in Royal Festival Hall - 1958
from Southbank Centre Archive:
My first memory of the Royal Festival Hall is being taken to see the Festival Ballet in Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker when I was four. I was taken by my parents with my brother who was seven as a Christmas treat so it would have been in December 58. Our seats were at the front of the terrace on the aisle and when I sat down I couldn’t see, so naturally I stood up. Fortunately I was not in anybody’s way so I stood for the whole performance. So did my brother. We were both so enthralled… more >>
Southbank Centre (ed.), Southbank Centre Archive. In Southbank Centre Archive. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1449251883213 accessed: 4 December, 2024 (Southbank Centre Archive, http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/about-us/history-and-archive/southbank-centre-archive)
Listening to
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Ballet Suite, The Nutcracker, Op. 71a
written by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1958 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |