Diary entries
March 6 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina indicates that only two Preludes by Rachmaninoff were played in this venue according to the review, and that they were placed before the works by Chopin. 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 Liszt Sonetto del Petrarca in E major, no. 104, was frequently played in programs in numerous earlier seasons. Chopin’s Nocturne in F sharp major, op. 15, no. 2, and Ballade no. 3 in A flat major, op. 47, were often played in other recitals during this season. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 10 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 11 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 14 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 Liszt Sonetto del Petrarca in E major, no. 104, was frequently played in programs in numerous earlier seasons. Chopin’s Nocturne in F sharp major, op. 15, no. 2, and Ballade no. 3 in A flat major, op. 47, were often played in other recitals during this season. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 18 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.
March 19 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 Liszt Sonetto del Petrarca in E major, no. 104, was frequently played in programs in numerous earlier seasons. Chopin’s Nocturne in F sharp major, op. 15, no. 2, and Ballade no. 3 in A flat major, op. 47, were often played in other recitals during this season. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 21 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 Liszt Sonetto del Petrarca in E major, no. 104, was frequently played in programs in numerous earlier seasons. Chopin’s Nocturne in F sharp major, op. 15, no. 2, and Ballade no. 3 in A flat major, op. 47, were often played in other recitals during this season. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
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 3 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina indicates that this concert began at 8.30pm. Satina notes that this was part of a Five Festivals Concert arranged by Walter Damrosch for a ‘Musicians’ Emergency Fund’. Satina also notes that it was the only joint appearance of Fritz Kreisler and Rachmaninoff. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
April 23 1933
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: The program image has been supplied by the Academy of Santa Cecilia. 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.