• Sergei Rachmaninoff, Chapter 3: A Bullseye On His Back

  • Sep 22 2018
  • Durée: 17 min
  • Podcast

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Chapter 3: A Bullseye On His Back

  • Résumé

  • Crouched low. Hiding in a fire escape backstage with his fingers plugging his ears. This is how Sergei Rachmaninoff experienced the premiere of his Symphony No. 1. What should have been a triumphant night for Rachmaninoff turned into a nightmare which only worsened once the review appeared in the newspaper. "Diseased and perverted harmonizations." "Morbid atmosphere." Fit for the "inhabitants of Hell." These were the words used by St. Petersburg's leading music critic, César Cui, in his review of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 1. That very public flogging sent Rachmaninoff into a downward spiral.
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