Sergei Prokofiev in Moscow - 24 February, 20th Century
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 24 February 1913, page 325:
The Yurasovsky residence is an imposing apartment; his parents are clearly well off. He is very envious of my success with Jurgenson (200 roubles for the Sonata). He played me his embryonic piano concerto - not worth any attention - and then we went to the Koussevitzky concert. It was a lovely programme: Rachmaninov's Isle of the Dead and Second Piano Concerto, and Scriabin's Extase. I adored the last named, especially the place where the high moaning of the woodwinds is doubled by the horns down below, a marvellous passage.
Sergei Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 24 February 1913. In Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries 1907-1914 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 325. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438431520337 accessed: 20 April, 2024
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Extase
written by Alexander Scriabin |
performed by Serge Koussevitzky |
Piano Concerto no. 2
written by Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninoff |
performed by Serge Koussevitzky |
Isle of the Dead
written by Sergei Rachmaninoff |
performed by Serge Koussevitzky |
Piano concerto sketches
written by Alexander Yurasovsky |
performed by Alexander Yurasovsky |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 24 February, 20th Century |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |