albert hall 1

Description: Monstrous Albert Hall. On the back of the postcard someone writes (dated August 1948):..."Just back from the Proms-modern but quite interesting. The Sibelius 2nd Symphony was good. The Alan Bush Violin Concerto (1st performance) needs more hearing, but Max Rostal played it jolly well. The Shostakovitch Concerto for piano, trumpet & strings had some good moments, but some ?comic ones. The L.P.O. were in good form & so was Basil..." It was nice to read this, knowing that both Celibidache and Dinu Lipatti performed in Albert Hall during - 48 & -49. And that Lipatti himself attended Celibidache's concert in London during this time.