Yehudi Menuhin in Curran Theatre

from Unfinished Journey, page 22:

Perched high on the Curran Theatre cliff on concert afternoons, I let my gaze slide past the conductor, whose part in the delightful goings-on below rather defeated my comprehension, to focus on the concertmaster, Louis Persinger. Once in a while he would have a solo passage. I learned to wait for those moments when the sweet, lovely sound of the violin floated up to the gallery, thrilling, caressing, and more entrancing than any other. During one such performance I asked my parents if I might have a violin for my fourth birthday and Louis Persinger to teach me to play it.

cite as

Yehudi Menuhin, Unfinished Journey (London, April, 1977), p. 22. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1409692705710 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Curran Theatre

Listeners

Yehudi Menuhin
Violinist, Conducting
1916-1999

Listening to

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Violin playing performed by Louis Persinger

Experience Information

Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by tlisboa on Tue, 02 Sep 2014 22:18:26 +0100
Approved on Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:41:56 +0000