Benjamin Britten in Lowestoft - 22 December, 1933
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 158:
Listen to 'Cris du Monde' of Honegger after dinner.* Difficult to judge, as it came over badly; some of it was very impressive (esp. the end) & extraordinarily beautiful.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 158. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1437667968382 accessed: 20 April, 2024
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Cris du monde
written by Arthur Honegger |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 22 December, 1933 |
| Medium | broadcast |
| Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |
Notes
*Honegger Cris du monde (1931), secular oratorio: a timely warning about a world in crisis, with a text by René Bizet.
Originally submitted by gkw on Thu, 23 Jul 2015 17:12:49 +0100
Approved on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 22:43:47 +0100