Photos of Composers/other Musicians!

[mercia]

Crikey - Prokofiev on the ivories and Rostropovich turning the pages?

one of a series of photos which I guess were taken on the same day. There's another with roles reversed - Mstislav at piano, Sergei watching.

[mercia]

those two again

[Pabmusic]

...I'm a bit dim - were we meant to infer that #202 is pabmusic ?

I have to admit it's so. What can I say? It was (for me) quite late and the little imp within surfaced.

[Mary Chambers]

sorry, no idea with #156

I still don't know who this is with Benjamin. Have I missed something?

[Pabmusic]

I still don't know who this is with Benjamin. Have I missed something?

Poulenc in the middle, and (we think) Lennox Berkley on the left.

[mercia]

I expect Mary knows the photo of Pears, Poulenc & Britten walking arm-in-arm towards the camera. I won't upload it because it will be huge.

2nd photo down on this massive page

http://www.henkverveer.nl/serieuze%20Zaken/muziek.html

the date given for that other Poulenc/Britten picture is 1941, but I have no other information

[Mary Chambers]

I expect Mary knows the photo of Pears, Poulenc & Britten walking arm-in-arm towards the camera. I won't upload it because it will be huge.

2nd photo down on this massive page

http://www.henkverveer.nl/serieuze%20Zaken/muziek.html

the date given for that other Poulenc/Britten picture is 1941, but I have no other information

1941? Seems most unlikely. Britten was in America then, and I don't think he had yet met Poulenc.

Yes, I do know the rather nice Pears/Poulenc/Britten photo. That caption describes Pears as a baritone!

[Mary Chambers]

Poulenc in the middle, and (we think) Lennox Berkley on the left.

Thank you. I can't quite make out the figure on the left as Lennox Berkeley, but I suppose it could be.

[Tevot]

those two again

Silly Me

[mercia]

(just to be clear I never claimed it was Mr Berkeley)

[Roslynmuse]

(just to be clear I never claimed it was Mr Berkeley)

And it was only a shot in the dark on my part! I'm guessing that the photo dates from the year that Les mamelles de Tiresias was put on at Aldeburgh (1958) - it was given in an arrangement for two pianos (Britten and Poulenc) and conducted by Charles Mackerras (doesn't look like him); John Cranko was director.

Edit - Poulenc didn't make it to Aldeburgh in 1958 (he was ill) but he was there in 1956. Anyone know who else was there that year?

[Roslynmuse]

And it was only a shot in the dark on my part! I'm guessing that the photo dates from the year that Les mamelles de Tiresias was put on at Aldeburgh (1958) - it was given in an arrangement for two pianos (Britten and Poulenc) and conducted by Charles Mackerras (doesn't look like him); John Cranko was director.

Edit - Poulenc didn't make it to Aldeburgh in 1958 (he was ill) but he was there in 1956. Anyone know who else was there that year?

Paul Sacher conducted the Poulenc Aubade in 1956; could it be him? I haven't been able to find a photo of him from that period.

[mercia]

I've tried to investigate the origins of the photo - I think its with the National Portrait Gallery but they don't illustrate either of their two (apparent) pictures of Poulenc on their website.

[Nick Armstrong]

Chap on the left looks very like Gerald Finzi - seems highly unlikely though...

[Serial_Apologist]

(just to be clear I never claimed it was Mr Berkeley)

Ravel with Nijinsky