Diary entries
March 25 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina was unaware of the details for the Chopin pieces, but these have been confirmed by the attached review. The encores are noted as Tchaikovsky's Troika, Rachmaninoff's transcription of Mussorgsky's Hopak, and his Preludes in G minor, op. 23, no. 5, and C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 29 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached press clipping notes that the program played was the same as for New York the following evening. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 31 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
April 4 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Piano Roll Recording
Notes: It seems likely that this second recording on the day was made in New York, NY.
April 19 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
April 22 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina noted that this was Rachmaninoff’s third appearance in New York in the Spring of 1928, and that the concert was a benefit for Russian war invalids abroad, raising $4,635. In the attached review, however, Olin Downes indicates a figure of over $6,000 was raised. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
May 19 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: While Satina did not provide any information about the Rachmaninoff Preludes, the attached review indicates their keys. It is not clear, however, whether the C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, was played as the encore. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 2 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 5 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Scarlatti Sonata in D minor is presumably L. 413, which he recorded. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 9 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 10 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Scarlatti Sonata in D minor was presumably L. 413, which he recorded. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 16 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 18 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 19 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Scarlatti Sonata in D minor was presumably L. 413, which he recorded. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 22 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that a Chopin Nocturne appears to have been played as an encore at this concert. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 23 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 25 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 29 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina indicates that the pieces by Liszt were not mentioned in the reviews she received for this concert and the following concert in Amsterdam, but suspects that the works were played. The Scarlatti Sonata in D minor was presumably L. 413, which he recorded. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 30 1928
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina indicates that the pieces by Liszt were not mentioned in the reviews she received for this concert or for the preceding concert in The Hague, but suspects that the works were played. The Scarlatti Sonata in D minor was presumably L. 413, which he recorded. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.