Diary entries
December 15 1911 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina believed that the program was incomplete, further indicating that Rachmaninoff conducted Mussorgsky’s Hopak as an encore, a detail supported by Keldysh (p. 339) and Martyn (p. 554). The concert was arranged by Mr Baklanoff ‘for benefit of the Society to help the needy Moscow students’. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 18 1911 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina indicated that this was the 6th Symphony Concert of the Moscow Philharmonic Society, also noting that as an encore Rachmaninoff played the Elegy, op. 3, no. 1, and ‘some Preludes from op. 23’. However, a review in Russkiye Vedomosti on December 20 states that the second encore was the Prelude in G sharp minor, op. 32, no. 12. Rachmaninoff also accompanied Evgenija Zbrueva in two encores: ‘The Soldier’s Wife’, op. 8, no. 4 and ‘Spring Waters’, op. 14, no. 11.
January 7 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina indicated that this was the 7th Symphony Concert of the season of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. She had wondered if only the Prelude of Glazunov’s work was played, however a review in the Russian Musical Gazette (1912, no. 2) indicates the entire suite was performed. It is not clear which concerto by Davidov was performed. Satina also noted that the work by Mussorgsky was played in place of the advertised Capriccio Espagnole of Rimsky Korsakov. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 14 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina notes that this was the 8th Symphony Concert of the season of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 28 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina indicates that this was the 9th concert in the season of Siloti’s concerts. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 2 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina noted that this concert, which commenced at 1.30pm, was one of Kerzin’s concerts for the Society for the Lovers of Russian Music. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 13 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
February 15 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
February 17 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
February 20 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
February 22 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
February 23 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
March 12 1912
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 15 1912
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 22 1912
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
April 5 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 6 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina notes that this was the 1st Symphony Concert of the season of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 20 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina notes that this was the 2nd Symphony Concert of the season of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. Details about which symphony by Mozart was performed were not known to Satina. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 22 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina indicates that this was a concert in memory of Edvard Grieg. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 27 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina noted that this was the 3rd Symphony Concert of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. She cited as her reference for this concert Apetian’s collection of Rachmaninoff’s letters (p. 433). Martyn provides a slightly different ordering of the program (p. 556). LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 3 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor and Chamber Musician
Notes: Satina noted that this was the 4th Symphony Concert of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. A review in Raneye Utro on November 6 indicates that as an encore Rachmaninoff accompanied Baklanoff in two songs: 'Fate', op. 21, no. 1 and 'Spring Waters', op. 14, no. 11. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 11 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor and Chamber Musician
Notes: Satina noted that the proceeds were to be given ‘to the needy Students of the Moscow Women College’. Her reference was Apetian’s collection of Rachmaninoff’s letters (p. 433), which included incomplete details of the program. Further details have been added from Keldysh (p. 343) and Martyn (p. 557), who note Rachmaninoff accompanied Nezhdanova in a group of his songs. The numeration of the orchestral Hungarian Rhapsody of Liszt corresponds with no. 14 in the piano version. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 17 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: No program details. Satina indicated that the program of this concert, under the auspices of the Russian Musical Society, featured the famous tenor Leonid Sobinov, with Rachmaninoff conducting, citing as her reference Apetian’s collection of Rachmaninoff’s letters (p. 434). Keldysh (p. 343) refers to this concert in passing, also noting the inclusion of Sobinov, yet Martyn does not list it. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 23 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina indicated that this concert was ‘an evening of Literature and Music in Memory of Ilya Sats’. She noted that the artists taking part included ‘Yan-Ruban, Bogoslovsky, Mogilevsky, N. Orloff, Speranasky, Germanova, Kosminsky, O. Knipper, Boleslavsky, Vishnevsky, Kachalov, Louzhsky, Moskvin, Nemirovich-Danchenko, Stanislavsky, Kholov’. Martyn (p. 557) includes in the program Goat-Footed Dance, also by Sats, while a review in Russkiye Vedomosti (November 25) highlights the mixed nature of the concert and the variety of works performed (numerous, seemingly, without orchestra and Rachmaninoff's participation). These included the song 'Human Tears', 'Northern Song', and a work for choir, singer-reciter, clarinet and piano 'At the Prikaznykh Gate'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 1 1912 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina indicates that this was the 5th Symphony Concert of the season of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 5 1913 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that, while the program for this concert is not known, he played his own works. Satina also believes that in many cities at this time he would have played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 6 1913 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that, while the program for this concert is not known, he played his own works. Satina also believes that in many cities at this time he would have played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 8 1913 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that, while the program for this concert is not known, he played his own works. Satina also believes that in many cities at this time he would have played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 10 1913 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that, while the program for this concert is not known, he played his own works. Satina also believes that in many cities at this time he would have played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. When Rachmaninoff performed in this city, it was known in Russia as Libava. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 11 1913 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: While Satina was unable to find details for this concert, the program has been partially reconstructed from the attached review. I am grateful to J. Falleyn for sending me his translation of the review from the Rigasche Rundschau, which appeared the day after the concert. The program appears comparable to that given at the concert in St Petersburg on November 23. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.