Diary entries

February 7 1941

San Francisco, CA, USA
Memorial Opera House

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina notes that this concert began at 2.30pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 8 1941

San Francisco, CA, USA
Memorial Opera House

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina indicates that this concert began at 8.30pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 10 1941

Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Lobero Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: While the key of the Schubert Impromptu was consistently listed as A flat minor, Martyn (p. 434) confirms it was D. 899, no. 4. The attached review notes Liszt's Liebestraum and Rimsky-Korsakov's Bumble Bee as encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 12 1941

Bakersfield, CA, USA
Fox Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: While the key of the Schubert Impromptu was consistently listed as A flat minor, Martyn (p. 434) confirms it was D. 899, no. 4. The attached review notes the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, along with Rachmaninoff's arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's Bumble Bee as among a number of encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 14 1941

San Francisco, CA, USA
Memorial Opera House

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina notes that this concert commenced at 2.30pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 15 1941

San Francisco, CA, USA
Memorial Opera House

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina notes that this concert began at 8.30pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 17 1941

Portland, OR, USA
Public Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: In the attached review from the Oregon Daily Journal, the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, is noted as the last of several encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 18 1941

Vancouver, BC, Canada
Exhibition Garden

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 20 1941

Seattle, WA, USA
Moore Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: The attached review notes the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, and Rachmaninoff's transcription of Rimsky-Korsakov's Bumble Bee as encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 27 1941

New York, NY, USA
Carnegie Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina notes that this concert began at 8.45pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 28 1941

New York, NY, USA
Carnegie Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina notes that this concert commenced at 2.30pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 2 1941

Cleveland, OH, USA
Public Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: One of the attached reviews notes Rachmaninoff played Tchaikovsky's Troika as an encore. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 6 1941

Springfield, MA, USA
Municipal Auditoriuml

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: While the key of the Schubert Impromptu was consistently listed as A flat minor, Martyn (p. 434) confirms it was D. 899, no. 4. Satina notes specifically that his Etude-Tableau was op. 39, no. 2. The attached review notes the encores as Liszt's Liebestraum, and his transcriptions of Schubert's 'Wohin?' and Mussorgsky's Hopak. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 13 1941

Chicago, IL, USA
Orchestra Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor

Notes: Satina appears to indicate Rachmaninoff’s gratitude for being able to conduct this concert, noting a ‘personal homage to F Stock’. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 14 1941

Chicago, IL, USA
Orchestra Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor

Notes: Satina appears to indicate Rachmaninoff’s gratitude for being able to conduct this concert, noting a ‘personal homage to F Stock’. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 14 1941

Syracuse, NY, USA
Lincoln Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Threlfall and Norris note the performance of Rachmaninoff's transcription of Tchaikovsky's 'Lullaby' at this concert. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 15 1941

Utica, NY, USA
Stanley Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: The attached review notes 'Prelude in G' (although perhaps a mistaken reference to the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2) and Rachmaninoff's transcription of Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Flight of the Bumble Bee' as encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 17 1941

Philadelphia, PA, USA
Academy of Music

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina notes that these were the first performances of the second revised version of Rachmaninoff’s Fourth Piano Concerto, and that the concert began at 2.30pm. The attached press clipping advertises future performances in Cleveland and Chicago, however these did not occur. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 18 1941

Philadelphia, PA, USA
Academy of Music

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina notes that these were the first performances of the second revised version of Rachmaninoff’s Fourth Piano Concerto, and that the concert began at 8.30pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 21 1941

Washington, DC, USA
Constitution Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina notes that these were the first performances of the second revised version of Rachmaninoff’s Fourth Piano Concerto. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 22 1941

Baltimore, MD, USA
Lyric Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina notes that these were the first performances of the second revised version of Rachmaninoff’s Fourth Piano Concerto. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 24 1941

Birmingham, AL, USA
Municipal Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Noted as encores in the first of the attached reviews are a prelude by Rachmaninoff, and his transcription of Rimsky-Korskov's Bumblebee. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 25 1941

Atlanta, GA, USA
City Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 27 1941

Newark, NJ, USA
Mosque Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 29 1941

New Haven, CT, USA
Woolsey Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 30 1941

Northampton, MA, USA
John Green Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 1 1941

New York, NY, USA
Carnegie Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that ‘the entire proceed was given by Rachmaninoff to the Russian War charity’. The concert began at 2.30pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 4 1941

Minneapolis, MN, USA
Northrop Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 6 1941

Chicago, IL, USA
Orchestra Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 7 1941

Chicago, IL, USA
Orchestra Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.