Diary entries

March 15 1912

Dresden, Germany

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

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

March 22 1912

Frankfurt, Germany

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

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

April 5 1912 (Julian calendar)

Moscow, Russia
Assembly of the Nobility, Pillar Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Concert Soloist

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

October 6 1912 (Julian calendar)

Moscow, Russia
Assembly of the Nobility, Pillar Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor

Notes: Satina questions the spelling of cellist’s name as potentially Hening or Henning, but ultimately circles Heking with the note ‘ok’. Satina also notes that this was the 1st Symphony Concert of the season of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 20 1912 (Julian calendar)

Moscow, Russia
Assembly of the Nobility, Pillar Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor

Notes: Satina notes that this was the 2nd Symphony Concert of the season of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. Further details about which symphony by Mozart was performed have not been indicated. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 22 1912 (Julian calendar)

Moscow, Russia

Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor

Notes: Satina indicates that this was a concert in memory of Edvard Grieg. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 27 1912 (Julian calendar)

Moscow, Russia
Assembly of the Nobility, Pillar Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor

Notes: Satina notes that this was the 3rd Symphony Concert of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. Satina cites as her reference for this concert Apetian’s collection of Rachmaninoff’s letters, p. 433. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 3 1912 (Julian calendar)

Moscow, Russia
Assembly of the Nobility, Pillar Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor

Notes: Satina notes that this was the 4th Symphony Concert of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 11 1912 (Julian calendar)

Moscow, Russia

Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor

Notes: About this incomplete program, Satina notes that the proceeds were to be given ‘to the needy Students of the Moscow Women College’. Satina’s reference is Apetian’s collection of Rachmaninoff’s letters, p. 433.

November 17 1912 (Julian calendar)

Moscow, Russia

Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that the program of this concert, under the auspices of the Russian Musical Society, featured the famous tenor, Leonid Sobinov, with Rachmaninoff conducting. Satina cites as her reference Apetian’s collection of Rachmaninoff’s letters, op. 434. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 23 1912 (Julian calendar)

Moscow, Russia
Assembly of the Nobility, Pillar Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor

Notes: Satina indicates that this concert was ‘an evening of Literature and Music in Memory of Ilya Sats’. Satina notes that the artists taking part included ‘Yan-Ruban, Bogoslovsky, Mogilevsky, N. Orloff, Speranasky, Germanova, Kosminsky, O. Knipper, Boleslavsky, Vishnevsky, Kachalov, Louzhsky, Moskvin, Nemirovich-Danchenko, Stanislavsky, Kholov’. The complete program is not known. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 1 1912 (Julian calendar)

Moscow, Russia
Assembly of the Nobility, Pillar Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor

Notes: Satina indicates that this was the 5th Symphony Concert of the season of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 5 1913 (Julian calendar)

Kursk, Russia

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that, while the program for this concert is not known, he played his own works. Satina also believes that in many cities at this time he would have played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 6 1913 (Julian calendar)

Oryol, Russia

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that, while the program for this concert is not known, he played his own works. Satina also believes that in many cities at this time he would have played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 8 1913 (Julian calendar)

Smolensk, Russia

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that, while the program for this concert is not known, he played his own works. Satina also believes that in many cities at this time he would have played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 10 1913 (Julian calendar)

Liepāja, Latvia

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that, while the program for this concert is not known, he played his own works. Satina also believes that in many cities at this time he would have played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. When Rachmaninoff performed in this city, it was known in Russia as Libava. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 11 1913 (Julian calendar)

Riga, Latvia

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that, while the program for this concert is not known, he played his own works. Satina also believes that in many cities at this time he would have played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 13 1913 (Julian calendar)

Minsk, Belarus

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that, while the program for this concert is not known, he played his own works. Satina also believes that in many cities at this time he would have played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 14 1913 (Julian calendar)

Vilnius, Lithuania

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina indicates that, while the program for this concert is not known, he played his own works. While Satina did not have further details, Apetian has recorded a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Concerto no. 2 on this occasion. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 29 1913

Łódź, Poland

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that, while the program for this concert is not known, he played his own works. Satina also believes that in many cities at this time he would have played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. While Poland had abandoned the Julian calendar at this time, Satina has listed the date as October 16. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 30 1913

Warsaw, Poland

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist and Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina cites as her reference for details of this concert Apetian, p. 480. While Poland had abandoned the Julian calendar at this time, Satina has listed the date as 17 October. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 19 1913 (Julian calendar)

Kyiv, Ukraine

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 21 1913 (Julian calendar)

Odesa, Ukraine

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 22 1913 (Julian calendar)

Chișinău, Moldova

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. The Moldovan capital is also known as Kishinev. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 25 1913 (Julian calendar)

Poltava, Ukraine

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 26 1913 (Julian calendar)

Kharkiv, Ukraine

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 28 1913 (Julian calendar)

Dnipro, Ukraine

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. When Rachmaninoff performed in this city, it was known as Yekaterinoslav. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 24 1913 (Julian calendar)

Kremenchuk, Ukraine

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 30 1913 (Julian calendar)

Taganrog, Russia

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

October 31 1913 (Julian calendar)

Rostov on Don, Russia

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No program details. Satina indicates that in this concert he would have played his own works. In other programs of this time, he frequently played his Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.