Diary entries

December 28 1923

Camden, NJ, USA
Gramophone Recording

Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording

December 31 1923

Camden, NJ, USA
Gramophone Recording

Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording

Notes: Recorded at Trinity Church.

January 3 1924

Camden, NJ, USA
Gramophone Recording

Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording

Notes: Recorded at Trinity Church.

January 14 1924

Atlanta, GA, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the interval where this program was performed was between the works by Chopin and Liszt. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 15 1924

Birmingham, AL, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the interval where this program was performed was between the works by Chopin and Liszt. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 16 1924

Memphis, TN, USA
Lyric Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the interval where this program was performed was between the works by Chopin and Liszt. The ‘Waltz’ by Strauss-Tausig which Satina states ended this concert could have been either ‘Man lebt nur einmal’ or ‘Wahlstimmen’, both of which were in Rachmaninoff’s programs in previous years. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 24 1924

Philadelphia, PA, USA
Academy of Music

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the interval where this program was performed was between the works by Chopin and Liszt. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 25 1924

Baltimore, MD, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the interval where this program was performed was between the works by Chopin and Liszt. Satina also indicates that the program at this concert included a waltz by Chopin in A flat major. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 28 1924

Hartford, CT, USA
Parson’s Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the interval where this program was performed was between the works by Chopin and Liszt. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 29 1924

Springfield, MA, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the interval where this program was performed was between the works by Chopin and Liszt. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 31 1924

Wilmington, DE, USA
The Playhouse

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Scriabin Etude was probably in D sharp minor, op. 8, no. 12. In various concerts in 1918 and 1919, Rachmaninoff played collections of preludes from Scriabin’s op. 11, and their more precise listing in some of those programs likely gives some indication as to which might have been played in this concert. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 4 1924

Hamilton, OH, USA
High School Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina indicates that the waltz by Strauss-Tausig could have been either ‘Man lebt nur einmal’ or ‘Wahlstimmen’, both of which were in Rachmaninoff’s programs in previous years. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 5 1924

Cincinnati, OH, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the interval where this program was performed was between the works by Chopin and Liszt. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 6 1924

St Louis, MO, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the interval where this program was performed was between the works by Chopin and Liszt. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 8 1924

Peoria, IL, USA

Notes: No details.

February 10 1924

Davenport, IA, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina indicates that the waltz by Strauss-Tausig could have been either ‘Man lebt nur einmal’ or ‘Wahlstimmen’, both of which were in Rachmaninoff’s programs in previous years. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 12 1924

Kansas City, MO, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: It is possible that the Scriabin Etude was in D sharp minor, op. 8, no. 12, as Satina notes that for other concerts in late January and February her belief that this etude was played then. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 13 1924

Lincoln, NE, USA
Lincoln Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina indicates that the waltz by Strauss-Tausig could have been either ‘Man lebt nur einmal’ or ‘Wahlstimmen’, both of which were in Rachmaninoff’s programs in previous years. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 15 1924

Milwaukee, WI, USA
Pabst Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the interval where this program was performed was between the works by Chopin and Liszt. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 17 1924

Chicago, IL, USA

Notes: No details, although the review from the Chicago Tribune indicates that the program was perhaps the same as in Milwaukee, WI, on February 15.

February 20 1924

Washington, DC, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: It might be presumed that the Prelude by Rachmaninoff was in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 21 1924

Trenton, NJ, USA
Crescent Temple

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina has written that the program received for this concert was incomplete. The waltz by Strauss-Tausig could have been either ‘Man lebt nur einmal’ or ‘Wahlstimmen’, both of which were in Rachmaninoff’s programs in previous years. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 23 1924

New York, NY, USA
Carnegie Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Scriabin Etude was probably in D sharp minor, op. 8, no. 12. In various concerts in 1918 and 1919, Rachmaninoff played collections of preludes from Scriabin’s op. 11, and their more precise listing in some of those programs likely gives some indication as to which might have been played in this concert. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 10 1924

Washington, DC, USA
The White House

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that this concert was ‘by invitation’, and that the Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody included Rachmaninoff’s cadenza. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 18 1924

Camden, NJ, USA
Gramophone Recording

Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording

October 2 1924

Bournemouth, England

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

October 4 1924

Liverpool, England

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

October 6 1924

London, England
Queen’s Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

October 9 1924

Eastbourne, England

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

October 11 1924

London, England
Queen's Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: The exact order of the afternoon concert is not known. Satina and Apetian were similarly uncertain about the program, especially in regard to the concerto, however clarity has been provided by a review in The Times dated October 13. The conductor appears to have led a Proms concert later the same evening, featuring different repertoire and artists. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.