Diary entries
February 8 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina noted that a review she had been sent did not mention Handel’s Aria with variations, although it is noted in the attached reviews, and that the Bizet-Rachmaninoff Minuet was added to the program, which the reviews note was given as an encore after the Prelude in B flat major, op. 23, no. 2. The Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, is noted as the last of the encores at the end of the recital. Satina was unaware that a Chopin polonaise was played, indicating instead her belief that the Scherzo in C sharp minor was heard. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 10 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached review indicates that after the Beethoven Sonata the Turkish Rondo of Mozart was given as an encore, and that after the Chopin group Chopin's Waltz in A flat major, op. 64, no. 3, was played. At the end of the recital, Tchaikovsky's Troika, the transcription of Kreisler's Liebesleid, and Dohnányi's Etude were given as encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 14 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Noteworthy is the mention in attached reviews that Prokofiev was also giving a recital in New York that day, while 'The Love for Three Oranges' received its first Metropolitan Opera House performance in the evening. Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, is noted as an encore. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 16 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The first attached review indicates that a Chopin waltz was given as an encore after the Chopin group, while the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, was played at the end. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 18 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, is noted as an encore in the attached review. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 20 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The first attached review indicates that one of Chopin's A flat major waltzes was given as an encore after the Chopin group, while the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, and the transcription of Kreisler's Liebesleid were played at the end. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 21 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 25 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89. Review: Philadelphia Inquirer 1922.02.26 p. 5.
February 28 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The second attached review notes a 'popular' Chopin waltz as an encore after the Chopin group, while both note the 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.
March 5 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached reviews note that as encores the Air and Variations from Handel's Harmonious Blacksmith was given after the Grieg, a Chopin waltz (op. posth.) after the Chopin group, and Tchaikovsky's Troika and the 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.
March 6 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 9 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 10 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 12 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, and Tchaikovsky's Troika are noted as the encores in the attached review. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 16 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached review indicates that a Chopin Waltz, a 'troika' (presumably Tchaikovsky but referred to as Rubinstein), and the transcription of Bizet's Minuet, were played as encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 19 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina believed that Chopin's Barcarolle and a polonaise were played at this recital, however the attached press clipping and review indicate the works as listed. Tchaikovsky's Troika is noted as an encore. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 23 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached reviews note as encores Mozart's Turkish Rondo and Chopin's Waltz in D flat major ('Minute'), op. 64, no. 1, within the program, and Tchaikovsky's Troika and Debussy's Cakewalk at the end. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 27 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached reviews indicate that an encore was played after the Chopin group, and that the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, was included in encores at the end of the recital. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 29 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The first attached review notes that Chopin's Waltz in E flat major, Mendelssohn's Spinning Song, Tchaikovsky's Troika, and Rachmaninoff's transcription of Bizet's Minuet were played as encores, with the second review noting that a Chopin waltz was played after the Chopin group. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
April 2 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina notes that the proceeds from this concert, which commenced at 8.15pm, were to be sent to ‘music artists and men of letters in Russia through ARA’. Mrs Rachmaninoff served as the committee Chairman, Mrs F Steinway was the Treasurer, and Miss D Rybner was the Secretary. As the attached review from The New York Times indicates, $7,100 was raised, and Rachmaninoff played his Polichinelle, op. 3, no. 4, and his Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, as encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
April 21 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: No details. The concert was listed by Satina, and presumably, therefore, by Rachmaninoff in his notebook, yet for there to be an absence of both advance press notices and reviews in a major city like New York indicates that this date must be treated as spurious. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
May 6 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina listed the first 'Prelude' without a reference to its key, and the attached reviews do not offer further detail. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
May 20 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina did not include the Liszt Rhapsody in this program, but it is clearly noted in the first attached review. The third review indicates that four Etudes-Tableaux were played, likely in error, and that encores included the transcription of 'Daisies', the Barcarolle op. 10, no. 3, and the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 10 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 14 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 16 1922
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Chopin's Waltz in D flat major ('Minute'), op. 64, no. 1, and Liszt's transcription of Chopin's 'Maiden's Wish', are noted as encores after the Chopin Sonata in the first attached review, while both note the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, at the end of the program. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.