Solo Pianist - Diary entries
Many of the initial performance details listed here were compiled from Zarui Apetian’s important research, published in Literaturnoye Nasledie [Collected Literature] (Sovietskii Kompozitor: Moscow, 1980, vol. 3, pp. 439-467). These details have been subsequently cross-referenced and checked with the many itineraries and other corroborating materials, especially substantial research that identified precise program details, collected by Rachmaninoff’s sister-in-law, Sophia Satina, housed in the Rachmaninoff Archive of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C (LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R22, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89). Further information has been gathered from Barrie Martyn’s book Rachmaninoff: Composer, Pianist, Conductor (Scolar Press: London, 1990), A Catalogue of the Compositions of S. Rachmaninoff by Robert Threlfall and Geoffrey Norris (Scolar Press: London, 1982), and research undertaken at the Glinka Museum of Musical Culture, Moscow.
February 12 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 18 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: No details, however Satina indicates that works by Bach-Tausig, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Liszt were played, indicating that the program could be similar to what was given in Oslo earlier in the month, excepting the work by Mozart. Her source appears to be Musical Opinion, 1935, Vol. 58. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 19 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: No details, however Satina indicates that works by Bach-Tausig, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Liszt were played, indicating that the program could be similar to what was given in Oslo earlier in the month, excepting the work by Mozart. Her source appears to be Musical Opinion, 1935, Vol. 58. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 2 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina’s notes for this concert are not clear. She initially indicates that this is the program according to information received from Mr Tillett. However, in a review she has found in Music Opinion, Rachmaninoff also played the Bach-Tausig Toccata, a group of Russian works (Scriabin, Medtner, Borodin, and Rubinstein), but no Scarlatti. This later opinion then appears to be backed up by a pencilled note: ‘Correct – I was present. P Piggott’. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 4 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: There is no complete program, however Satina indicates that similar works were played as the concert in London on March 2, with the exception that works by Scarlatti and Dohnányi were not played, and that a group of Russian pieces might have been played. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 13 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: There is no complete program, however Satina indicates that the Bach-Tausig Toccata, Beethoven Sonata op. 10, no. 3, Chopin Sonata in B flat minor, op. 35, and works by Scriabin, Medtner, Dohnányi, ‘and others’ were played. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 14 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: There is no complete program, however Satina indicates that similar works were played as the concert in London on March 2, with the exception that works by Scarlatti and Dohnányi were not played, and that a group of Russian pieces might have been played. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 19 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: There is no complete program, however Satina indicates that works by Beethoven and Chopin were played in the first half, and that Scarlatti Sonatas (F minor and D major), Brahms’ Ballade, op. 118, no. 3, Dohnányi’s Etude-Caprice, and works by Rachmaninoff were played in the second half. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 29 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
April 8 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that the rest of this program is unknown. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
April 10 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: There is no complete program for this concert, although Satina’s notes indicates works by Bach (probably the Bach-Tausig Toccata in D minor), Chopin’s Sonata in B flat minor, a Rachmaninoff Prelude and a Kreisler transcription (probably Liebesleid) were played. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
April 12 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
April 15 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina indicates that this program was not complete, and that a work by Liszt likely concluded the concert. The concert was sponsored by the Association of Musical Culture. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 19 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Nachstück by Schumann could be either no. 2 or no. 4. Satina appears to have a doubt about the work by Strauss-Tausig, noting that it could have been ‘Wahlstimmen’. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 21 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Nachstück by Schumann could be either no. 2 or no. 4. Satina appears to have a doubt about the work by Strauss-Tausig, noting that it could have been ‘Wahlstimmen’. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 23 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Nachstück by Schumann could be either no. 2 or no. 4. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 25 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Nachstück by Schumann could be either no. 2 or no. 4. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 28 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina appears unsure about the work by Strauss-Tausig, noting that it could also have been ‘Wahlstimmen’. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 30 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 31 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 2 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 4 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 6 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 10 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 11 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 13 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 19 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 22 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 24 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina indicates that this concert began at 3pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 26 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.