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.
March 23 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: While Satina has indicated that the Nachstück is in F minor, it is possible that it is either no. 2 or no. 4: both are in F major, although no. 2 has an F minor section. It is believed that the Schubert Impromptu was op. 142, no. 4. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 26 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: While Satina has indicated that the Nachstück is in F minor, it is possible that it is either no. 2 or no. 4: both are in F major, although no. 2 has an F minor section. It is believed that the Schubert Impromptu was op. 142, no. 4. The Ballade no. 3 in A flat major, op. 47 was frequently played in recitals during this season. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
April 29 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Nachstück could have been either no. 2 or no. 4. Satina notes that this was the first European performance of the Variations, op. 42. Threlfall and Norris also confirm the performance of op. 42, along with the transcriptions. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
May 3 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Nachstück could have been either no. 2 or no. 4. It is believed that the Schubert Impromptu was op. 142, no. 4. Satina notes that the ‘newspapers mentioned also the C sharp minor, op. 3, Prelude – perhaps this was given as an encore’. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
May 5 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Nachstück could have been either no. 2 or no. 4. It is believed that the Schubert Impromptu was op. 142, no. 4. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 9 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 10 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 11 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 13 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina was unable to locate details for this program, however a review indicates what was played. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 16 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 17 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina was advised by the ‘Director of the Department of Archives and History of Alabama’ that Rachmaninoff played Beethoven’s Sonata in G major, op. 31, no. 1 at this concert. Satina notes that Rachmaninoff’s wife questioned this, but that ‘we received later 3 printed programs from cities where this sonata has been played’. Failing evidence to the contrary, it might be that incorrect information was sent to venues and printed in programs. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 21 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 24 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 27 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 1 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 3 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 5 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 7 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 9 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 10 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 12 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. Satina indicates that the Preludes by Rachmaninoff, and his transcription of the work by Mendelssohn, were not mentioned in the review, and therefore might not have been played. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 15 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. Satina indicates that the program she was sent is incomplete, and there is no mention of the works by Rachmaninoff. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 16 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 18 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina writes that instead of the Chopin group listed in the program (and as given in Cincinnati, OH, two nights earlier), Rachmaninoff played the Chopin Sonata ‘in memory of Albert Lockwood, who from 1900 to 1933 was Head of [the] Piano Department of the University School of Music, and who died 9 November 1933’. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 22 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 8 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 9 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is not clear which Rondo by Schubert this is. Potentially, it may be Dietrich’s piano solo arrangement of the Rondo for four hands, D. 608, or the final movement from the Sonata D. 850. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 11 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 25 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 26 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.