Moscow, Russia
Assembly of the Nobility, Pillar Hall
Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27
Rachmaninoff
Isle of the Dead, op. 29
Rachmaninoff
Night on Bald Mountain
Mussorgsky
Moscow Philharmonic Society Orchestra. Sergei Rachmaninoff, conductor.
Rachmaninoff's role
Conductor
Notes
Satina notes that this was the 6th Symphony Concert of the season for the Moscow Philharmonic Society, and that this was the first performance of Isle of the Dead. Rachmaninoff substituted for Arthur Nikisch, who was ill. Satina adds that ‘he accepted only two concerts and rushed back to Dresden’, which places doubt on whether Rachmaninoff similarly substituted for Nikisch in a third concert on April 27 (Julian calendar). Martyn lists the later concert; Satina did not. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.