Prokofiev: Jorge Bolet's first performance

10 January 1950

Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana

Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16

New Orleans Symphony & Massimo Freccia

Jorge Bolet's first public performance of the concerto, in an interview with the Times-Picayune (10.1.1950). He had heard it a few years ago, played by Abbey Simon and had rushed out to buy the score but found to his dismay that it was out of print. Simon had photostats of it form The New York Public Library, obtained at considerable expense.  But then Jorge found out in 1948 that it had been republished.  Orchestral scores were quite scarce, but one arrived from London a month ago.  Maestro Freccia's score is annotated in Russian and the players are reading from hand copies.