Benjamin Britten in Royal College of Music - 22 June, 1932, 08:15 PM

from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 108:

Walk with Beth after tea. Go to R.C.M. with her at 8.15 for part of Chamber concert. Stravinskys 3 pieces for Str. Quartet* (marvelous works) are creditably (not more) played by a quartet including Richards, Then a dismal, disgraceful in technique & musicianship, performance of "La Folia" by R.C. Onley.** A dull cantata ("Non sa che sia dolore" - but it might have been in Sanskrit) by Bach followed.*** After that we fled.
cite as

John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 108. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434662779951 accessed: 23 December, 2024

location of experience: Royal College of Music

Listeners

Benjamin Britten
Composer
1913-1976

Listening to

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La Folia
written by R. C. Onley, Fritz Kreisler
Three Pieces
written by Igor Stravinksy
Non sa che sia dolore (BWV 208)
written by Johann Sebastian Bach

Experience Information

Date/Time 22 June, 1932, 08:15 PM
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Notes

*Stravinsky Three Pieces for string quartet (1914, rev. 1918). **Fritz Kreisler's arrangement for violin and piano of a set of variations by Corelli. ***He Knows Not the Meaning of Sorrow (BWV 208), now considered of doubtful authenticity


Originally submitted by gkw on Thu, 18 Jun 2015 22:26:20 +0100
Approved on Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:40:00 +0100