Diary entries
November 14 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Rachmaninoff's transcription of Kreisler's Liebesleid is noted as one of the encores in an attached review, which also indicates that Kreisler was among the audience at this recital. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 15 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The attached press clippings indicate that Rachmaninoff reverted to his original program at this concert, which diverted from subsequently advertised changes. Even so, while Satina believed Rachmaninoff's Preludes in B minor op. 32, no. 10, and G minor, op. 23, no. 5 were played, the attached review appears to indicate that the Preludes in G major, op. 32, no. 5, and C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, were given instead. Liszt's Liebestraum no. 3, and Rachmaninoff's transcriptions of Kreisler's Liebesleid and Rimsky-Korsakov's Bumble Bee are noted as encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 17 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, is noted in the attached review, presumably given as an encore. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 19 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: A Chopin waltz, 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.
November 20 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: A mazurka by Chopin in C sharp minor, Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, and his transcriptions of Schubert's 'Wohin?' and Rimsky-Korsakov's Bumble Bee, are noted as encores in the attached reviews. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 22 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: A Chopin waltz, Liszt's Liebestraum no. 3, and Rachmaninoff's transcription of Schubert's 'Wohin?' are noted as encores in the attached reviews. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 23 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 27 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 28 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 30 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 2 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 3 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 7 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina had a different ordering of the Chopin group to that outlined in the attached reviews, hence her indication of key for the Mazurka could be mistaken. The Waltz in A flat major, op. 42, was played two nights later, so was perhaps performed here. Liszt's transcription of 'Die Forelle' and 'two Russian numbers' are noted as encores in the reviews. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 9 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina was not aware of the inclusion of the Waltz in A flat, op. 42, in the Chopin group. Rachmaninoff's transcriptions of Schubert's 'Wohin?', Mussorgsky's Hopak, and Rimsky-Korsakov's Bumble Bee are noted as encores in the attached reviews. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 12 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 13 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that in this program the Beethoven sonata that appeared in Exeter and Norwalk on the days either side was not played, but rather the Chopin Waltz and Ballade were added. However, Satina does not indicate the exact placement of these works, thus where they were added cannot be indicated with certainty. The Liebestraum similarly replaced the Liszt Sonetto. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 15 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 24 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina indicates that this concert began at 2.30pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
December 25 1937
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina indicates that this concert began at 8.15pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 14 1938
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that the Chopin Mazurka was op. 63, no. 3, given that Rachmaninoff played it in other concerts this season. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 16 1938
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that the Chopin Mazurka was op. 63, no. 3, given that Rachmaninoff played it in other concerts this season. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 20 1938
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: A note in Satina's files indicates that brief details of the concert were found in the journal 'l'Eclaireur'. Works by Bach-Liszt, Bach, Chopin, Debussy, and two of Rachmaninoff's compositions were performed. The works noted appear similar to a program Rachmaninoff gave on February 28 in Vienna.
February 23 1938
Notes: A note in Satina's files indicates that brief details of this concert were found in the journal 'l'Eclaireur'. Works by Handel, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff were performed. While no orchestra is listed, the notice continues that 'he will play the Beethoven's Concerto in C major as the opening act' ['... il jouera en première partie le concerte en ut majeur de Beethoven']. This seems odd, although the concerto was played a few weeks later at a concert in Manchester, UK, on March 10. Beethoven's piano sonata in D minor, op. 31, no. 2, appeared in programs at the time, so it seems possible that details may have been muddled.
February 28 1938
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that she has copied the keys and opuses of these works from the same program that Rachmaninoff played in Newcastle a few weeks later. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 4 1938
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 10 1938
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 12 1938
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 13 1938
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Tchaikovsky's Troika and the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, are noted as encores in the attached reviews. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 15 1938
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The transcription of Kreisler's Liebesleid 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.