Diary entries
March 13 1941
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 27 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 29 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 30 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 1 1941
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
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 6 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 7 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 9 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 11 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina indicates that in the program the symphony was mistakenly listed no. 3. The concert began at 8.45pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 13 1941
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 that the keys of the Chopin Mazurkas were not given, but they have been copied from other concerts where the program was essentially the same (and subsequently confirmed in the second attached review). Both attached reviews note a Hopak by Tchaikovsky as an encore (yet this could be mistaken for Rachmaninoff's arrangement of the work by Mussorgsky), along with the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, and the transcription of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Bumblebee. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 14 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached review notes a transcription of the cowboy song 'On the Lone Prairie' as an encore, along with Mussorgsky's Hopak and the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2. There are no other known references to Rachmaninoff playing the first-named encore. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 16 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 24 1941
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 believed the interval was as noted, however the attached review appears to indicate it occurred after the Beethoven. Tchaikovsky's Troika and his own Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, are noted as encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 25 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 28 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: The attached review from the Pittsburgh Press indicates that this was Rachmaninoff's first performance of the Schumann Concerto. The review from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette unfortunately is flawed, and the negative comments by the reviewer about the Schumann Concerto are indecipherable. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 30 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: The concert began at 3pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 2 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached review indicates that Tchaikovsky's Troika, the transcription of Mussorgsky's Hopak, and the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, were given as encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 4 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina believed that Brahms' Symphony closed the concert, however both the attached review and press clipping indicate that Rachmaninoff's performance of the Schumann Concerto was heard last. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 9 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached review notes a Chopin Mazurka, the transcription of Mussorgsky's Hopak, and the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, were given as encores. The attached press clipping indicates that Rachmaninoff suffered a burn to one of his fingers at his hotel after this concert, resulting in the cancellation of a concert in Dallas, TX. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 18 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina notes that this concert began at 8.15pm, and was the Gala Centennial Season. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.