Sergei Prokofiev in Saint Petersburg Conservatory - 12 December, 1912
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 12 December 1912, page 259:
In the afternoon, another rehearsal for the Jubilee Concert. We did not rehearse Ivan The Terrible because I had told Tcherepnin it was in good shape, and in any case other pieces were in much less satisfactory condition and therefore should have the time devoted to them. Zakharov played the Glazunov Concerto well; I would give him a 4 or even a 5. But the concerto is written in such a way that the pianist has very little opportunity to shine in the first movement (the only one the programme had time for). However, this suits Boryusya's playing. Zelikman is riding high; Polyakin* is playing… more >>
Sergei Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 12 December 1912. In Sergey Prokofiev, and Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries, volume 3 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 259. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1428686346438 accessed: 4 December, 2024
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Cantata
written by Aleksandr Glazunov |
performed by Carolina Ferni-Giraldoni, Gabel, Leopold Auer |
Piano Concerto
written by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Aleksandr Glazunov |
performed by Boris Zakharov |
Works performed in the Jubilee Concert programme | performed by Zelikman, Miron Polyakin |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 12 December, 1912 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
* Probably the violinist, Miron Polyakin ** Carolina Ferni-Giraldoni (1839 - 1923), Italian opera singer and solo violinist.