November 29 1916 (Julian calendar)

Satina notes that this was the first performance of the Etudes-Tableaux, op. 39, although only 8 were included in the set. While the manuscripts for nos. 5 and 9 bear the date 1917, Threlfall and Norris claim that no. 5 was performed. Keldysh (p. 407) indicates that both nos. 5 and 9 were performed, explaining their manuscript dates as due to later polishing, and states that no. 8 (D minor) was written only in early 1917. Keldysh cites reviews that mention specifically Etude-tableau no. 5. Satina indicates that she constructed the program from a review of both this concert and one on December 1, and that it’s not possible to ascertain if Rachmaninoff played 6 Preludes from op. 23 and 6 Preludes from op. 32, or only 6 in total. She also indicates that the Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22, might have been performed at this concert. Keldysh indicates that the program was repeated in St Petersburg on December 1, 8, and 10, although Satina has no record of the last of these dates. St Petersburg was known as Petrograd at this time. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.