Maurice Ravel et al. in Palais Garnier - 29 May, 1924, at night
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 29 May 1924, pages 60-61:
The second half of the concert included Debussy's Nocturnes, after which Seven, They Are Seven received a second airing. This time I was able to listen more calmly but the reception was cooler than it had been the first time and I was not invited to take a bow. The evening concluded with the dances from Prince Igor complete with chorus. Ravel came for the second half only. He praised Seven, saying that I had demonstrated powerful expressive means and new sonorities.
http://data.open.ac.uk/led/person/Sergey+Prokofiev/1450307447086, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 29 May 1924. In Sergey Prokofiev, and Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries, volume 3 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 60-61. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1460123236731 accessed: 22 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
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Dances from Prince Igor
written by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Aleksandr Borodin, Aleksandr Glazunov |
performed by Serge Koussevitzky |
Nocturnes
written by Claude Debussy |
performed by Serge Koussevitzky |
Seven, They Are Seven
written by Sergei Prokofiev |
performed by Serge Koussevitzky |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 29 May, 1924, at night |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |