Sergei Prokofiev in New York City - 9 December, 1918, in the morning

from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 26 November [9 December] 1918, pages 364-365:

Into new York at nine in the morning and straight to a rehearsal with Altschuler. It felt strange to be rehearsing the 'Classical' Symphony after the Scythian Suite: quite different gestures are needed, and different demands on the orchestra. Altschuler has already played it somewhere in the provinces on one of his tours, and therefore the orchestra played it quite fluently, only here and there with dubious intonation. There was another rehearsal in the afternoon.

cite as

http://data.open.ac.uk/led/person/Sergey+Prokofiev/1450307447086, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 26 November [9 December] 1918, p. 364-365. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1451822677798 accessed: 8 October, 2024

location of experience: New York City

Listeners

Sergei Prokofiev
performer, Composer, Musician
1891-1953

Listening to

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Classical Symphony
written by Sergei Prokofiev
performed by Russian Symphony Orchestra Society, Sergei Prokofiev

Experience Information

Date/Time 9 December, 1918, in the morning
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Sun, 03 Jan 2016 12:04:38 +0000
Approved on Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:28:26 +0100