Diary entries
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: The attached reviews indicate that Mendelssohn's Spinning Song was given as an encore after the Rondo Capriccioso, two Chopin waltzes were added after the Chopin group (one in A flat major, the other in D flat major ('Minute'), op. 64, no. 1), while Rachmaninoff's Barcarolle, op. 10, no. 3, Polichinelle, op. 3, no. 4, and the Polka de W.R. were added at the end. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 8 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 11 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached reviews note that Mendelssohn's Spinning Song was given as an encore after the Rondo Capriccioso, two Chopin waltzes were added after the Chopin group, and Rachmaninoff's Barcarolle, op. 10, no. 3, and an unidentified waltz were given at the end. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 12 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina indicated that a review she had been sent of this concert was incomplete, but that it was probable that Rachmaninoff played the entire program as indicated. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 13 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached reviews indicate that Mendelssohn's Spinning Song was given as an encore after the Rondo Capriccioso, two Chopin waltzes (including the 'Minute', op. 64, no. 1) were played after the Chopin group, and that Rachmaninoff's Barcarolle, op. 10, no, 3, the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, and the Polka de W.R. were given at the end. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 15 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina indicates that her knowledge extends only to the concerto in this performance, but given the concert the following day in Minneapolis it is presumed the program remained the same. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 16 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 20 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached review indicates that Mendelssohn's Spinning Song was played as an encore after the Rondo Capriccioso, that two waltzes by Chopin were given after the Chopin group (one of them being the Waltz in D flat major ('Minute'), op. 64, no. 1), and that Rachmaninoff's Barcarolle, op. 10, no. 3, was played at the end. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 22 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 23 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 24 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 27 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina was unsure of the orchestra and conductor for this concert, although Apetian named the New York Symphony Orchestra and Walter Damrosch. However, the attached review provides the correct information. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 29 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 31 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 1 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina was unaware of Mendelssohn's Rondo Capriccioso being on the program. The attached program image appears to indicate that a further Chopin waltz and an etude were played as encores after the Chopin group, and that Rachmaninoff's Barcarolle, op. 10, no. 3, and the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, were played at the end. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 6 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina notes that this was the first performance in the USA of The Bells. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89. Review 2: Philadelphia Inquirer 1920.02.07 p. 20.
February 7 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 13 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: The attached reviews note that Rachmaninoff played his Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, at the end. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 14 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: The attached review indicates that, after asking the conductor to allow the orchestra to leave the stage, Tchaikovsky's Troika was played as an encore at the end. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 18 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached reviews do not mention Rachmaninoff's Waltz, and it seems possible it was not played. Both indicate three encores were played at the end of the recital, however they are not named. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 21 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 22 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 23 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The second attached review indicates that Rachmaninoff's Barcarolle, op. 10, no. 3, Paderewski's Minuet, and Tchaikovsky's Troika were given as encores at the end of the recital. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 24 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 26 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: The concert commenced at 8.30pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 27 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: The concert commenced at 2.30pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 29 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The second attached review indicates a change to the program, which the attached press clipping appears to indicate was in regard to his own works. As the first attached review indicates, the two preludes named in the press clipping appear to have been given as encores. A Chopin waltz is noted as an encore after the Chopin Sonata, the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, was given after the three Etudes-Tableaux, the Prelude in G sharp minor, op. 32, no. 12, was given after the Scriabin Etude, while an unnamed composition by Rachmaninoff and Paderewski's Minuet were given at the end of the recital. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 7 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Details for this concert have been confirmed by Francis Crociata. The reviews indicate that Rachmaninoff played Liszt’s Second Rhapsody as a solo encore, featuring his own cadenza, and other solo pieces. The complete program for the second half of the concert is presently unknown, although songs by Grechaninov, Thomas and Helen Brown are noted in the second attached review.
March 11 1920
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.