Sergei Prokofiev - 5 April, 1913, at night
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 5 April 1913, pages 361-362:
I decided I would not go to Natasha Goncharova's, and instead went to the Belyayev Concert. I don't remember the last time I was at a symphony concert, it was so long ago, and therefore I found all the little trivial things enjoyable: seeing people I know from the world of music, even simply going up the staircase to go into the hall.
Scriabin's Divine Poem is a wonderful work, even if open to criticism for its occasional longueurs, indecent length and orchestration that is not always impeccable (for example, the lame attempt to reproduce the billing and cooing of doves; … more >>
Sergey Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 5 April 1913. In Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries 1907-1914 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 361-362. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438546042775 accessed: 11 December, 2024
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Apocalypsis
written by Anatoly Lyadov |
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From Darkness to Light
written by Sergei Rachmaninoff |
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Divine Poem
written by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin |
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Songs
written by Yulia Weisberg |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 5 April, 1913, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |