Brussels, Belgium
Palais des Beaux-Arts
Prelude, Gavotte and Gigue, from Violin Partita in E major
Bach-Rachmaninoff
Sonata in F minor (‘Appassionata’), op. 57
Beethoven
Nocturne in F sharp major, op. 15, no. 2
Fantasy in F minor, op. 49
Chopin
Nachtstück, op. 23
Schumann
Impromptu in F minor
Schubert
Prelude in A minor, op. 32, no. 8
Prelude in B flat minor, op. 32, no. 2
Rachmaninoff
Invitation to the Dance
Weber-Tausig
Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mendelssohn-Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff's role
Solo Pianist
Notes
The attached press clipping indicates the concert was for the benefit of the Belgian University Scholarship Fund under the patronage of the Belgian-Russian Committee for Aid to Russian students in Belgium. The Nachtstück could have been either no. 2 or no. 4. Satina believed the Schubert Impromptu was D. 935, no. 4, while Martyn (p. 434) indicates D. 935, no. 1. Satina believed that the Prelude in B minor, op. 32, no. 10, was played, however both attached reviews note a Prelude in 'B flat' - given their account of its character, it is clear that it must have been that in B flat minor, op. 32, no. 2. Satina noted that the ‘newspapers mentioned also the C sharp minor, op. 3, Prelude – perhaps this was given as an encore’, which is confirmed by the reviews, both of which recount the inclusion insightfully. A piece by Tchaikovsky and a Chopin waltz are also noted as encores in the second review. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.