Sylvia Townsend Warner in London - 12 May, 1928
from The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner, page 18:
Then on to the BBC to hear Oedipus Rex by and conducted by Stravinsky. A great deal of the choral writing was almost pure Taverner, the construction that of an early passion. It is really impressive, it sounds old and cold, a chilly shadow that has never lifted from man's mind....I have been more pleased with Oedipus than with any of the recent Stravinsky I have heard. It is quite dislocated at last, miles beyond Les Noces; and it is so old and cold.
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Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Claire Harman (ed.), The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner (:London, 1994), p. 18. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1440770867947 accessed: 29 November, 2024
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Oedipus Rex
written by Igor Stravinksy |
performed by Igor Stravinksy, BBC |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 12 May, 1928 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by Jo Reardon on Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:07:48 +0100
Approved on Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:53:14 +0000