Growing Popularity as Composer and Conductor 1902–1906

Growth of his fame as a composer in Moscow—Concert activities—Concert in Vienna—The new general manager of the Imperial Theatres in Moscow—Rachmaninoff first conductor at the Moscow Grand Theatre—A Tchaikovsky week—The revolution, 1905—Pan Voyevod, by Rimski-Korsakov, and beginnings of a closer friendship with the St. Petersburg composers—Rachmaninoff’s two operas: The Miser Knight and Francesca da Rimini—Decision to leave Moscow for a time to escape the enervating musical activities