Sergei Prokofiev in Pavlovsk Palace - 23 August, 1913, in the morning

from , page 487:

Went to rehearsal again with Myaskovsky, and we were joined at Tsarskoye by Volodya Deshevov. I was stupid enough to travel without an overcoat; it was unbearably cold and before going on to play I warmed up with gymnastics and a glass of rowanberry vodka. I asekd Aslanov to make more of a pause before the second movement: after the exhausting cadenza it is physically impossible to go straight on and play the even more demanding Scherzo. The tempo of the Scherzo was not too fast, and they took it, as Myaskovsky recommended, absolutely piano. Thanks to this, the Scherzo went …   more >>

cite as

, p. 487. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1446243635305 accessed: 24 April, 2024

location of experience: Pavlovsk Palace

Listeners

Sergei Prokofiev
performer, Composer, Musician
1891-1953

Listening to

hide composers
Second Piano Concerto
written by Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninoff
performed by Alexander Aslanov, Sergei Prokofiev

Experience Information

Date/Time 23 August, 1913, in the morning
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Fri, 30 Oct 2015 22:20:36 +0000
Approved on Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:28:25 +0100