Benjamin Britten in London - 3 October, 1933

from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 150:

Listen to Delius' new Idyll* in evening - judging from perf on a disgraceful wireless, this just says what D. has said so often before, & perhaps it doesn't say it as well. 

cite as

John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 150. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1437498549508 accessed: 2 December, 2024

location of experience: London

Listeners

Benjamin Britten
Composer
1913-1976

Listening to

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Love is a Sickness
written by Christoph Delius
performed by Samuel Daniel

Experience Information

Date/Time 3 October, 1933
Medium broadcast
Listening Environment in private, indoors, solitary

Notes

*Love is a Sickness (Samuel Daniel), another setting (placed first in the set) for the Three Small Songs for soprano and small orchestra (8-19 June 1931).


Originally submitted by gkw on Tue, 21 Jul 2015 18:09:09 +0100
Approved on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 22:54:07 +0100