excerpt from 'Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900' pp. 183 (183 words)
excerpt from 'Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900' pp. 183 (183 words)
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On his return to town in the evening, he attended a reception given in his honor at the Grosvenor Gallery by Walter Bache. This was in some respects the most striking function of the series. The gathering was in every sense a representative one, and the famous abbe, as he went round chatting from group to group, seemed positively radiant with happiness. To repeat his own words, addressed to myself: “You have so overwhelmed me with kindness in this country that I shall be quite sorry when the time comes for me to leave you.” The programme comprised his “Angelus” for strings, a chorus for female voices, a pianoforte piece, and some songs; and finally, amid a scene of great excitement, he himself played the finale of Schubert's “Divertissement a la Hongroise” and his own Hungarian rhapsody in A minor. This glorious treat furnished the crowning feature of a memorable evening— doubly memorable because it was the last time but one that Franz Liszt touched his instrument in the presence of a public or quasi-public assemblage.
On his return to town in the evening, he attended a reception given in his honor at the Grosvenor Gallery by Walter Bache. This was in some respects the most striking function of the series. The gathering was in every sense a representative one, and the famous abbe, as he went round chatting from group to group, seemed positively radiant with happiness. To repeat his own words, addressed to myself: “You have so overwhelmed me with kindness in this country that I shall be quite sorry when the time comes for me to leave you.” The programme comprised his “Angelus” for strings, a chorus for female voices, a pianoforte piece, and some songs; and finally, amid a scene of great excitement, he himself played the finale of Schubert's “Divertissement a la Hongroise” and his own Hungarian rhapsody in A minor. This glorious treat furnished the crowning feature of a memorable evening— doubly memorable because it was the last time but one that Franz Liszt touched his instrument in the presence of a public or quasi-public assemblage. |
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