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<p>Also, after a short walk, listen to Toni Brosa & Phillipowsky give a rather stiff perf. of Elgar's Violin Sonata.* Brosa played, of course, as he always does, but P. was somewhat lacking. How I wish I could like this music. Of course it's beautifully done but says nothing that Franck & Brahms haven't said before - not that I even want the latter. </p>
excerpt from 'Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938' pp. 214 (62 words)