Sergei Prokofiev in New York City - 25 February, 1926, at night

from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 25 February 1926, page 274:

Went to Furtwängler's concert. He is enjoying the most tremendous success here. I was interested to hear what a German would make of a piece like Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony: it was a little restrained and all the passagework played with punctilious accuracy. Although I was not acquainted with him personally, I decided to go round after the concert and shake his hand - after all, plenty of conductors I don't know have done the same to me! Furtwängler asked how I had found the Sixth Symphony. I told him: 'Very interesting, a little too classical.' In an offended tone of voice, …   more >>

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Sergei Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 25 February 1926. In Sergey Prokofiev, and Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries, volume 3 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 274. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1483400077840 accessed: 7 November, 2024

location of experience: New York City

Listeners

Sergei Prokofiev
performer, Composer, Musician
1891-1953

Listening to

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Sixth Symphony
written by Aleksandr Glazunov, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
performed by Wilhelm Furtwängler

Experience Information

Date/Time 25 February, 1926, at night
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Mon, 02 Jan 2017 23:34:38 +0000
Approved on Mon, 15 May 2017 11:55:06 +0100