Lucerne, Switzerland
Kunsthaus
Symphony in D major
Haydn
Concerto no. 1 in C major, op. 15
Beethoven
Intermission
Nuages and Fêtes, from Nocturnes
Debussy
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43
Rachmaninoff
La Valse
Ravel
‘Symphony Orchestra’. Ernest Ansermet, conductor.
Rachmaninoff's role
Concerto Soloist
Notes
Satina notes that this concert was part of an International Music Festival. It seems ironic that a work so associated (even if wrongly) with the destruction wrought on Europe by the First World War ends this concert – Rachmaninoff’s final performance in Europe – on the eve of the Second World War. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
