15-17 Oct 1953
Works performed:
Haydn: Quartet in C major; Britten: Quartet No. 2 in C; Schubert: Quartet n G major; Mozart: Quartet in E flat; Vaughan Williams: Song Cycle 'On Wenlock Edge'; Beethoven: Quartet in B flat major; G. Holst: Four songs for voice and violin; Britten: Lyrics and Ballads in Thomas Hardy; Mozart: Quintet in C major; Mozart: Quintet in E flat major; Schumann: Quintet in E flat; Songs by Purcell and Folksongs arranged by Percy Grainger and Britten.
Venue:
, Milngavie
Performers:
Amadeus String Quartet; Benjamin Britten (piano); Peter Pears (tenor); Norbert Brainin (violin); Dennis Brain (horn); Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
Further information:
First performance of Lyrics and Ballads by Thomas Hardy in Scotland. First concert on 15 October by the Amadeus String Quartet, second on 16 October by Britten, Pears, and the Amadeus String Quartet, third on 17 October by Pears, Britten, Brainin, and Brain, fourth on 17 October by all previously mentioned with addition of Aronowitz and exclusion of Pears and Brainin. Programme taken from Pears' recital programmes.
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Archive
https://www.bpacatalogue.org/archive/PG-1953-1015
