December 1 1916 (Julian calendar)

This was the second performance of the Etudes-Tableaux, op. 39, although it is pertinent that only 8 are included in the set: the manuscripts for nos. 5 and 9 bear the date 1917, so it is likely that one of these was not played. Satina indicates that the program has been constructed from a review of both this concert and that on November 29, 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 (or whether there were 12 Preludes in total from the two nights). St Petersburg was known as Petrograd at this time. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.