Queen Victoria et al. in Balmoral Castle
from Westminster Pilgrim; Being a Record of Service in Church, Cathedral and Abbey, College University and Concert Room, with a Few Notes on Sport, pages 302-3:
In 1890 my dramatic oratorio "The Repentance of Nineveh" was produced at the Worcester Triennial Festival, my gracious friend (Madame Albani) singing the principal solos. She was much struck by an Aria, "Hear ye and give ear," and later very kindly and entirely spontaneously brought my composition to the notice of Queen Victoria. I append some extracts from a letter that she wrote to me from Braemar, where she was staying, in September of the same year: DEAR DR. BRIDGE, Soon after my return from Worcester, Her Majesty The Queen honoured me with a visit, and over tea I took the opportunity … more >>
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. 302-3. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1433168080595 accessed: 15 October, 2024
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Hear ye and give ear
written by Frederick Bridge |
performed by Emma Albani |
Experience Information
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |