Sergei Prokofiev - 11 December, 1913, at night
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 11 December 1913, page 566:
In the evening I attended the Koussevitzky concert, partly to hear the music and partly to see him, since on his last visit he had asked me to remind him about my Second Piano Concerto the next time he would be in the city, that is to say now. This was not a very enjoyable task, and in addition Koussevitzky was conducting himself this evening., so he was too busy for me to speak to him. Glazunov's Seventh Symphony is a piece I know well. It is not bad, but still-born. Scenes from Petrushka cheered me up and reminded me of Paris. Risler gave a wonderful performance of Liszt's A … more >>
Sergey Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 11 December 1913. In Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries 1907-1914 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 566. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1446244589155 accessed: 13 November, 2024
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Scenes from Petrushka
written by Igor Stravinsky |
performed by Serge Koussevitzky |
Seventh Symphony
written by Aleksandr Glazunov |
performed by Serge Koussevitzky |
Préludes
written by Franz Liszt |
performed by Serge Koussevitzky |
Piano Concerto in A major
written by Franz Liszt |
performed by Édouard Risler, Serge Koussevitzky |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 11 December, 1913, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
* A student performance which Prokofiev had recently conducted at the Conservatoire, the student in question being properly names Shkarovskaya.