February 24 1939

Apetian did not list this concert, yet details appeared in records maintained by Rachmaninoff's UK agent, and the program was listed by Satina. A newspaper review article in the Hampshire Advertise and Southampton Times the day after the concert, on February 25, written by their music critic, 'Faux Bourdon', noted that Rachmaninoff's concert would be covered the following week, perhaps suggesting that publication issues might have prevented immediate filing of notices, and also explaining why Satina might have been convinced Rachmaninoff performed. Yet in the issue of March 4, Bourdon opened by stating 'It was, no doubt, a great disappointment to many that Rachmaninoff, the great composer-pianist, was unable to appear at last Friday's Celebrity Concert'; it noted that Vladimir Horowitz appeared instead. Hence, it is clear that Rachmaninoff did not perform at this time in Southampton. The program would have been identical to that played in Sheffield on February 21, and in Middlesborough on February 28, with works by Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Chopin and Liszt. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.