Frederick Bridge in Royal Albert Hall - 1877
from Westminster Pilgrim; Being a Record of Service in Church, Cathedral and Abbey, College University and Concert Room, with a Few Notes on Sport, page 65:
On a later occasion (in 1877), in the same hall, I saw Wagner conduct or try to conduct some of his own works. But he was really hopeless as a conductor. Had it not been for Richter, the affair would have been a pitiful failure.
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Frederick Bridge, Westminster Pilgrim; Being a Record of Service in Church, Cathedral and Abbey, College University and Concert Room, with a Few Notes on Sport (), p. 65. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1432793363878 accessed: 2 February, 2025
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written by Richard Wagner, Frederick Bridge, Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
performed by Richard Wagner |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1877 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
In 1877, Wagner himself was the star attraction of a month-long festival at the Royal Albert Hall, which featured extracts from Der Ring des Nibelungen, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin and Die Meistersinger. Bernard Shaw reported that the composer conducted a vast and clumsy orchestra of about 170 players with the air of a man “who hoped he might never be condemned to listen to such a performance again” (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2a4a7f02-f8fa-11e2-86e1-00144feabdc0.html)
Originally submitted by sp327 on Thu, 28 May 2015 07:09:25 +0100
Approved on Mon, 16 Nov 2015 11:00:50 +0000