April 2 1937

Paris, France
Salle Pleyel
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
Bach-Liszt
Sonata in D minor, op. 31, no. 2
Beethoven
Polonaise in C minor, op. 40, no. 2
Nocturne in D flat major, op. 27, no. 2
Mazurka in F minor
Rondo in E flat major, op. 16
Chopin
Etude-Tableau in C sharp minor, op. 33
Etude-Tableau in G minor, op. 33
Etude-Tableau in E flat minor, op. 33
Etude-Tableau in E flat major, op. 33
Rachmaninoff
Sonetto del Petrarca, no. 123
Liszt
Magic Fire Music, from Valkyrie
Wagner-Brassin
Etude in E major, no. 5
Paganini-Liszt
Rachmaninoff's role
Solo Pianist
Notes
It is likely that the Chopin Mazurka in F minor is op. 7, no. 3, as it was played this season in other venues. Satina noted that ‘the programs for these [European] cities were copied from the letters written by Rachmaninoff’s secretary to the managers – Mr J Ysaye and Mr G Engels.’ A letter on April 5 to Fekla Yakovlevna Russo, known as 'White Lilacs' (as she had sent anonymously bouquets of such flowers to Rachmaninoff's concerts since his early Russian years), acknowledges her kind gift of flowers at this concert (Literaturnoye nasledie, vol. 3, p. 102). LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.