Miss Fass et al. in Waterloo Bridge - 14 October, 1932, 08:00 PM
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 117:
Go to Bridges at 7.0 & with Miss Fass we go to B.B.C. Studio at Waterloo Bridge, where at 8.0 F.B. conducts a concert. Frank Titterton with a magnificent voice sings to F.B. Songs - Adoration & Love went a-r. - heavenly things, & the Prize song.* Leonora 3 (taken slower than usual - with gain in effect) Borodin Symph. no. 2 (not particularly impressing as a work but the playing was, in sports delightful) & an exuberant perf of Rimsky's Wedding March from Coq D'ore Back to 4. B.G's for supper until 11.45.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 117. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434901360689 accessed: 28 November, 2024
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'Prize Song' from Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
written by Richard Wagner |
performed by Frank Titterton, Frank Bridge |
Adoration
written by Frank Bridge |
performed by Frank Titterton, Frank Bridge |
Leonora Overture No. 3
written by Beethoven |
performed by Frank Bridge |
Love Went A-riding
written by Frank Bridge |
performed by Frank Titterton, Frank Bridge |
Symphony No. 2
written by Aleksandr Borodin |
performed by Frank Bridge |
Wedding March
written by Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimski-Korsakow |
performed by Frank Bridge |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 14 October, 1932, 08:00 PM |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
*Bridge Adoration (Keats) and Love Went A-riding (Coleridge); Walther's 'Prize Song' from Act III of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg.
Originally submitted by gkw on Sun, 21 Jun 2015 16:42:41 +0100
Approved on Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:34:40 +0100