Benjamin Britten in Lowestoft - 3 January, 1931
from Diary of Benjamin Britten, Jan 3 1931, page 59:
Practise at 11.45 at the Colemans with Charles & Bazil. Musical Evening at 8.0. Chief Attraction - Mr Voke's singing. He sings esp. well, Boris' Monologue (twice). About 30 altogether came. We try my W.S. Blunt Song for Sops. & Altos - utter failure. People terrified by accidentals and manuscript (copied by Aunt Q [Queenie] - & self). Play Bach 2ble concerto. Mozart Sonata in D [BB notates sonata rhythm here] Merry Andrew, etc.
cite as
Benjamin Britten, Diary of Benjamin Britten, Jan 3 1931. In John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London), p. 59. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1396368479880 accessed: 28 November, 2024
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Act II of Boris Godunov
written by Modest Mussorgsky |
performed by Mr Voke |
Double Concerto
written by Bach |
performed by Benjamin Britten |
Merry Andrew
written by John Ireland |
performed by Benjamin Britten |
O fly not, Pleasure
written by Benjamin Britten |
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Sonata in D K311
written by Mozart |
performed by Benjamin Britten |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 3 January, 1931 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others |
Originally submitted by Simon Brown on Tue, 01 Apr 2014 17:08:00 +0100