in Royal Festival Hall - 1953
from Southbank Centre Archive:
I went to the Festival Hall in 1953 when I was 7 and fell in love with classical music. Shura Cherkassky was playing the piano and Sir Adrian Boult was the conductor. I had a wonderful view of the orchestra and was entranced by the music...it could have been Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1.
Since then, I have been to many, many performances and a few years ago took my, then teenage boys, to see The Nutcracker which, would you believe, they loved!
Southbank Centre (ed.), Southbank Centre Archive. In Southbank Centre Archive. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1449251611914 accessed: 8 November, 2024 (Southbank Centre Archive, http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/about-us/history-and-archive/southbank-centre-archive)
Listening to
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Piano Concerto no. 1
written by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky |
performed by Shura Cherkassky, Sir Adrian Boult |
Ballet Suite, The Nutcracker, Op. 71a
written by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1953 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |