Mrs. Bridge et al. in Queen's Hall - 8 February, 1933
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 130:
Go to see Bridges after tea. After supper I go with them (Tickets from B.B.C. - front row dress circle - dinner jacket - top hat!) to Queen's Hall, B.B.C. Concert. Euryanthe ov. - disgraceful perf. under A. Boult. - wrong in tempi & mood from start to finish (although, notes pretty well played), as was the Eroica at the end - of which I can only stand 3 move. Elina Gerhart sings 4 Strauss Songs, v. well, although her voice is ob. past it. Intonation v. bad in Wiegenlied. Schönberg conducts his op. 31. variations.* What I could make of it, owing to a skin-of-its-teeth performance, was rather … more >>
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 130. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435270568829 accessed: 20 April, 2024
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Euryanthe Overture
written by Carl Maria von Weber |
performed by Adrian Boult, BBC Symphonic Orchestra |
Strauss Songs
written by Richard Strauss |
performed by Elina Gerhart, Adrian Boult, BBC Symphonic Orchestra |
Eroica Symphony
written by Beethoven |
performed by Adrian Boult, BBC Symphonic Orchestra |
Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31
written by Arnold Schoenberg |
performed by Arnold Schoenberg, BBC Symphonic Orchestra |
Wiegenlied
written by Richard Strauss |
performed by Elina Gerhart |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 8 February, 1933 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
*Schoenberg Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 (1926-8).
Originally submitted by gkw on Thu, 25 Jun 2015 23:16:09 +0100
Approved on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:37:25 +0100