Diary entries
January 15 1934
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 program she was sent is incomplete, and there is no mention of the works by Rachmaninoff. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 16 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 18 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina writes that instead of the Chopin group listed in the program (and as given in Cincinnati, OH, two nights earlier), Rachmaninoff played the Chopin Sonata ‘in memory of Albert Lockwood, who from 1900 to 1933 was Head of [the] Piano Department of the University School of Music, and who died 9 November 1933’. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 22 1934
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.
February 8 1934
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.
February 9 1934
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.
February 11 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 25 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 26 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 9 1934
Notes: No details. Satina adds that ‘Mr Tillett wrote that most of the programs of 1934-1935 were destroyed by bombs during the war’. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 10 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that this program, which was copied from a newspaper, indicated ‘Années de Pelerinage’ for the first work by Liszt, which she presumes to be the Sonetto, as played in other recitals at this time. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 13 1934
Notes: No details, however Satina presumes that based on a ‘review found in the Music Opinion, Vol. 57, 1934, the program given by Rachmaninoff had probably the same program’ as given elsewhere at this time in the United Kingdom, France and Belgium. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 15 1934
Notes: No details. Satina adds that ‘Mr Tillett wrote that most of the programs of 1934-1935 were destroyed by bombs during the war’. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 17 1934
Notes: No details. Satina adds that ‘Mr Tillett wrote that most of the programs of 1934-1935 were destroyed by bombs during the war’. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 23 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 27 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 19 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina indicates that this concert began at 8.30pm. Satina notes that according to Rachmaninoff’s wife the Chopin Mazurka was either op. 17, no. 4 or op. 67, no. 4, or op. 68, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 22 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that according to Rachmaninoff’s wife the Chopin Mazurka was either op. 17, no. 4 or op. 67, no. 4, or op. 68, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 25 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that according to Rachmaninoff’s wife the Chopin Mazurka was either op. 17, no. 4 or op. 67, no. 4, or op. 68, no. 2. Satina also notes that the keys for the works by Chopin and Rachmaninoff were not given, but that she has presumed them to be the same as other venues where this recital program was played at this time. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 26 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that according to Rachmaninoff’s wife the Chopin Mazurka was either op. 17, no. 4 or op. 67, no. 4, or op. 68, no. 2. Satina also notes that despite the program indicating Chopin’s Polonaise in F sharp minor, Rachmaninoff in fact played the Scherzo no. 3. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 28 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that according to Rachmaninoff’s wife the Chopin Mazurka was either op. 17, no. 4 or op. 67, no. 4, or op. 68, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 30 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that according to Rachmaninoff’s wife the Chopin Mazurka was either op. 17, no. 4 or op. 67, no. 4, or op. 68, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 2 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that according to Rachmaninoff’s wife the Chopin Mazurka was either op. 17, no. 4 or op. 67, no. 4, or op. 68, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 3 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that according to Rachmaninoff’s wife the Chopin Mazurka was either op. 17, no. 4 or op. 67, no. 4, or op. 68, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 5 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that according to Rachmaninoff’s wife the Chopin Mazurka was either op. 17, no. 4 or op. 67, no. 4, or op. 68, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 7 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina indicates that this concert began at 8.30pm. Satina notes that these were the first performances of the Paganini Rhapsody. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 8 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina notes that these were the first performances of the Paganini Rhapsody. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 9 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that according to Rachmaninoff’s wife the Chopin Mazurka was either op. 17, no. 4 or op. 67, no. 4, or op. 68, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 11 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that according to Rachmaninoff’s wife the Chopin Mazurka was either op. 17, no. 4 or op. 67, no. 4, or op. 68, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 12 1934
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that according to Rachmaninoff’s wife the Chopin Mazurka was either op. 17, no. 4 or op. 67, no. 4, or op. 68, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.