in Royal Festival Hall - the 1950's
from Southbank Centre Archive:
It is so difficult to detail so much pleasure over so many years. The names say it all - Schwarzkopf, de Los Angeles, Gheorgiu, Kissin, Fischer-Dieskau, Klemperer, Davis, Krips, Haitink, LSO Chorus and Orchestra, Vienna Phil and so the list goes on, bringing special and warm memories of a loved and virbrant concert hall, and delightful meeting place. Deeply treasured memories are Peter Pears singing the tenor arias in Messiah under Klemperer, and Schwarzkof's Four Last Songs and Final Act of Capriccio under the young Maazal. … more >>
Southbank Centre (ed.), Southbank Centre Archive. In Southbank Centre Archive. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1449659952645 accessed: 25 November, 2024 (Southbank Centre Archive, http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/about-us/history-and-archive/southbank-centre-archive)
Listening to
hide composersVarious | performed by De Los Angeles, Gheorgiu, Haitink, Kissin, Krips, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Shwarzkopf, Otto Klemperer, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, London Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic |
Four Last Songs & Capriccio | performed by Maazal, Schwarzkopf |
Messiah
written by George Frideric Handel |
performed by Otto Klemperer, Peter Pears |
Experience Information
Date/Time | the 1950's |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |