Diary entries

November 14 1934

Boston, MA, USA
The Ballroom, Hotel Statler

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Chopin Waltz could have been either op. 64, no. 3, op. 69, no. 1, or op. 42. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 16 1934

Evansville, IN, USA
Musician’s Club

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the key and number of the Chopin Ballade were not printed in the program, however the same program was played in Seattle the following week and these details have been copied from there. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 19 1934

Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina indicates a belief that the Scriabin poem was in F sharp major, op. 32, no. 1, and the Etude was in D sharp minor, op. 8, no. 12. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 23 1934

Seattle, WA, USA
Civic Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

November 24 1934

Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vancouver Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina indicates a belief that the Scriabin poem was in F sharp major, op. 32, no. 1, and the Etude was in D sharp minor, op. 8, no. 12. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 26 1934

Oakland, CA, USA
Auditorium Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Liszt Ballade was probably no. 2 in B minor, and that the keys of the Rachmaninoff Preludes were according to the review. Only the Chopin Ballade and Scherzo were mentioned in this review. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 27 1934

San Francisco, CA, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina indicates a belief that the Scriabin poem was in F sharp major, op. 32, no. 1, and the Etude was in D sharp minor, op. 8, no. 12. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 1 1934

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina indicates a belief that the Scriabin poem was in F sharp major, op. 32, no. 1, and the Etude was in D sharp minor, op. 8, no. 12. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 4 1934

Los Angeles, CA, USA
Philharmonic Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Liszt Ballade was probably no. 2 in B minor. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 9 1934

Washington, DC, USA
Constitution Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina indicates that this concert began at 4.30pm. Satina notes that this program is incomplete. Satina also writes: ‘A picture was taken without his knowledge by a newspaper man when he played the nocturne. It is one of the best pictures kept in Rachmaninoff’s Archives now.’ LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 10 1934

Baltimore, MD, USA
Lyric Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina indicates a belief that the Scriabin poem was in F sharp major, op. 32, no. 1, and the Etude was in D sharp minor, op. 8, no. 12. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 12 1934

Louisville, KY, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina indicates that this program is incomplete. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 14 1934

St Louis, MO, USA
Municipal Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

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

December 15 1934

St Louis, MO, USA
Municipal Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

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

December 24 1934

Camden, NJ, USA
Gramophone Recording

Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording

December 27 1934

New York, NY, USA
Carnegie Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina indicates that this concert began at 8.45pm. Satina notes that this was the 3047th concert of the New York Philharmonic Society, and the first performance of the Paganini Rhapsody in New York. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 28 1934

New York, NY, USA
Carnegie Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina indicates that this concert began at 2.30pm. Satina notes that this was the 3047th concert of the New York Philharmonic Society, and the first performance of the Paganini Rhapsody in New York. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 8 1935

New York, NY, USA
Gramophone Recording

Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording

Notes: Recorded at Studio 2.

January 10 1935

New York, NY, USA
Gramophone Recording

Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording

Notes: Recorded at Studio 2.

February 1 1935

Copenhagen, Denmark

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: About this concert Satina is not clear. It could be that this program is speculative, based on what was played in Stockholm on February 8. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 5 1935

Oslo, Norway

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: About this concert Satina is not clear. It could be that this program is speculative, based on what was played in Stockholm on February 8. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 8 1935

Stockholm, Sweden

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

February 12 1935

Stockholm, Sweden

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

February 15 1935

Budapest, Hungary

Notes: No details.

February 18 1935

Vienna, Austria

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No details, however Satina indicates that works by Bach-Tausig, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Liszt were played, indicating that the program could be similar to what was given in Oslo earlier in the month, excepting the work by Mozart. Her source appears to be Musical Opinion, 1935, Vol. 58. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 19 1935

Prague, Czech Republic

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: No details, however Satina indicates that works by Bach-Tausig, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Liszt were played, indicating that the program could be similar to what was given in Oslo earlier in the month, excepting the work by Mozart. Her source appears to be Musical Opinion, 1935, Vol. 58. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 21 1935

Vienna, Austria

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

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

February 28 1935

Oxford, England

Notes: No details.

March 2 1935

London, England
Queen’s Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina’s notes for this concert are not clear. She initially indicates that this is the program according to information received from Mr Tillett. However, in a review she has found in Music Opinion, Rachmaninoff also played the Bach-Tausig Toccata, a group of Russian works (Scriabin, Medtner, Borodin, and Rubinstein), but no Scarlatti. This later opinion then appears to be backed up by a pencilled note: ‘Correct – I was present. P Piggott’. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 4 1935

Glasgow, Scotland

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: There is no complete program, however Satina indicates that similar works were played as the concert in London on March 2, with the exception that works by Scarlatti and Dohnányi were not played, and that a group of Russian pieces might have been played. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.