Diary entries
November 10 1909
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 13 1909
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina noted that this was Rachmaninoff’s first appearance in New York. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 15 1909
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 16 1909
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that this concert commenced at 2.30pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 18 1909
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist and Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 20 1909
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina noted that the keys of the first two preludes were not actually given in a review she had been sent, and that she had copied them from similar programs in Boston, Pittsburgh and Chicago. Her intuition was correct, as a copy of the program in the Carnegie Hall archive documents the keys of the preludes. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 26 1909
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor and Solo Pianist
Notes: While the attached review does not mention Tchaikovsky's 1812, nor Karl Pohlig, the complete program is printed in the attached press clipping. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89. Review: Philadelphia Inquirer 1909.11.27 p. 15.
November 27 1909
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor and Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 28 1909
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina noted that this was the world premiere performance of the Third Piano Concerto. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 30 1909
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 3 1909
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor and Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina noted that this was an afternoon concert. The attached review indicates the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, was given as an encore. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 4 1909
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor and Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina noted that this was an evening concert. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 9 1909
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 17 1909
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor and Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 18 1909
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor and Concerto Soloist
Notes: Review: Boston Journal 1909.12.18 p. 4. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 26 1909
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 3 1910
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist and Chamber Musician
Notes: Apetian identified a program for this concert, indicating that it was the same as for Boston on January 10 but without the D minor Sonata. The attached press clipping names the artists and location (misidentified by Satina as the Hotel Astoria), but provides no details about the musical works. It is not known if Rachmaninoff also accompanied singers in his songs, as Satina and Apetian both believed. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 9 1910
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist and Chamber Musician
Notes: Satina noted that this was a ‘Grand Sunday Concert’, and that other singers also performed with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. According to Apetian, one of the songs was Spring Waters, op. 14. The first attached review indicates that Adamo Didur also sang two songs by Rachmaninoff, while the second review appears to indicate otherwise. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 10 1910
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina identified the location of this concert but was unable to identify a program. Apetian indicated that for this concert and for the concert in New York on January 3 the program comprised his usual solo works from concerts of the time, excepting the D minor Sonata, 'but with the addition of two romances by Rachmaninoff, in particular Spring Waters from op. 14.' However, this appears to be incorrect, as the attached review does not include songs by Rachmaninoff. According to the attached press clipping, Rider-Kelsey and Grimson were both accompanied in their repertoire by Jessie Davis. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89. Review: Boston Journal 1910.01.11 p. 14.
January 16 1910
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina noted that the concert commenced at 3pm. The attached reviews indicate that the work by Bach comprised two movements each from Bach's Second and Third Orchestra Suites. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 21 1910
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: The attached reviews note that the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, was played as an encore. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 22 1910
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 27 1910
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor and Concerto Soloist
Notes: The exact order of the program was not known to Satina, however the attached press clipping provides the details. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
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 noted that this was the 7th of Alexander Siloti’s Symphony Concerts of the season. She also indicated 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
Notes: The Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody was perhaps the orchestration of Hungarian Rhapsody no. 14 for piano. Satina noted that the Prelude in F sharp minor, op. 23, no. 1, 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 noted 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 indicated that Rachmaninoff conducted in this concert, and a review in Russkiye Vedomosti on April 7 confirms that Plotnikoff conducted only in the concerto. Keldysh (p. 297) also 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
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 2 1910
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: The venue of the concert is according to a review in Utro Russiye. Details of the orchestral works on the program, which were unknown to Satina, are according to an advertisement in Das Vaterland on October 29. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.