Sergei Prokofiev et al. in Mariinsky Theatre - between at the end of 1916 and in the beginning of 1917
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 16 December 1922, page 693:
This winter [the winter of 1916-17] also saw the premiere in Ziloti's concert season of Autumnal, also the tremendously successful repeat of the Scythian Suite, outdoing that of the preceding work in the programme, Rachmaninoff's performance of his own Second Piano Concerto. Rachmaninoff heard the Suite standing in the gagway of the Mariinsky Theatre, and said (as it was reported to me): 'I do not understand this music, but I sense that it is talented.'
http://data.open.ac.uk/led/person/Sergey+Prokofiev/1450307447086, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 16 December 1922, p. 693. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1459355127731 accessed: 20 April, 2024
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Ala i Lolli
written by Sergei Prokofiev |
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Piano Concerto no. 2
written by Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninoff |
performed by Alexander Siloti, Sergei Rachmaninoff |
Autumnal
written by Sergei Prokofiev |
performed by Alexander Siloti |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | between at the end of 1916 and in the beginning of 1917 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
S.P. believed at the time of writing that his diaries from this period had been lost in the looting of his apartment. However, it is clear that the notebook was in fact preserved - it is thought to have been passed to Prokofiev's friend and fellow composer, Nikolay Myaskovsky, who kept it at great personal risk.