Diary entries
January 31 1910
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 6 1910 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist and Chamber Musician
Notes: Satina notes that this was the 7th of Alexander Siloti’s Symphony Concerts of the season. Satina also indicates that the program previously announced had been changed: ‘Rachmaninoff’s concerto no. 3 was cancelled because the score and orchestral material did not come back in time from America. Same about the Isle of the Dead.’ The work by Bach in the ‘edition of Siloti’ is not precisely known, however it could be one of the Two Transcriptions of the Prelude from the Cantata by JS Bach for solo piano. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 13 1910 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist and Solo Pianist
Notes: The Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody is perhaps the orchestration of Hungarian Rhapsody no. 14 for piano. Satina notes that the Prelude was performed as an encore. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
April 4 1910 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist and Conductor
Notes: Satina notes that the program was different to that which was announced, and that Rachmaninoff’s Spring Cantata and The Rock were not heard. Instead, this was the first performance of Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto in Moscow, postponed from a planned performance the previous month due to the delayed return of parts from the US. Satina also indicates that Rachmaninoff conducted in this concert, and it might be assumed that Plotnikoff conducted only in the concerto. Keldysh (p. 297) confirms that Rachmaninoff conducted his symphony. An image of the first page of this program is included in Keldysh's Rachmaninoff and His Time. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 12 1910
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist and Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that this concert was part of the Leeds Festival. The attached review indicates that the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, was played as an encore after the Concerto. The image of the Leeds Mercury is used with kind permission of The British Library Board. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 13 1910
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina noted that this concert was part of the Leeds Festival, however she was not aware of the entire program. The first attached review indicates that the orchestra was large, the string section comprising 76 players. The concert began at 11am, however it is noted the interval was long at over an hour. The images of the Leeds Mercury and Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer are used with kind permission of The British Library Board. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 4 1910
Rachmaninoff's role: Chamber Musician and Piano Soloist
Notes: Satina was unable to find details of the other performers, or of the piano solos, but these have been supplied according to a newspaper review. Translation of review: copyright J. Falleyn. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 11 1910
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist and Solo Pianist
Notes: When Rachmaninoff played this concert, the city was known as Königsberg, Germany, and adhered to the Gregorian calendar. I am grateful to J. Falleyn for his translation of the attached review, which appeared in the Königsberger Hartungsche Zeitung the day after the concert. According to the review, the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, and two Preludes from the op. 23 set, were played as encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 23 1910
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist and Solo Pianist
Notes: According to a review in the Neuester Anzeiger on November 24, Rachmaninoff played three of his Preludes as well as the concerto.
November 27 1910 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina notes that this was the 4th Anniversary Celebration Concert in the 50th Anniversary of the Imperial Russian Musical Society. A review by Nikolai Kashkin in Russkoe Slovo the following day indicates that Rachmaninoff played at least one encore, however no titles are given. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 28, 1910 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor and Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina notes that this performance was in celebration of the 100th Concert given in the Kerzin series, known as the Society of Lovers of Russian Music. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 17 1910 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina records that, perhaps surprisingly given his concert career to date, this is the first complete solo recital given by Rachmaninoff in Russia. She was unable to provide other details of works on the program, but the concert three days later in Nizhny Novgorod likely offers a clue. Zarui Apetian believed that this concert occurred on December 19 (Julian), and that the Songs, op. 26, were also performed. It could be that there were two separate concerts. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 20 1910 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that this was the 5th concert of the season of the Imperial Russian Music Society. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 15 1911 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor and Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina notes that this was the 6th Symphony Concert of the season of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. Keldysh, in a footnote on p. 337, confirms that Pomerantsev conducted only in the concerto. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 21 1911 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist and Conductor
Notes: Martyn indicates that Khodorovsky conducted only in Rachmaninoff’s concerto (p. 552). LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 24 1911 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It could be presumed that other solo works by Rachmaninoff were included. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 27 1911 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Keldysh (p. 337) indicates that in addition to the sonata, some of the preludes from op. 32 were given for the first time, along with other small works. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 27 1911 (Julian Calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist and Solo Pianist
Notes: When Rachmaninoff performed in this city it was known as Helsingfors. As part of the Grand Duchy of Finland at the time, the city was under Russian rule and adhered to the Julian Calendar; in the Western Calendar, the date of the concert was February 14. I am grateful to J. Falleyn for the translation of the attached review, which appeared in the Hufvudtadsbladet the day after the concert. According to the review, Rachmaninoff performed his Prelude in G minor, op. 23, no. 5, the Barcarolle, op. 10, no. 3, and the then-unpublished Prelude in G sharp minor, op. 32, no. 12, as encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 10 1911 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Chamber Musician
Notes: Satina notes that this concert was arranged (perhaps by Siloti) in memory of Vera Komissarzhevskaya. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 12 1911 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor and Concert Soloist
Notes: Satina notes that this was the 7th Symphony Concert in Alexander Siloti’s season, and that it was the first performance of Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto in St Petersburg. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 4 1911 (Julian Calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Russian sources list this concert according to the Julian Calendar. Perhaps inadvertently, Satina shifts from listing concerts in Warsaw according to the Julian Calendar to using the 'new calendar' for this concert, but also giving the date as March 4. In the Gregorian Calendar, this date was March 17. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 20 1911
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 21 1911
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 23 1911
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 25 1911
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 15 1911 (Julian Calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina notes that either in this concert, or the one in Warsaw on March 4 (Julian Calendar), the Isle of the Dead, op, 29, was also performed. In the Gregorian Calendar, this date was March 28. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 25 1911 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina notes that this was part of Alexander Siloti’s 7th Season of Concerts. Satina also indicates that this was the first complete performance of the work, noting that individual sections had previously been performed a few months earlier, according to notices published in the Russkaya Muzykal’naya Gazeta. Keldysh (p. 337) indicates that several excerpts were performed at a concert of the Synodal Choir on March 10. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.