Denis Matthews in Vienna - 1950
from In Pursuit of Music, page 135:
The journey was memorable, for we had Kathleen Ferrier as a travelling-companion, Kathleen whom we knew and loved, now on her way with us to help disprove the notion that Britain was Das Land ohne Musik. Those Viennese altos who were sceptical, or resented the intrusion, and attended the rehearsals of the St Matthew Passion and the B minor Mass in a carping … more >>
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Denis Matthews, In Pursuit of Music (London, 1966), p. 135. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1477602156779 accessed: 5 October, 2024
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'Erbarme dich' from the St. Matthew Passion
written by Johann Sebastian Bach |
performed by Kathleen Ferrier |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1950 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Thu, 27 Oct 2016 22:02:36 +0100
Approved on Wed, 17 May 2017 08:09:56 +0100