Sergei Prokofiev - 10 October, 1914, at night
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 10 October 1914, page 755:
I went to the concert with a degree of anticipation, not having been to any concerts for some time, and I also hoped to see many of my friends. Quite a few of them were there although not, as a matter of fact, as many as I had been expecting. I sat with Nadya and Sonia Shtember, who invited me to call on them. Kokochka had gone to Moscow and they were lonely. Zakharov stumped noisily onto the platform and played the Bach-Busoni Fugue averagely well but never reaching the heights. On the other hand, after the interval he accompanied Hansen magnificently in Nikolayev's Violin Sonata, which … more >>
Sergey Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 10 October 1914. In Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries 1907-1914 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 755. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1444855940243 accessed: 5 October, 2024
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Violin Sonata
written by Nikolayev |
performed by Cecilia Hansen, Boris Zakharov |
Fugue
written by Bach, Ferruccio Busoni |
performed by Boris Zakharov |
Songs | performed by Mme. Andreyeva, Nikolay Andreyev |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 10 October, 1914, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
* Nina Meshcherskaya, S.P.'s current romantic interest.