Diary entries
January 10 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina indicates that this concert began at 8.45pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 12 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina indicates that this concert commenced at 2.30pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 14 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that Schubert’s Impromptu is op. 90, no. 4. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 15 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that Schubert’s Impromptu was op. 90, no. 4, and that Medtner’s Fairy Tale was op. 34, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 19 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 20 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 23 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Apetian listed this recital, however Satina did not record the date. It is possible that Rachmaninoff failed to list this concert in his 'notebook' (this being Satina's source). Only the final half of the program is known. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 25 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
January 26 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 3 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that Schubert’s Impromptu was op. 90, no. 4, and that Medtner’s Fairy Tale was op. 34, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 6 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that Schubert’s Impromptu was op. 90, no. 4, and that Medtner’s Fairy Tale was op. 34, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 9 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that Schubert’s Impromptu was op. 90, no. 4, and that Medtner’s Fairy Tale was op. 34, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 12 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that Schubert’s Impromptu is op. 90, no. 4. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 13 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that Schubert’s Impromptu is op. 90, no. 4. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 14 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: It is likely that Schubert’s Impromptu was op. 90, no. 4, and that Medtner’s Fairy Tale was op. 34, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 24 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording
March 18 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording
Notes: Recorded at Studio 2.
April 9 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording
Notes: Recorded at Studio 2.
October 14 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that the Humoresque and Moment musical were performed in their revised versions. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 18 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that the Humoresque and Moment musical were performed in their revised versions. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 22 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: Satina notes that this concert commenced at 2.15pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 30 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that the Humoresque and Moment musical were performed in their revised versions. Satina also indicates that Rachmaninoff may have also played the Etude-Tableau in C major, op. 33. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 5 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 6 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist
Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 7 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that the Humoresque and Moment musical were performed in their revised versions. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 9 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: Satina notes that the Humoresque and Moment musical were performed in their revised versions. The mention by Olin Downes in his review for the New York Times of encores is noteworthy: in particular, Rachmaninoff's transcription of Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee was never listed in a concert program. As an encore, however, it may have been a frequently performed work. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 12 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Schubert Impromptu is likely op. 90, no. 4. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 17 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Schubert Impromptu is likely op. 90, no. 4. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 19 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Schubert Impromptu is likely op. 90, no. 4. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
November 21 1940
Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist
Notes: The Schubert Impromptu is likely op. 90, no. 4. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.