Benjamin Britten in London - 19 September, 1932
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 115:
Listen to a Wagner Prom after dinner on a very bad wireless. Mastersinger ov. bacchanals, Siegried Idyll. Hagen's Songs* (Norman Allin). Funeral March & finale from Götterdämmerung (Florence Austral) - orchestral playing rough, but some good wind playing.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 115. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434666180871 accessed: 1 February, 2025
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Die Meistersinger
written by Richard Wagner |
performed by Norman Allin, BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Henry Wood |
Götterdämmerung
written by Richard Wagner |
performed by Florence Austral, BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Henry Wood |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 19 September, 1932 |
| Medium | broadcast |
| Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |
Notes
*'Hagen's Watch', 'Hier sitz ich zür wacht' (Act I) and ' Hagen's Call', 'Hoi-ho' (Act II) from Gotterdammerung, a performance by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Henry Wood.
Originally submitted by gkw on Thu, 18 Jun 2015 23:23:01 +0100
Approved on Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:38:35 +0100