Concert audience in King's Theatre, London - May, 1831
from My Musical Life, pages 382-3:
MR. GARDNER, of Leicester, writes: "At the hazard of my ribs, I placed myself at the Opera two hours and a half before the concert began The concert opened with BEETHOVEN'S second symphony, admirably played by the Philharmonic band, after which LABLACHE sang 'Largo al Factotum' with much applause, and was encored. A breathless silence, and every eye was watching the action of this… more >>
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Hugh Reginald Haweis, My Musical Life (London, 1898), p. 382-3. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1437844476348 accessed: 8 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersperformance of 'Unspecified' | performed by Paganini |
Symphony No. 2 in D major
written by Beethoven |
performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Largo al Factotum from The Barber of Seville
written by Rossini |
performed by Luigi Lablache |
Experience Information
Date/Time | May, 1831 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by sp327 on Sat, 25 Jul 2015 18:14:36 +0100
Approved on Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:09:40 +0100