Princess Elizabeth in Royal Festival Hall - between 30 May, 1956 and 1997
from Southbank Centre Archive:
I am an American who attended his first RFH event on May 30, 1956--Joseph Kripps conducting, Claude [Claudio] Arrau piano, in an all-Beethoven program (Piano Concerto #1, Symphonies #2 & 5. It was basically my introduction the UK, on the first of my subsequent 44 tips [trips] to the UK. My late wife and I sat just below the Queen in the Royal Box in 1997 when the various bands of the Guard performed. I attended my last (but not my last) RFH performmance two weeks before the reconstruction began. I am … more >>
Southbank Centre (ed.), Southbank Centre Archive. In Southbank Centre Archive. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1449252292638 accessed: 7 October, 2024 (Southbank Centre Archive, http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/about-us/history-and-archive/southbank-centre-archive)
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Piano Concerto No 1
written by Beethoven |
performed by Joseph Kripps, Claudio Arrau |
Bands of the Guard |
Experience Information
Date/Time | between 30 May, 1956 and 1997 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |