Solo Pianist - Diary entries

Many of the initial performance details listed here were compiled from Zarui Apetian’s important research, published in Literaturnoye Nasledie [Collected Literature] (Sovietskii Kompozitor: Moscow, 1980, vol. 3, pp. 439-467). These details have been subsequently cross-referenced and checked with the many itineraries and other corroborating materials, especially substantial research that identified precise program details, collected by Rachmaninoff’s sister-in-law, Sophia Satina, housed in the Rachmaninoff Archive of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C (LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R22, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89). Further information has been gathered from Barrie Martyn’s book Rachmaninoff: Composer, Pianist, Conductor (Scolar Press: London, 1990), A Catalogue of the Compositions of S. Rachmaninoff by Robert Threlfall and Geoffrey Norris (Scolar Press: London, 1982), and research undertaken at the Glinka Museum of Musical Culture, Moscow.

November 20 1925

St Louis, MO, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Schubert Impromptu could have been either op. 90, no. 4, or op. 142, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 22 1925

Chicago, IL, USA
Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Schubert Impromptu could have been either op. 90, no. 4, or op. 142, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 23 1925

Cleveland, OH, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Schubert Impromptu could have been either op. 90, no. 4, or op. 142, no. 2. Satina also indicates that the program she had received was incomplete: the Chopin Sonata, Schubert Impromptu, and Liszt Consolation, were not mentioned. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 24 1925

Buffalo, NY, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Schubert Impromptu could have been either op. 90, no. 4, or op. 142, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 29 1925

New York, NY, USA
Carnegie Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Schubert Impromptu could have been either op. 90, no. 4, or op. 142, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 30 1925

Hartford, CT, USA
Parson’s Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Schubert Impromptu could have been either op. 90, no. 4, or op. 142, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 2 1925

Washington, DC, USA
Poli’s Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Schubert Impromptu could have been either op. 90, no. 4, or op. 142, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 3 1925

Baltimore, MD, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Schubert Impromptu could have been either op. 90, no. 4, or op. 142, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 4 1925

Brooklyn, NY, USA
The Academy of Music

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Schubert Impromptu could have been either op. 90, no. 4, or op. 142, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 9 1925

Ottawa, ON, Canada

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Schubert Impromptu could have been either op. 90, no. 4, or op. 142, no. 2. Satina also indicates that Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, was on the program for this concert. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 11 1925

Toronto, ON, Canada

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Schubert Impromptu could have been either op. 90, no. 4, or op. 142, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 20 1927

Rutland, VT, USA
Rutland Armory

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the keys for the works by Chopin were not given in the review of this concert, but that she has presumed them to be the same as other performances of the program. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 21 1927

Fitchburg, MA, USA
City Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the keys for the works by Chopin were not given in the review of this concert, but that she has presumed them to be the same as other performances of the program. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 23 1927

Boston, MA, USA
Symphony Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that according to a review Rachmaninoff played the Chopin Nocturne in D flat major, and that Rachmaninoff’s Prelude was in G major, op. 32, no. 5. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 24 1927

New Haven, CT, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that Rachmaninoff’s Prelude was in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 30 1927

Providence, RI, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 3 1927

Harrisburg, PA, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 6 1927

Chicago, IL, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 7 1927

Detroit, MI, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 9 1927

Cleveland, OH, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina writes that the ‘Rachmaninoff Prelude was not the C sharp minor one’ at this concert. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 10 1927

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina writes that the ‘Rachmaninoff Prelude was not the C sharp minor one’ at this concert. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 13 1927

Indianapolis, IN, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Liszt was not mentioned in the review. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 14 1927

Madison, WI, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 19 1927

New York, NY, USA
Carnegie Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina writes that the Rachmaninoff’s Prelude was in G major, op. 32, no. 5. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 21 1927

Washington, DC, USA
Poli’s Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 22 1927

Baltimore, MD, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 23 1927

Philadelphia, PA, USA
Academy of Music

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina writes that the Rachmaninoff’s Prelude was in G major, op. 32, no. 5. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 3 1927

San Diego, CA, USA
Spreckel’s Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 4 1927

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 6 1927

San Francisco, CA, USA
Columbia Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina indicates that the Beethoven and Schumann works ‘replaced the Schubert-Liszt’, which appears to indicate that the Schubert-Tausig remained in the program. (In previous similar concerts where the Beethoven and Schumann were played, they replaced both the Schubert-Tausig and the Schubert-Liszt.) LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.