Sergei Prokofiev in Saint Petersburg Conservatory - 5 December, 1912

from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 5 December 1912, page 251:

Our piano class favourite, Raya Livshitz, played Chopin's Third Ballade wonderfully, but the piece is third-rate rubbish. In general there was not much of interest in the programme, and Max and I would have been very bored if I had not had several accompanying jobs to do on stage.

cite as

Sergei Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 5 December 1912. In Sergey Prokofiev, and Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries, volume 3 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 251. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1427639490710 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Saint Petersburg Conservatory

Listeners

Sergei Prokofiev
performer, Composer, Musician
1891-1953

Listening to

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Third Ballade
written by Chopin
performed by Raisa Livshitz

Experience Information

Date/Time 5 December, 1912
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Sun, 29 Mar 2015 15:31:31 +0100
Approved on Tue, 05 Jun 2018 17:06:52 +0100