Igor Stravinksy in Saint Petersburg - 30 November, 1893

from Memories and Commentaries, page 30:

The second, on 30 November, in the Conservatory, was partly conducted by Rimsky-Korsakov, partly by Blumenfeld. (I still have my ticket for this.) The programme included Francesca da Rimini and the Fourth Symphony. Tchaikovsky’s portrait was on the cover of the latter programme, framed in black.

cite as

Igor Stravinksy and Robert Craft, Memories and Commentaries (Queen Square, London, 2002), p. 30. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1450216413949 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Saint Petersburg

Listeners

Igor Stravinksy
[…] Composer, Conducting, Musician, Pianist
1882-1971

Listening to

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Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony
written by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Francesca da Rimini
written by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky

Experience Information

Date/Time 30 November, 1893
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by verafonte on Tue, 15 Dec 2015 21:53:34 +0000
Approved on Sat, 23 Apr 2016 21:07:00 +0100