Benjamin Britten in Lowestoft - 1 April, 1933
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 137:
After dinner, gramophone & listen to Edward Clark conducting a performance of Petrouchka. to say nothing of interpretation (which was ludicrous) it was disgracefully incompetent - the orchestra 'swam' completely about 6 times & it is a wonder of wonders how they ever got to the end together. The inst. playing was bad throughout.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 137. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435519040474 accessed: 28 November, 2024
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Petrushka
written by Igor Stravinksy |
performed by Edward Clark |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1 April, 1933 |
| Medium | broadcast, playback |
| Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |
Originally submitted by gkw on Sun, 28 Jun 2015 20:17:20 +0100
Approved on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:27:39 +0100