Diary entries
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: The details of the orchestral works, of which Satina was unaware, are according to the attached press clipping and review. 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.
October 13 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 14 1913 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina indicated that, while she did not know the program for this concert, Rachmaninoff played his own works. Apetian noted a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Concerto no. 2 on this occasion, which is confirmed by the conductor Nikolai Malko in his contribution to Apetian's Vospominania [Memories], who also highlighted Rachmaninoff's trademark modesty when working with other musicians (in this instance, Malko described the conductor as 'very weak' (vol. 2, p. 251)). A Polish language review, for which I express gratitude to J. Falleyn, provides further information, although it is unclear whether the 'orchestral fantasy' was Isle of the Dead, op. 29, or The Rock, op. 7. The review indicates Rachmaninoff also played several of his Preludes, however it is not clear whether these were programmed or offered as encores. Vilnius was known as Vilno at the time of the concert. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 16 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. While most parts of Poland had abandoned the Julian calendar by this time, Satina has listed the date according to the Gregorian Calendar, which was October 16. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 17 1913 (Julian Calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist and Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina cites as her reference for details of this concert Apetian (p. 480), and listed the date according to the Julian calendar, as also appears in Bertensson and Leyda (p. 186). In the Gregorian Calendar, this date was October 30. Keldysh (p. 347) indicates that The Rock, op. 7, was also performed in this concert, yet a photograph of the program a few pages later in his book does not include this work. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 19 1913 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently 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 21 1913 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina was unable to find program details, but indicated that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36, which a review in Yuzhnaya Mysl on October 22 confirms, not naming any of the other works played. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 22 1913 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. The Moldovan capital is also known as Kishinev. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 24 1913 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently 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 25 1913 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently 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 26 1913 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently 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 28 1913 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. When Rachmaninoff performed in this city, it was known as Yekaterinoslav. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 30 1913 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently 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 31 1913 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently 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.