Leopold Stokowski et al. in Royal Festival Hall - 1961
from Southbank Centre Archive:
The first concert after the Festival of Britain. The visit of the Leningrad Philharmonic in 1961. First visit of Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Solti. Vienna Philharmonic with Karl Bouhm. [My ?] programme (in the VIP box on that occasion!). Stokowski, Horowitz no less. Then the concerts with Russian and Czech orchestras interrupted by anti-Soviet demonstrators shouting and walking on to the platform! Thank God for the RFH. (DUNKERQUE AND NORMANDY VETERAN!!!)
Southbank Centre (ed.), Southbank Centre Archive. In Southbank Centre Archive. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1447170311503 accessed: 18 December, 2024 (Southbank Centre Archive, http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/about-us/history-and-archive/southbank-centre-archive)
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersBoston Symphony Orchestra | performed by Karl Bouhm, Leningrad Phiharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti, Vienna Philharmonic |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1961 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |