Anna Yesipova in Saint Petersburg Conservatory - mid November, 1909
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 20 November 1909, page 129:
I played the Sonata* no worse than I played it at home, and to my great surprise I was not at all nervous. Yesipova followed my performance with the score. 'Very interesting music,' she said, 'but I should like to hear it played by someone other than yourself. It's all very well to have accents, but you mustn't play fortissimo all the time. And you constantly overpedal. Leave the score with me and I will put in the pedal markings.'
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Sergei Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 20 November 1909. In Sergey Prokofiev, and Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries, volume 3 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 129. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1425338768436 accessed: 8 November, 2024
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Piano Sonata no. 1, op. 1
written by Sergei Prokofiev |
performed by Sergei Prokofiev |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | mid November, 1909 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
* Prokofiev Piano Sonata no. 1, op. 1
Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Mon, 02 Mar 2015 23:26:08 +0000
Approved on Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:49:31 +0100