Conductor - Diary entries
Many of the performance details listed here have been compiled from Zarui Apetian’s important research, published in Literaturnoye Nasledie [Collected Literature] (Sovietskii Kompozitor: Moscow, 1980, vol. 3, pp. 439-467). These details have been subsequently cross-referenced and checked with the many itineraries and other corroborating materials collected by Rachmaninoff’s sister-in-law, Sophia Satina, housed in the Rachmaninoff Archive of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C (LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R22, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89). Further information has been gathered from Barrie Martyn’s book Rachmaninoff: Composer, Pianist, Conductor (Scolar Press: London, 1990, pp. 532-562), A Catalogue of the Compositions of S. Rachmaninoff by Robert Threlfall and Geoffrey Norris (Scolar Press: London, 1982), and research undertaken at the Glinka Museum of Musical Culture, Moscow.
February 2 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina noted that this was a benefit concert held under the auspices of ‘the Kremlin Storage of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth to help wounded and sick soldiers’. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 4 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'A Life for the Tsar'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 23 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'Prince Igor'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 25 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'The Queen of Spades'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 26 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'Eugene Onegin'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
February 27 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'Rusalka'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 14 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina noted that this was the 7th concert in the season of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. She believed that the final item on the program was the first performance in Moscow of Elgar's Enigma Variations, however Keldysh (p 221) and Martyn (p. 541) indicated the performance of Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, no. 1, with Keldysh citing a review by Rozenov in Novosti Dnya (attached). That review appears to indicate that Grigorovich also played small works by Godard and Wagner, however these are not mentioned in the attached review from Russkaya Muzikal'naya Gazeta. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 18 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina noted that this concert was in the series of Kerzin’s Society of the Lovers of Russian Music. The order of the program follows Keldysh (p. 222) and Martyn (p. 541). Satina believed that Spring from 'The Seasons' was performed, not Winter, and that the program began with that work, however the attached reviews indicate this was not correct. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 27 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina did not include this concert, nor the one on the March 29, in her materials, however Martyn (p. 541-542) listed it, noting that it was part of a charity concert. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 28 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina noted that this was the 8th concert in the season of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
March 29 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: Satina did not include this concert, nor the one on the March 27, in her materials, however Martyn (p. 541-542) listed it, noting that it was part of a charity concert. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
August 30 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'A Life for the Tsar'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
September 1 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'Eugene Onegin'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
September 5 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'A Life for the Tsar'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
September 6 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'The Queen of Spades'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
September 8 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'A Life for the Tsar'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
September 12 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'The Queen of Spades'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
September 16 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'Rusalka'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
September 21 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'Rusalka'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
September 22 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'The Queen of Spades'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
September 27 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'Pan Voyevoda'. This was the Moscow premiere of the opera, which had been produced in St Petersburg the previous year. Keldysh (p. 218) highlighted that the St Petersburg production had been undertaken by a private opera company, also noting Rimsky-Korsakov's situation in the complex politics of the time. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
September 29 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'Rusalka'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 3 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'Pan Voyevoda'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 5 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'Eugene Onegin'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 6 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'Pan Voyevoda'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 10 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'Rusalka'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 12 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'Pan Voyevoda'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 14 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'Prince Igor'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 27 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'Eugene Onegin'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
October 28 1905 (Julian calendar)
Rachmaninoff's role: Conductor
Notes: 'Pan Voyevoda'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.