March 21 1931

Philadelphia, PA, USA
Academy of Music
Rachmaninoff's role
Solo Pianist
Notes
Satina wondered whether the Chopin Waltz might not have been played, and that Medtner’s Fairy Tale in B minor could have been either op. 20 or op. 34, no. 1. Satina was also unsure if the Bach-Tausig opened the concert, or the Bach-Busoni Chorale Prelude, which opened other concerts during this season. The attached review, however, indicates the Bach-Tausig. It is interesting to note that the transcription of Flight of the Bumblebee was played as an encore, as it appears never formally to have been included in a program. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.