Diary entries

November 13 1935

Columbia, MO, USA
Brewer Field House

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

November 15 1935

St Louis, MO, USA
Municipal Building

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

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

November 16 1935

St Louis, MO, USA
Municipal Building

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

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

November 19 1935

Providence, RI, USA
Metropolitan Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

November 22 1935

Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
High School Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

November 24 1935

Chicago, IL, USA
Orchestra Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina indicates that this concert began at 3pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

November 26 1935

Milwaukee, WI, USA
Pabst Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

November 29 1935

Minneapolis, MI, USA
Northrop Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

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

December 1 1935

Boston, MA, USA
Symphony Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

December 3 1935

Buffalo, NY, USA
Elmwood Music Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: The Chopin Mazurka was probably op. 68, no. 2, as Satina notes that this was what he played in Columbia, MO, in the previous month. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 6 1935

Detroit, MI, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

December 8 1935

Hartford, CT, USA
Bushnell Memorial Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

December 10 1935

Washington, DC, USA
Constitution Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

December 11 1935

Baltimore, MD, USA
Lyric Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

December 13 1935

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.

December 14 1935

Philadelphia, PA, USA
Academy of Music

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina indicates that this concert began at 8.30pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 17 1935

Andover, MA, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Chopin Impromptu was likely in A flat major, op. 29. The ‘Nocturne’ by Liszt is possibly the Liebestraum in A flat major, no. 3, while the Polonaise is likely no. 2 in E major. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 18 1935

Newport, RI, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that the Chopin Impromptu was likely in A flat major, op. 29. The ‘Nocturne’ by Liszt is possibly the Liebestraum in A flat major, no. 3, while the Polonaise is likely no. 2 in E major. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

December 20 1935

Boston, MA, USA
Symphony Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

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

December 21 1935

Boston, MA, USA
Symphony Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

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

December 23 1935

New York, NY, USA
Gramophone Recording

Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording

Notes: Recorded at Studio 2.

January 3 1936

New York, NY, USA
Gramophone Recording

Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording

Notes: Recorded at Studio 2.

January 13 1936

New York, NY, USA
Carnegie Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina notes that this was a benefit Concert for the Philadelphia Orchestra and Pension Fund. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 5 1936

Paris, France

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

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

February 7 1936

Lausanne, Switzerland

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

February 8 1936

Geneva, Switzerland

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

February 12 1936

Zurich, Switzerland

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: While Satina indicates that program details are not clear in regard to the Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody, it would presumably have been no. 11 in A minor, given the frequency with which Rachmaninoff performed this work at the time. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 14 1936

Monte Carlo, Monaco

Notes: No details.

February 18 1936

Strasbourg, France
Palais des Faites

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

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

February 21 1936

Warsaw, Poland

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: According to Satina’s notes, she seems to have received correspondence indicating that Rachmaninoff appears also to have played his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43, at this concert. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.