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 14 - 1882: Richter and d'Albert
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
The reason for Richter's trip to London at the beginning of 1882 was to conduct another charity concert whose receipts would be donated to the survivors and families of victims of the Ringtheater fire. It took place on the morning of 7 January at the Royal Albert Hall and was devoted to works by Beethoven and Wagner. According to Richter's diary, it was a very solemn occasion, the full house standing for the Austrian national anthem. Besides conducting the six orchestral items, he also accompanied Marie Roze at the piano in Agathe's aria from Weber's Der Freischütz. D'Albert reported to Mrs Joshua what he had heard from Richter after a rehearsal for the concert:
He wrote to me that ‘das Concert wird grossartig’, and to Mrs Richter that he was astonished at the choir of 300 ladies, all of whom he said were from the best families, and who brought their relations to the rehearsals to the number of two thousand. I wish that he had not gone to London simply for this one concert, for in his absence were given the only two performances of Götterdämmerung. Although a better and more artistic performance could hardly be possible, still I should have preferred to have seen Richter at the desk instead of Kapellmeister Fuchs, who although a very good general conductor has not studied the Ring des Nibelungen so thoroughly.
On Friday I was with Mrs Richter in the third concert of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. In the programme were included the new work for chorus and orchestra by Brahms, Nänie (Schiller), a new scherzo by Hugo Reinhold, a resident composer of not very remarkable ability, and the F minor concerto of Chopin performed by Frau Essipoff. The new work of Brahms was a comparative failure. It met with hardly any applause, partly owing to its excessive length and to the absolute lack of all melody, and to the monotonous repetition of the words. The scherzo, though more fit for the ballet than the Musikverein, was, on the contrary, very well received, which shows the taste of the Viennese public. Essipoff 's playing was simply perfect!
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- Hans Richter , pp. 173 - 182Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2016