February 24 1931

Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vancouver Theatre
Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
Bach-Busoni
Sonata in D minor, op. 31, no. 2
Beethoven
Polonaise in F sharp minor, op. 44
Mazurka in A flat major, op. 59, no. 2
Waltz in A flat major
Scherzo no. 3 in C sharp minor, op. 39
Chopin
Intermission
Funérailles
Valse oubliée
Waldesrauschen
Liszt
Fairy Tale in B minor
Medtner
Prelude in G flat major, op. 23, no. 10
Etude-Tableau in E flat minor, op. 33
Rachmaninoff
Islamey, Oriental Fantasy, op. 18
Balakirev
Rachmaninoff's role
Solo Pianist
Notes
As the second attached press clipping explains, a late change to the program involved the removal of the advertised Scriabin works (preludes in C major, G major, B minor, F sharp minor, F major, and E flat minor from op. 11, and an etude, op. 42) and additional Medtner works (Fairy Tale in E minor, op. 34, no. 2, and Funeral March, op. 31, no. 2), and the inclusion of works by Liszt. The program including works by Scriabin was also to have been played in Los Angeles in March 7, but does not appear to have been given this season at all. Satina noted that the Chopin Waltz could have been either op. 64, no. 3, op. 69, no. 2, or op. 42, and that the Scriabin Etude from op. 42 was probably in C sharp minor. Satina also indicated that Medtner’s Fairy Tale in B minor could have been op. 20 or op. 34, no. 1. The second attached review refers to Balakirev's transcription of Glinka's 'The Lark' as an encore, however this is perhaps in error as it is not known to have been in Rachmaninoff's repertoire. Additional encores included Rachmaninoff's transcription of Rimsky-Korsakov's Bumble Bee, Rubinstein's transcription of Beethoven's Turkish March, and the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.