Mrs. Bridge et al. in London - 30 August, 1934
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 222:
After dinner go to Prom. with Mrs. Bridge. Hear 3 prize-winning works of D. Telegraph ov. comp. - [Arnold] Cooke (3rd). [Frank] Tapp (2nd) [Cyril] Scott (3rd). Pretty bad but Cooke's was exhilarating & certainly up to date.* Tony Brosa plays Prokofiev Vln concerto simply incredibly - never heard such technique. A skew-wiff show of the lovely 2nd Borodine Symphony to end with.**
John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 222. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438174302574 accessed: 30 October, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
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Concert Overture No. 1
written by Arnold Cooke |
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Symphony No. 2
written by Aleksandr Borodin |
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unspecified
written by Frank Tapp, Cyril Scott |
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 19
written by Sergei Prokofiev |
performed by Toni Brosa |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 30 August, 1934 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
*Arnold Cooke's Concert Overture No. 1 for orchestra was awarded first prize in this competition, but Britten mistakenly writes '3rd' in his diary entry. **Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 19; Borodin Symphony No. 2 in B minor (1877).