Sergei Prokofiev in Bohemian Club, New York City - 2 February, 1920, at night
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 2 February 1920, page 470:
Our Zimro Ensemble then played the Brahms Clarinet Quintet, serious and boring music, a set of Variations by Gnessin, ditto, and my Overture. This sounded most attractive, occasionally a little strident (for the information of future performers, the clarinet should not force the tone and the piano should not be too percussive) that as an antidote to the inertness of the preceding corpses its freshness and vigour brought the audience back to life and provoked thunderous applause. The Overture had to be repeated, and I followed it with a performance of the Third Sonata.
http://data.open.ac.uk/led/person/Sergey+Prokofiev/1450307447086, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 2 February 1920, p. 470. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1452298255877 accessed: 2 December, 2024
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Overture
written by Sergei Prokofiev |
performed by Zimro Ensemble |
Clarinet Quintet
written by Johannes Brahms |
performed by Zimro Ensemble |
Variations
written by Mikhail Gnessin |
performed by Zimro Ensemble |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 2 February, 1920, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
A performance at the Bohemian Club (members-only event, not open to the public).