Sergei Prokofiev in Saint Petersburg Conservatory - 25 April, 1913
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 25 April 1913, page 380:
Shaposhnikov played through the Introduction and Dance from his ballet which bored me to tears. It is very modern, cheap, intricate stuff without a trace of music. It's not difficult to conduct, but there will be a lot of work involved in learning the score, which is very floridly presented and about a square arshin in size*. After this Karnovich played his Variations. This music is not at all modern in style, well crafted without being particularly talented, witty in places and on the whole, it must be admitted, very nice. Four of the ten variations were cut, and the composer will… more >>
Sergey Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 25 April 1913. In Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries 1907-1914 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 380. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438688006196 accessed: 9 November, 2024
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Introduction and Dance from Ballet
written by Adrian Shaposhnikov |
performed by Adrian Shaposhnikov |
Variations
written by Yuri Karnovich |
performed by Yuri Karnovich |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 25 April, 1913 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
Playthrough of repertoire ahead of Graduation Concert rehearsals. * 71 centimetres