Sergei Prokofiev in Paris - 11 October, 1925, at night
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 11 October 1925, page 219:
Went with Ptashka to Paris. Leya Lyuboshitz played my Violin Concerto, Wolff conducting. We were in a box: Ptashka, Maria Viktorovna, Fatma Hanum and I. The performance was really rather good; I listened with the closest attention. Of course, the opening of the Concerto can still not be heard, and the passage with a tremolo background hangs in the air, with nothing to support it in the bass. The tremolo lower voices need to be much stronger. The performance enjoyed a great success. There was an attempt to call me out, but I concealed myself behind the box.
Sergei Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 11 October 1925. In Sergey Prokofiev, and Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries, volume 3 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 219. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1464524671521 accessed: 26 December, 2024
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Violin Concerto
written by Sergei Prokofiev |
performed by Leya Lyuboshitz |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 11 October, 1925, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |