Regrettably the Courier articles do not mention some aspects of Rachmaninoff’s touring which were distinctive. Three, for example, in Ottawa and Rochester. He was a bit more generous in encores, too. I’ve attached a copy of an October 30, 1942, article from a Rochester, NY newspaper setting out that program. In other cities – including Chicago – his program included Bach, Beethoven, and a variety of other Liszt works. In Paterson he offered the Prelude and a Chopin Mazurka. According to the Courier Rachmaninoff performed his Prelude in C sharp minor as an encore. Elgin’s was a shorter program which had also been performed at a Paterson, NJ high school on October 20.
Rachmaninoff’s autumn 1942 recital tour appears to have featured two programs. A Knoxville paper and the Chicago Tribune repeated those passages for their upcoming November 1942 concerts.
The Courier’s October 15 announcement of Rachmaninoff’s concert includes two paragraphs beginning with his claim that modern music “represents only retrogression.” These passages appear in newspaper concert promotions as early as 1933 and were likely part of a standard promotional packet.
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