Diary entries
February 9 1903 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Chamber Musician
Notes: Satina notes that this was a concert held under the auspices of the ‘Society for Improving the Conditions of Teacher’s Life in Moscow Public Schools’, and that V. Petrovna, Antonina Nezhdanova, and Leonid Sobinov also took part. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 10 1903 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist and Chamber Musician
Notes: Satina notes that this was a concert held under the auspices of the Ladies Committee for Prisoner Welfare. Satina cites Apetian, p. 221-222, as her reference. Threlfall and Norris note that this was the first performance of Rachmaninoff's op. 22. Keldysh (p. 205) indicates that N.I. Zabela-Vrubel sang some of Rachmaninoff's songs, along with Petrovna, which is supported by Martyn (p. 432), although the latter does not list the performance of Rachmaninoff's songs. Keldysh quotes from a review indicating that the Prelude in D major was played rather than the Prelude in B flat major. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 3 1903 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina indicates that Rachmaninoff included his Preludes in D minor and D major among the set. Keldysh (p. 205) notes only 5 preludes. Which concerto by Popper was played is not indicated. The concert began at 9pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 15 1903 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist and Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that this was the 3rd concert in the season of Alexander Siloti. Satina also notes that this was the first performance of the works by Goedicke and Rimsky-Korsakov. Keldysh (p. 201 and p. 206) indicates that Rachmaninoff played three preludes from op. 23 as encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 13 1903 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor and Chamber Musician
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 16 1904 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Chamber Musician
Notes: Satina notes that this was a benefit concert held under the auspices of ‘the Society for the Aid of needy Medical Students – Attendants at the Old St Catherine’s Hospital’. Satina also indicates that this was the first performance of the work by Glazunov. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 18 1904 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Chamber Musician
Notes: Satina notes that this was the first appearance of Rachmaninoff in one of Kerzin’s concerts. Satina cites Apetian, p. 230, as her reference. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
September 3 1904 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Keldysh (p. 210) notes that while Rachmaninoff was scheduled to have conducted the season-opening performance of Glinka's 'A Life for the Tsar', delays in that production meant that this appearance was Rachmaninoff's first at the Bolshoi Theatre.
September 17 1904 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Keldysh (p. 213) notes Chaliapin in the role of Galitsky in this performance.
September 21 1904 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Keldysh (p. 213) provides details of this entirely new production of Glinka's opera, which sought to restore the composer's original work, and quotes numerous and highly laudatory reviews of Rachmaninoff's conducting.
October 26 1904 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: This was a special celebratory 100th performance of the opera at the Bolshoi Theatre, with Chaliapin’s first performance as Tomsky. Keldysh (p. 216) also notes Nezhdanova as Prilepa, and Zbrueva as Polina and Milovzor. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.