Benjamin Britten in Queen's Hall - 21 October, 1931
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 86:
Go to. B.B.C. Concert (1st half - Area,* 2nd half - Stalls with Bridges). Strauss - conducting Mozart Eb Symphony, his own three Hölderlin Prayers (beautifully sung by Margarete Teschemacher), & Domestic Symphony.** Dull & annoying Mozart - can it be he who wrote Don Juan? Hölderlin songs; boring & monotonous Straussian sounds. Domestic: amusing, & annoying by turns; but with some lovely bits. Orch. as good as could be with such a conductor (or rather beater). Come home by bus, via. Bridges by 11.5.
John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 86. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434113093969 accessed: 12 December, 2024
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Sinfonia domestica, Op. 53
written by Richard Strauss |
performed by Richard Strauss |
Don Juan (Strauss)
written by Richard Strauss |
performed by Richard Strauss |
Sinfonia domestica, Op. 53
written by Richard Strauss |
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Symphony No 39 in E flat, K
written by Mozart |
performed by Richard Strauss |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 21 October, 1931 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
*The seatless Promenaders' section of the Queen's Hall, London. **Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E flat, K543; the UK premiere of Richard Strauss's Drei Hymnen von Friedrich Hölderlin, Op. 71; and his Sinfonia domestic, Op. 53 and tone poem, Don Juan, Op. 20.