Sergei Prokofiev in Syracuse - 27 February, 1926
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 27 February 1926, page 275:
The concert immediately followed the rehearsal, at noon. I had a success, but a much greater success greeted the local whistler. The programme also included Respighi's Pines of Rome, which incorporates the sound of nightingales usually conveyed by a gramophone recording of the real sound of a nightingale. But in this performance instead of a gramophone they had invited a local Miss whose whistling was superior to that of the gramophone. And since Miss was the daughter of a local celebrity, the audience greeted her performance with an ovation. At the end, while she was … more >>
Sergei Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 27 February 1926. In Sergey Prokofiev, and Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries, volume 3 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 275. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1483989001221 accessed: 8 February, 2025
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Pines of Rome
written by Ottorino Respighi |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 27 February, 1926 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |