Sergei Prokofiev - 7 January, 1916, at night
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 7 January 1916, page 66:
In the evening I attended a performance of works by Gnessin, organised by the 'Contemporaries', with whom I have had a falling-out and therefore have not been going to their concerts. All Gnessin's music is cast in the same mould: a minor tonality that maintains an unvarying equilibrium, never deepening to tragedy nor rising to radiance, and is thus terribly fatiguing to listen to, not to mention the fact that it is all terribly turgid because there are never any quick tempos. But it is well-written music. What one would not give for just one song by Stravinsky with a spark of life in it! … more >>
http://data.open.ac.uk/led/person/Sergey+Prokofiev/1450307447086, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 7 January 1916, p. 66. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1450484357020 accessed: 5 November, 2024
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written by Mikhail Gnessin |
performed by Ivan Alchevsky |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 7 January, 1916, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |