Diary entries
October 31 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina notes that this was the first time Rachmaninoff played this concerto in Boston. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 1 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89. Review: Boston Herald 1919.11.02 p. 14.
November 3 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 4 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina had believed that the program comprised a Schumann Symphony and Stravinsky's Firebird, as per the program the following night in Baltimore, however the review outlines different works alongside Rachmaninoff's op. 30. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 5 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 6 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, was added to the program. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 7 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Apetian lists Rachmaninoff's Concerto no. 1 for this concert, however Satina identified Liszt's Concerto no. 1 along with the remainder of the program. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 9 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: No details. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 10 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, was added to the program. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 12 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina does not record which etudes by Schumann, Chopin, Rachmaninoff or Rubinstein were played in this interesting program, but has speculated that the work by Scriabin was probably op. 8, no. 12, in D sharp minor. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 14 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina does not record which etudes by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Schumann or Rubinstein were played in this interesting program, but has speculated that the work by Scriabin was probably op. 8, no. 12, in D sharp minor. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 16 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, was added to the program. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 17 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that Mendelssohn’s Spinning Song, op. 67, no. 4, and Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, were added to the program, however she does not indicate their placement within it; it is conceivable that they were encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 18 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina does not record which etudes by Schumann, Chopin, Rachmaninoff or Rubinstein were played in this program, but has speculated that the work by Scriabin was probably op. 8, no. 12, in D sharp minor. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 25 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina indicates that Mendelssohn’s Spinning Song, op. 67, no. 4, was added to the program, while also noting the absence of the Gounod-Liszt Waltz that was typically played to close it. The review from the Washington Times, however, notes the Gounod-Liszt, and also mentions Mendelssohn's Rondo Capriccioso. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 6 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 7 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 11 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina does not identify which etudes by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Rubinstein and Scriabin are played, however she identifies here certain works with more precision than the first concerts of this etude-themed program, first given in Saginaw on November 12. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 14 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 16 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that the Paganini-Schumann was not listed in a review, and that Rachmaninoff possibly did not play this work. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 17 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that, as with the concert the previous day, the Paganini-Schumann was not listed in reviews, and that Rachmaninoff possibly did not play this work. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 21 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 26 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: It was presumably the Suite, op. 57 by Rimsky-Korsakov, or a selection from it, that was performed. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 27 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina’s papers indicates that she was perplexed about this concert. In her listing of concerts for the season she over-typed her question about whether it was held in New York, writing that ‘according to Rachmaninoff’s notebook, he gave a recital near New York on December 27’. This seemed logical, given that Rachmaninoff played with orchestra in New York on December 26 and 28, yet she could not find verification from the office of Mr A Scott in ‘Carnegie Programs’. I was contacted separately by someone wondering whether a concert was given at the Baldwin School in Philadelphia around this time, as Rachmaninoff’s daughter, Irina, was a student there. However, further correspondence from a colleague in the US confirmed the details of the works and location, verified by a photo of the program. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 28 1919
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: It was presumably the Suite, op. 57 by Rimsky-Korsakov, or a selection from it, that was performed. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 3 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that Mendelssohn’s Spinning Song, op. 67, no. 4, was added to the program, while also appearing to suggest the Gounod-Liszt Waltz - a typical concert-closer of the time - was perhaps not played. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 4 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 5 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo PIanist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 8 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The precise details for etudes by Schumann, Chopin, Rubinstein, Scriabin and Rachmaninoff are currently unknown. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 11 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.