excerpt from 'Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900' pp. 348-9 (156 words)
excerpt from 'Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900' pp. 348-9 (156 words)
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The group of new “Mus. Docs." was to have included Verdi and Grieg, but these composers were unable to accept the invitation of the University. However, the remaining four constituted a sufficiently illustrious group, and the concert at the Cambridge Guildhall was of memorable interest. Saint-Saens played for the first time the brilliant pianoforte fantasia “Africa," which he had lately written at Cairo; Max Bruch directed a choral scene from his “Odysseus"; and Boito conducted the prologue from “Mefistofele, " Georg Henschel singing the solo part. Finally, Tschaikowsky directed the first performance in England of his fine symphonic poem, “Francesca da Rimini,'' a work depicting with graphic power the tormenting winds wherein Dante beholds Francesca in the “Second Circle" and hears her recital of her sad story, as described in the fifth canto of the “Inferno.'' The ovation that greeted each master in turn will be readily imagined. |
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