Sergei Prokofiev - 22 February, 20th Century, in the afternoon

from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 22 February 1913, page 322:

Returning home I wrote my diary and at three o'clock went to Myaskushka* to see him and to get back my score of Dreams. He was very annoyed with me, complaining that I should have been to see him long before this, but had disappeared. And he had some justification, for he had made a transcription of Dreams for piano four hands, as well as completing Alastor in full score and piano reduction. We played Alastor in the duet version. I liked it very much indeed, more than any of his other things. It has a clearer …   more >>

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Sergei Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 22 February 1913. In Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries 1907-1914 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 322. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438429265485 accessed: 11 December, 2024

Listeners

Sergei Prokofiev
performer, Composer, Musician
1891-1953

Listening to

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Alastor, op. 14
written by Nikolai Myaskovsky
performed by Nikolai Myaskovsky, Sergei Prokofiev
Dreams - piano transcription
written by Sergei Prokofiev
performed by Nikolai Myaskovsky, Sergei Prokofiev

Experience Information

Date/Time 22 February, 20th Century, in the afternoon
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Notes

* Nikolay Myaskovsky


Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Sat, 01 Aug 2015 12:41:05 +0100
Approved on Wed, 06 Jun 2018 10:25:34 +0100