Sergei Prokofiev in Saint Petersburg Conservatory - 2 January, 1915, at night

from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 2 January 1915, pages 3-4:

Bashkirov came to dine and afterwads we went together to the Conservatoire concert, which because of the war had replaced the traditional General Studies class ball. It is hilarious to see how heartily Bashkirov detests Zakharov. Eleonora feels the same, and neither of them likes his playing at all, although on this occasion my 'Gavotte', which he gave as an encore, was not half bad. Eleonora herself played very nicely and sent Bashkirov into raptures.

cite as

http://data.open.ac.uk/led/person/Sergey+Prokofiev/1450307447086, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 2 January 1915. In Sergey Prokofiev, and Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries, volume 3 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 3-4. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1450307592629 accessed: 5 December, 2024

location of experience: Saint Petersburg Conservatory

Listeners

Sergei Prokofiev
performer, Composer, Musician
1891-1953

Listening to

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Gavotte
written by Lulli, Bach, Sergei Prokofiev
performed by Boris Zakharov
Harp solo performed by Eleonora Damskaya

Experience Information

Date/Time 2 January, 1915, at night
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Wed, 16 Dec 2015 23:13:13 +0000
Approved on Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:36:08 +0100