Georg Henschel in Koblenz - February, 1877

from Musings & memories of a musician, page 84:

The end of that month of February found Brahms and me together in Coblentz on the Rhine, where we were the soloists at one of the regular Symphony Concerts conducted by Maszkowski, a young and enthusiastic musician, a Pole, who afterwards succeeded Bernhard Scholz as conductor of the Orchester Verein in my native Breslau. On the day before the concert there was, as usual (people seemed to have time then), the final full rehearsal — " Generalprobe " — to which in most places in Germany the public are admitted. Brahms had…   more >>

cite as

Georg Henschel, Musings & memories of a musician (London, 1918), p. 84. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1473710551011 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Koblenz

Listeners

Georg Henschel
baritone, Composer, Conducting, Pianist
1850-1934

Listening to

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Concerto in A minor
written by Robert Schumann
performed by Johannes Brahms

Experience Information

Date/Time February, 1877
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by Meg Barclay on Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:02:31 +0100
Approved on Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:52:58 +0100