Anne MacNaghten et al. in Queen's Hall - 17 May, 1933
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 141:
Anne MacNaghten comes to dinner & we go to B.B.C. Lond. Musical Festival after. Q. Hall. Koussevitzky again. Walton Portsmouth Pt. V. well played, as was Bax's v. long & meandering 2nd Symphony. Wagner excepts. 2nd half. - Venusberg Music, Siegfried Idyll & Meistersinger Ov. Details v. good, but tempi v. erratic. S. Idyll. Irritatingly slow & laborious.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 141. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435698099687 accessed: 8 November, 2024
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Idyll from Siegried
written by Richard Wagner |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky |
Meitstersinger Overture
written by Richard Wagner |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky |
Portsmouth Point
written by Sir William Walton |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky |
Symphony No. 2
written by Bax |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky |
Venusberg Music
written by Richard Wagner |
performed by BBC Symphonic Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 17 May, 1933 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by gkw on Tue, 30 Jun 2015 22:01:39 +0100
Approved on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:22:39 +0100