Diary entries

March 11 1927

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina indicates that Rachmaninoff also played his Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, in this concert. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 15 1927

Saint Paul, MN, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina was unable to ascertain any details about this recital. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 18 1927

Philadelphia, PA, USA
Academy of Music

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina notes that this was the first performance of op. 40 and op. 41. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 19 1927

Philadelphia, PA, USA
Academy of Music

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

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

March 19 1927

New York, NY, USA
Gramophone Recording

Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording

March 22 1927

New York, NY, USA
Carnegie Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina indicates that, in New York, Kurt Schindler trained the contraltos and basses of the choir. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 24 1927

Brooklyn, NY, USA
Academy of Music

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

March 27 1927

Montreal, QC, Canada
Princess Theatre

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina indicates that no keys were given for the Etudes-Tableaux on the program, but they have been presumed to have been the same as for other locations where Rachmaninoff performed this program. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 29 1927

Washington, DC, USA
The Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

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

March 30 1927

Washington, DC, USA
The White House

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that this concert was ‘by invitation’. Satina believes that the Waltz by Strauss-Tausig was ‘Man lebt nur einmal’, but it may be possible that it was ‘Wahlstimmen’, as this was also in Rachmaninoff’s repertory at the time. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 30 1927

Baltimore, MD, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

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

April 2 1927

New York, NY, USA
Carnegie Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

April 3 1927

Boston, MA, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

April 4 1927

Philadelphia, PA, USA
Academy of Music

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina indicates that in this concert the chorus was from the Mendelssohn Club, and that Bruce A Carrey was their conductor. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

April 5 1927

New York, NY, USA
Gramophone Recording

Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording

January 15 1928

Stamford, CT, USA

Notes: No details.

January 18 1928

Plainfield, NJ, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

January 23 1928

Trenton, NJ, USA
Crescent Temple

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

January 27 1928

Andover, MA, USA
George Washington Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

January 29 1928

Boston, MA, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

February 2 1928

Detroit, MI, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

February 3 1928

Milwaukee, WI, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

February 5 1928

Chicago, IL, USA
Orchestra Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

February 8 1928

Cleveland, OH, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

February 9 1928

Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Carnegie Music Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

February 10 1928

Greenburg, PA, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

February 15 1928

Buffalo, NY, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

February 16 1928

Northampton, MA, USA
John M Greene Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

February 18 1928

New York, NY, USA
Carnegie Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina uses the word ‘apparently’ when indicating which prelude Rachmaninoff played, however it is confirmed in review from the New York Times. According to the review, however, the Chopin Polonaise was a different one. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 20 1928

Ottawa, ON, Canada

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina has later typed ‘or op. 10, no. 10’ after the second Chopin etude in her notes for three recitals in Canada at this time. Satina noted in regard to the concert in Ottawa that the Chopin works were listed without their keys (either in the program or a review, presumably), and that ‘Medtner’s Fairy Tale was op. 34 but it might be incorrect’. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.