Sergei Prokofiev - 15 March, 1918, at night
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 2 [15] March 1918, page 259:
We arrived at seven in the morning. Impressions of Moscow. The tram, and reactions to my suit. The Metropole Hotel and the Bolshoy Theatre. General feeling of depression, arising from a number of things besides the music situation: people sent into exile, the anarchists. Koshetz, and immediately a completely different atmosphere. She had a concert today including the Akhmatova Songs, in which I accompanied her. She suggested I move to her apartment. Her husband. His piano. I had not expected him to be so young or so insignificant. I have fallen right into the nexus. The … more >>
http://data.open.ac.uk/led/person/Sergey+Prokofiev/1450307447086, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 2 [15] March 1918, p. 259. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1451774555173 accessed: 18 September, 2024
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Five Poems of Anna Akhmatova, Op. 27
written by Sergei Prokofiev |
performed by Sergei Prokofiev, Nina Koshetz |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 15 March, 1918, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |