Bazil et al. in Prestatyn - 26 June, 1934
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 215:
Mr Abell comes to dinner, after which Bazil & Boase come in to listen to wireless - a good show of F.B's Lament form Manchester, & F.B. conducting a B.B.C. orchestra at London Ravel's Rhap. Espagnol - Tristan prelude to Act III & Dvorak's lovely 4th Symph.* - all in the inimitable F.B. style.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 215. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438162960179 accessed: 30 October, 2024
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Lament
written by Frank Bridge |
performed by Frank Bridge |
Rapsodie espagnole
written by Maurice Ravel |
performed by Frank Bridge |
Prelude to Act III of Tristan und Isolde
written by Richard Wagner |
performed by Frank Bridge |
Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88
written by Antonín Dvorák |
performed by Frank Bridge |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 26 June, 1934 |
| Medium | broadcast |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
*Bridge Lament for strings (1915); Ravel Rapsodie espagnole (1907); Wagner Prelude to Act III of Tristan und Isolde; and Dvorak Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88, known at the time as No. 4, as the first four in the canon were infrequently performed.
Originally submitted by gkw on Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:42:40 +0100
Approved on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:17:28 +0100