Mrs. Bridge et al. in London - 23 November, 1932
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 122:
Go to B.B.C Concert with Mrs. Bridge. Henry Wood makes a great mistake playing a garish arr. of Beranice ov. (Handel) before a perf of Mozart Haffner Symph. with reduced orch; which sounded ridiculously thin. Casals plays Haydn's conc. marvellously technically but does one or two things I don't like. But the treat of the evening was 2 mov. from Bach C min Suite as encore. Superb! End with Dvorak 5th Symp. This wonderful work was rather spoil by a rough perf.*
cite as
John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 122. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435010080072 accessed: 30 October, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
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Berenice Overture
written by George Frideric Handel |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Henry Wood |
Cello Suite in C minor
written by Bach |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Pablo Casals, Henry Wood |
Symphony No. 35 'Haffner'
written by Mozart |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Henry Wood |
Symphony No. 5
written by Antonín Dvorák, Beethoven |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Henry Wood |
unspecified cello concerto
written by Joseph Haydn |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Pablo Casals, Henry Wood |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 23 November, 1932 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
*Interesting and characteristic that Britten should respond most favourably to Casals' encore - the Allemande from Bach's C minor cello suite.
Originally submitted by gkw on Mon, 22 Jun 2015 22:54:40 +0100
Approved on Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:23:15 +0100