
written by César Franck, Georges Bizet |
performed by Sir Thomas Beecham |
The Planets, Op. 32
written by Gustav Holst |
performed by Sir Adrian Boult |
9th Symphony
written by Beethoven, Beethoven |
performed by Jon Vickers, Dame Joan Sutherland |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | the 1950's |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | indoors, in public |