Benjamin Britten in Lowestoft - 25 April, 1933
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 139:
Write abit of alteration in Var. after dinner, & listen to wireless. 1st (& I hope, last) broadcast perf of Bliss' Clar. Quintet.* I only listened to 1 1/2 move. V. unoriginal piffle. & it wasn't even amusing, but intensely dull
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 139. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435695322163 accessed: 13 May, 2024
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Clarinet Quintet
written by Arthur Bliss |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 25 April, 1933 |
| Medium | broadcast |
| Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |
Notes
*Bliss Clarinet Quintet (1932).
Originally submitted by gkw on Tue, 30 Jun 2015 21:15:22 +0100
Approved on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:25:36 +0100