Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Plates
- List of Figures
- Foreword
- Preface to the New Edition
- Chronology
- Chapter 1 1843–1865: Childhood and Years of Study
- Chapter 2 1866–1867: Tribschen
- Chapter 3 1868–1869: Munich
- Chapter 4 1870–1871: Brussels; Tribschen
- Chapter 5 1871–1874: Budapest
- Chapter 6 1874–1875: Budapest and Bayreuth
- Chapter 7 1875: Vienna
- Chapter 8 1876: Bayreuth
- Chapter 9 1877: London
- Chapter 10 1878–1879: Vienna
- Chapter 11 1879–1880: Friends and Enemies
- Chapter 12 1880–1881: London and Vienna
- Chapter 13 1881–1882: Richter and d'Albert
- Chapter 14 1882: Richter and d'Albert
- Chapter 15 1882–1883: The Master's Death
- Chapter 16 1884: More Opera in London
- Chapter 17 1885–1886: Vienna, London and Birmingham
- Chapter 18 1887–1888 Return to Bayreuth
- Chapter 19 1889–1900: Vienna
- Chapter 20 1897–1900: Richter and Mahler
- Chapter 21 1889–1890: England
- Chapter 22 1891–1895: England
- Chapter 23 1895–1900: England
- Chapter 24 1890–1899: Bayreuth
- Chapter 25 1894–1899: Richter's Diary
- Chapter 26 1899–1900: Hallé Orchestra
- Chapter 27 1900–1902: England
- Chapter 28 1903–1904: England
- Chapter 29 1904–1906: England
- Chapter 30 1906–1908: England
- Chapter 31 1908–1909: England
- Chapter 32 1909–1911: England
- Chapter 33 1911–1914: Retirement
- Chapter 34 1914–1916: The Last Years
- Chapter 35 Finale
- HANS RICHTER'S CONDUCTING BOOKS
- Appendix 1 Works conducted by Hans Richter
- Appendix 2 Cities and towns where Richter conducted
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 23 - 1895–1900: England
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 April 2017
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Plates
- List of Figures
- Foreword
- Preface to the New Edition
- Chronology
- Chapter 1 1843–1865: Childhood and Years of Study
- Chapter 2 1866–1867: Tribschen
- Chapter 3 1868–1869: Munich
- Chapter 4 1870–1871: Brussels; Tribschen
- Chapter 5 1871–1874: Budapest
- Chapter 6 1874–1875: Budapest and Bayreuth
- Chapter 7 1875: Vienna
- Chapter 8 1876: Bayreuth
- Chapter 9 1877: London
- Chapter 10 1878–1879: Vienna
- Chapter 11 1879–1880: Friends and Enemies
- Chapter 12 1880–1881: London and Vienna
- Chapter 13 1881–1882: Richter and d'Albert
- Chapter 14 1882: Richter and d'Albert
- Chapter 15 1882–1883: The Master's Death
- Chapter 16 1884: More Opera in London
- Chapter 17 1885–1886: Vienna, London and Birmingham
- Chapter 18 1887–1888 Return to Bayreuth
- Chapter 19 1889–1900: Vienna
- Chapter 20 1897–1900: Richter and Mahler
- Chapter 21 1889–1890: England
- Chapter 22 1891–1895: England
- Chapter 23 1895–1900: England
- Chapter 24 1890–1899: Bayreuth
- Chapter 25 1894–1899: Richter's Diary
- Chapter 26 1899–1900: Hallé Orchestra
- Chapter 27 1900–1902: England
- Chapter 28 1903–1904: England
- Chapter 29 1904–1906: England
- Chapter 30 1906–1908: England
- Chapter 31 1908–1909: England
- Chapter 32 1909–1911: England
- Chapter 33 1911–1914: Retirement
- Chapter 34 1914–1916: The Last Years
- Chapter 35 Finale
- HANS RICHTER'S CONDUCTING BOOKS
- Appendix 1 Works conducted by Hans Richter
- Appendix 2 Cities and towns where Richter conducted
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Richter's summer season of 1895 was a short one and he returned for another tour of England and Scotland in the autumn. His itinerary from 19 October began with a concert at Brighton's Dome, followed by London, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, London, Oxford, Birmingham, Sheffield, Bradford, and ended in London on 4 November. Once out of London, all the concerts were on consecutive days. The programmes included little new apart from Goldmark's overture Sakuntala, the staple fare being Wagner extracts, Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony and the eighth symphonies by Beethoven and Schubert. By a curious coincidence Richter arrived by train in Manchester for his concert that night on the very day that Sir Charles Hallé suddenly died. His diary records
a really boring journey, snow. Shortly before Manchester I learned of Hallé's death. I began the programme with the Funeral March [Siegfried's from Götterdämmerung] by the man whom the dead man mocked. It was nice that, whilst listening to the March, the public stood to honour their teacher. A splendid reception of the Tchaikovsky!! Loud cheering! Discussion about the future!!!!
A member of the audience was Edith Hall, who lived in Bowdon, where Richter would settle. She kept a diary in which she made occasional references to her concert-going, her most common complaint being the inability of the concert planners to satisfy her insatiable thirst for music and longer programmes. She first heard Richter in the autumn of 1892, when she wrote:
The hall was not very full, most of the stalls were taken but for a concert like this it ought to have been crammed. Hallé, Lady Hallé and Olga Neruda were there and Mr Dawson. It was a splendid programme, only much too short – it was over before 9.30. … The Walküren Ritt is magnificent, so stirring it carries you away. The audience tried hard for an encore, but Richter would not give it. … But the whole concert has been glorious, oh if only I could hear it again! It has been so splendid, but anyway it is a great deal to have heard him this time and with such a programme.
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- Hans Richter , pp. 291 - 305Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2016