Diary entries
November 4 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Rachmaninoff's transcription of the Scherzo from Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream, Liszt's transcription of Schubert's Das Wandern, and a Chopin mazurka are noted as the encores in the attached reviews. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 6 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Five encores are noted in the attached review: Liszt's transcription of Schubert's Wandern, a Chopin Mazurka in A minor (likely op. 68, no. 2), Rachmaninoff's transcription of Mussorgsky's Hopak, a Waltz in A flat major of Chopin, and the transcription of Rimsky-Korsakov's Bumble Bee. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 7 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 8 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 10 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, is noted as the first of four encores in the attached review. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 11 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 13 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Liszt's transcription of Wagner's Spinning Song, and Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, are noted as encores in the attached review. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 15 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 16 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 19 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 22 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Rachmaninoff's transcriptions of Kreisler's Liebesleid and Rimsky-Korsakov's Bumble Bee are noted as encores in the attached review. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 24 1935
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
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 29 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 1 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 3 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The review of the Buffalo Times refers to the Chopin mazurka as being in the key of G sharp minor, however given the mistake in referencing the Ballade of Brahms this is perhaps in error. Liszt's transcription of Schubert's Wandern, Rachmaninoff's transcriptions of Kreisler's Liebesleid and Rimsky-Korsakov's Bumble Bee, and the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, are noted as the encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 6 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, is noted as the last in a group of encores in the attached review. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 8 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached review appears to indicate that two sonatas by Scarlatti were played, along with the Pastorale and Capriccio. The transcription of Kreisler's Liebesleid is noted as the encore. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 10 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The transcriptions of Rimsky-Korsakov's Bumble Bee and Kreisler's Liebesleid, along with the Prelude in C sharp minor, are noted in the attached reviews as among five encores given. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 11 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Rachmaninoff's transcription of Rimsky-Korsakov's Bumble Bee and the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, are noted as encores in the attached review. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 13 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 14 1935
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
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
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: From the attached review, it appears that, atypically, Rachmaninoff played an encore prior to interval, this being the Ballade no. 3 in A flat major of Chopin. The encores at the end of the recital are noted as the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, and the transcription of Rimsky-Korsakov's Bumble Bee. Satina notes that the Chopin Impromptu was likely in A flat major, op. 29. The ‘Nocturne’ by Liszt is presumably 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
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 21 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 23 1935
Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording
Notes: Recorded at Studio 2.
January 3 1936
Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording
Notes: Recorded at Studio 2.
January 13 1936
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
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina was unaware of the orchestral works on the program. They are supplied here from Stuart Campbell's 'The Russian Paris of Rachmaninoff' (2013), p. 85. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.