Sergei Prokofiev - 11 November, 1914, in the afternoon

from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 11 November 1914, page 775:

At three o'clock I went to Koussevitzky's rehearsal to hear Myaskovsky's Alastor. Because the Court Hall has been given over to house the wounded, Koussevitzky has to prevent his concerts in the Maly Theatre*, with the orchestra on the stage where the sound is very dull. Forte passages simply disappear; when the flutes play piano or the double-basses pianissimo, they can be heard only by straining the ears. In Alastor, at the best of times a piece with its longueurs, Koussevitzky dragged out the tempi, thereby …   more >>

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Sergey Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 11 November 1914. In Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries 1907-1914 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 775. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1440232645001 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience:

Listeners

Sergei Prokofiev
performer, Composer, Musician
1891-1953

Listening to

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Alastor, op. 14
written by Nikolai Myaskovsky
performed by Serge Koussevitzky

Experience Information

Date/Time 11 November, 1914, in the afternoon
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors, in public

Notes

* The Mikhailovsky Theatre


Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Sat, 22 Aug 2015 09:37:26 +0100
Approved on Fri, 08 Jun 2018 16:32:12 +0100