Horowitz in Seattle Archive story.. hmmm

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What a drama queen!

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It’s even funnier if you imagine Horowitz speaking those quotations.

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January 24, 1976: Seattle, Washington

Schumann: Arabesque, Op.18
Schumann: Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.14

Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op.32 No.12
Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableau in E-flat minor, Op.39 No.5
Liszt: Valse Oubliée No.1
Liszt: Au bord d'une source
Chopin: Waltz in A minor, Op.34 No.2
Chopin: Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23

Encores:
Schumann: Träumerei, Op.15 No.7
Moszkowski: Etincelles, Op.36 No.6

I wonder if that’s the concert or Horowitz got caught in turnstile up here?

that’s the only concert in that area that I could find…

Think there was some concerto engagements in the 30s or something but he doesn’t like the rain I guess!

You can hear the lingering trauma in the perf

https://youtu.be/6gJrwVhnecE

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