Sergei Prokofiev in Theatre Astruc, Paris - early June, 1913, at night
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 3-8 June 1913, page 430:
Schumann's Carnaval, orchestrated by a whole pléiade of Russian luminaries (Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Tcherepnin, Arensky), proved to have been rather tediously and unimaginatively staged. I had expected better, since this music offers such wide vistas for the imagination. It was interesting to hear how it had been orchestrated, although the more pianistic the number, the less successful it was in its orchestral guise.
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Sergey Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 3-8 June 1913. In Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries 1907-1914 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 430. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1446035578893 accessed: 5 November, 2024
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Carnaval
written by Robert Schumann |
performed by Orchestra of the Ballets Russes |
Experience Information
Date/Time | early June, 1913, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Performance of the Ballets Russes in Paris.
Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Wed, 28 Oct 2015 12:32:59 +0000
Approved on Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:21:15 +0100