Benjamin Britten in Queen's Hall - 14 March, 1930
from Diary of Benjamin Britten, March 14 1930, page 36:
Have two of the most hectic days in my life. To hegin with, the Taxi ordered to take me and my heavy bag & music case to station doesn't turn up & I run 1/2 mile in 6 mins & leap into train, more dead than alive, without ticket or breath as it is moving. Meet Mummy at Kings X, & have meal, & go for talk with H.S. at 3.0, about my future. Have tea there & go immediately to Bridge at 5.45 & have 1 hrs lesson & leap back to Belvedere Hotel in time to have a short dinner with Barbara & Mummy, before going (incidently 5 min late) to topping concert at Queen's H. with Mummy. Backhaus was simply … more >>
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Benjamin Britten, Diary of Benjamin Britten, March 14 1930. In John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London), p. 36. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1394187928064 accessed: 15 November, 2024
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Symphony No. 3
written by Arnold Bax |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 14 March, 1930 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by Simon Brown on Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:25:28 +0000