Denver, CO, USA
City Auditorium
32 Variations in C minor, WoO. 80
Beethoven
Nachtstück, op. 23
Schumann
Impromptu in F minor
Schubert
Invitation to the Dance
Weber-Tausig
Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mendelssohn-Rachmaninoff
Nocturne
Ballade
Chopin
Prelude in B minor, op. 32, no. 10
Prelude in A minor, op. 32, no. 8
Rachmaninoff
Sonetto del Petrarca
Rapsodie Espagnole
Liszt
Rachmaninoff's role
Solo Pianist
Notes
Satina believed that Rachmaninoff's transcription of the Prelude from the Violin Partita had been played in preceding concerts in Portland, Vancouver and Seattle, however this appears not to have been the case. As she indicated that a review she had read had 'not mentioned the Chopin Nocturne or the Preludes by Rachmaninoff', it is therefore possible she had seen the Prelude mentioned at this concert, and that Denver therefore was its first performance. At present, no review or press notice has been found to confirm this. While She had indicated that the Nachtstück is in F major, it is possible that it was either no. 2 or no. 4. Satina believed the Schubert Impromptu was D. 935, no. 4, while Martyn (p. 434) indicates D. 935, no. 1. The Liszt Sonetto del Petrarca in E major, no. 104, was frequently played in programs in numerous earlier seasons. Chopin’s Nocturne in F sharp major, op. 15, no. 2, and Ballade no. 3 in A flat major, op. 47, were often played in other recitals during this season. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.