Darius Milhaud in London - July, 1920

from Selected correspondence 1915-1963 / Francis Poulenc, page 37:

The audience, somewhat taken aback at the afternoon performance (the sort of people who come for the odd hour and munch chocolates all the way through, as they do at the cinema), was very responsive in the evening. House full all the time (4,000 seats). Our poor little Rats took five curtain-calls. I conducted the orchestra (!) and thoroughly enjoyed it. Jean left yesterday, I leave tomorrow. Increasing success.  

cite as

Francis Poulenc, and Sidney Buckland (ed.), Selected correspondence 1915-1963 / Francis Poulenc (:London, 1991), p. 37. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1481801646443 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: London

Listeners

Darius Milhaud
Composer
1892-1974

Listening to

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Le Bouef sur le toit
written by Darius Milhaud
performed by Darius Milhaud

Experience Information

Date/Time July, 1920
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Notes

Letter from Darius Milhaud to Francis Poulenc, Kensington, Lennox Gardens [London], July, 1920.


Originally submitted by verafonte on Thu, 15 Dec 2016 11:34:06 +0000
Approved on Wed, 26 Apr 2017 14:31:36 +0100