Diary entries
March 13 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that the Chopin Mazurka in F minor is op. 7, no. 3, as it was played this season in other venues. Threlfall and Norris indicate that Rachmaninoff’s transcription of Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Bumble Bee was played in this concert, but it didn’t appear in Satina’s version of the program (nor in any other concert). LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 14 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that the Chopin Mazurka in F minor is op. 7, no. 3, as it was played this season in other venues, and that the Etudes-Tableaux are a set from op. 33, including C sharp minor, G minor, E flat minor, and E flat major. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 16 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that the Chopin Mazurka in F minor is op. 7, no. 3, as it was played this season in other venues, and that the Etudes-Tableaux are a set from op. 33, including C sharp minor, G minor, E flat minor, and E flat major. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 18 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that the Chopin Mazurka in F minor is op. 7, no. 3, as it was played this season in other venues, and that the Etudes-Tableaux are a set from op. 33, including C sharp minor, G minor, E flat minor, and E flat major. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 20 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that the Chopin Mazurka in F minor is op. 7, no. 3, as it was played this season in other venues, and that the Etudes-Tableaux are a set from op. 33, including C sharp minor, G minor, E flat minor, and E flat major. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 23 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
April 2 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that the Chopin Mazurka in F minor is op. 7, no. 3, as it was played this season in other venues. Satina notes that ‘the programs for these cities were copied from the letters written by Rachmaninoff’s secretary to the managers – Mr J Ysaye and Mr G Eugel.’ LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
April 8 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that the Chopin Mazurka in F minor is op. 7, no. 3, as it was played this season in other venues. Satina notes that ‘the programs for these cities were copied from the letters written by Rachmaninoff’s secretary to the managers – Mr J Ysaye and Mr G Eugel.’ LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
April 12 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: According to Satina, a letter that she received from Milan indicates that it was possible that only the Rondo by Chopin was played at this concert. The works by Wagner-Brassin and Paganini-Liszt that was typically closing the European concerts in this season appear to have been replaced by the Kreisler transcription. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 18 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 20 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 23 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina indicates that this concert began at 8.45pm. Satina indicates that this was a ‘Special Concert for the Benefit of American Federation for Blind and for Pension Fund for the Orchestra’, and that Helen Keller was introduced at the interview by Dr J Finely. Satina also notes that the work by Rameau replaced the programmed Jeu des cartes of Stravinsky, and that the symphony by Brahms replaced Sibelius’ Symphony no. 5. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 24 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 26 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 27 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 29 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 30 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 1 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 2 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 4 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 6 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 7 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 8 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 10 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 14 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 15 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 17 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 19 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 20 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is interesting to note the mention of Rachmaninoff's transcription of Flight of the Bumblebee in one of the attached reviews, as it appears never to have been programmed formally in a concert. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 22 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.