Benjamin Britten in Lowestoft - 21 December, 1934
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 239:
In evening listen to an E.M. Delafield play 'the Little Boy' which began well, but petered out rather badly. Also a Contemporary concert of Hindemith - Concert Musik for Pft, Brass & Harps. (which contains some of the best Hindemith, & Mathias the painter, a new symphony* - hard to judge, thro' wireless, & because of a scratch performance. I get so sick of these shows without any precision or conviction - technically not bad, but that's all. (The work had some nice things but seemed to wander at times).
John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 239. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438252098143 accessed: 21 December, 2024
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Concert Musik for Piano, Brass & Harps
written by Paul Hindemith |
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Mathis der Maler Symphony
written by Paul Hindemith |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 21 December, 1934 |
Medium | broadcast |
Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |
Notes
*Hindemith Mathis der Maler Symphony (1933-4).