Queen Victoria in Osborne House - 1889
from Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life, pages 159-60:
The second occasion was at Osborne House, Isle of Wight. I went with M. Johannes Wolff and M. Joseph Hollman in 1889 to play there before the Queen. We played part of Mendelssohn's Trio in D minor I remember the late Prince Henry of Battenberg turning over the leaves for me, and telling me that he often played the 'cello. The Queen gave me a pair of gold sleeve-links, with a diamond in the middle of each. Just as at Balmoral, it was nearly dark when we arrived at Osborne, and I had no opportunity of seeing the natural beauties of the place.
Wilhelm Ganz, Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life. In Internet Archive (London, 1913), p. 159-60. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436265822598 accessed: 8 February, 2025
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Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor
written by Felix Mendelssohn |
performed by Johannes Wolff, Joseph Hollman, Wilhelm Ganz |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1889 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |