Sergei Prokofiev in Saint Petersburg Conservatory - 26 February, 20th Century, in the afternoon
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 26 February 1913, page 328:
In Petersburg it was raining, mixed with snow. A white taxi took me swiftly to Pervaya Rota, where although it was by now eleven o'clock everyone was still asleep. I left my suitcase and asked the taxi to wait for me so that I could go on to the orchestra class in the Conservatoire. But this had apparently been postponed until the following day, so instead I went to the opera class. The first phrase I heard being rehearsed was none other than the famous 'I don't want to sleep in a bed!' Palechek demonstrated admirably the dying moments of the Countess.
Sergei Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 26 February 1913. In Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries 1907-1914 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 328. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438522928634 accessed: 27 December, 2024
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The Queen of Spades
written by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky |
performed by Students of the Imperial Conservatoire |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 26 February, 20th Century, in the afternoon |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |