Diary entries
December 19 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina notes that this concert began at 2.30pm, and was the Gala Centennial Season. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 20 1941
Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording
January 8 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina notes that while this was not the premiere of Rachmaninoff’s op. 45, these performances came within a week of it. She believed that the work closed the program, however the attached review appears to suggest the concerto was heard last. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 10 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina notes that while this was not the premiere of Rachmaninoff’s op. 45, these performances came within a week of it. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 12 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached reviews note that a Chopin Mazurka in A minor, Rachmaninoff's Humoresque 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.
January 16 1942
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. As both reviews note, Rachmaninoff began the concert playing The Star-Spangled Banner. Also indicated are the encores, which were the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, and the transcription of Mussorgsky's Hopak. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 19 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina believed that Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody closed this concert, however the attached review indicates that it was his Eleventh. Also noted are the encores, which were Liszt's transcription of Schubert's 'Serenade', Tausig's transcription of Schumann's 'Kontrabandiste', and the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 25 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: A Chopin mazurka and the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, are noted as among three encores at the end of the recital. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 28 1942
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. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 30 1942
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. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 2 1942
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 indicates that a Chopin Waltz in A flat major was on the program, but does not note its exact placement. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 8 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina believed that the Bach-Liszt Organ Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 opened this concert, however the attached review indicates that it was Mozart's Theme and Variations from the A major Sonata. 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 Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, and the transcription of Mussorgsky's Hopak are noted as the encores in the attached review. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 12 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 13 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 15 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 17 1942
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. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 20 1942
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 was unsure whether a Chopin waltz was included on the program, although this is confirmed in the attached press clipping. The Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, is noted as the final encore in the attached review. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 22 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The first attached review indicates that works by Chopin and Rachmaninoff's Humoresque, op. 10, no. 5, were encores at the end of the recital. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 27 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording
Notes: Martyn questions if it was only the Prelude that was recorded here.
March 3 1942
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. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
May 9 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina notes that this was a concert given by the University Music Society, and that the concert began at 2.30pm. The Prelude in G major, op. 32, no. 5, is noted as an encore after the concerto in the attached review. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
July 17 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: The second attached review indicates that Jascha Heifetz and his wife were among the audience. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
July 18 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 12 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: While its number was not given in the program, the attached review from the Detroit Free Press indicates implicitly that the Etude-Tableau in A minor was op. 39, no. 6. The Liszt Sonetto del Petrarca was either no. 104 or no. 123. The Chopin Waltz was possibly op. 42, given that it was played in a similar program in Pittsburgh a few days later. A Chopin mazurka and the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, are noted as the encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 16 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached review from the Pittsburgh Press indicates clearly that the Etude-Tableau in A minor was op. 39, no. 6, despite its number not being given in the program, while the review in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette indicates that the Chopin Waltz in A flat major was op. 42. A Chopin mazurka and the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, are noted as the encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 20 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Waltz by Chopin could have been either op. 42, or op. 64, no. 3, or op. 69, no. 1, and the Etude-Tableau in A minor could have been either no. 2 or no. 6. The attached review indicates that a Chopin mazurka and the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, were played as encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 22 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Liszt Sonetto del Petrarca could have been no. 104 or no. 123. A Chopin mazurka and Waltz in A flat major, plus the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, are noted in the attached review as encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 25 1942
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina does not provide further information, but the Etude-Tableau in A minor could have been no. 2 or no. 6. The Liszt Sonetto del Petrarca was either no. 104 or no. 123. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.