Benjamin Britten in London - 26 January, 1932
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 97:
Go straight to Hampstead to dinner with Howard Ferguson at 6.30. Go to concert with Him & Gerald Finzi at Conway Hall The Erhart Chamber orchestra. Rather a bad show - orch. not very good R.V. Williams Charterhouse Suite. 3 Canzone Ricercate (R.O. Morris, which we went to here). V. contrapuntal & academic. A terribly long & meandering "Ode to Nightingale" for Strings, Pft & Tenor by Dorothy Erhart. & 2 Grainger pieces. Back by 10.45.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 97. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434292670462 accessed: 19 April, 2024
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3 Canzone Ricercat
written by R. O. Morris |
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Charterhouse Suite
written by Ralph Vaughan Williams |
performed by Erhart Chamber Orchestra |
Ode to Nightingale
written by Dorothy Erhart |
performed by Erhart Chamber Orchestra |
unspecified Grainger
written by Percy Grainger |
performed by Erhart Chamber Orchestra |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 26 January, 1932 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by gkw on Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:37:51 +0100
Approved on Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:16:26 +0100