Sophie Menter she became professor of piano at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory but left in 1886 to continue concertizing. Because of her popularity, Menter succeeded with music that no other pianist would touch. This included Liszt's First Piano Concerto, which she played in Vienna in 1869, 12 years after its disastrous premiere there. One of her recital specialties was a piece entitled "Rhapsodies". This was a composite of three of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies—Nos. 2, 6 and 12—along with fragments from several others. She also composed various pieces for piano, mainly in a brilliant style, yet referred to her own compositional talent as
Norfolk Rhapsodies gave the restored score a public performance at a Musicians' Benevolent Fund Royal Concert at the Barbican Centre in 2004. This rhapsody was discarded entirely by 1920, and is now lost. David Matthews was commissioned by the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society to compose a new work based on W.A. Morgan's 1907 programme note for the lost third rhapsody. "Norfolk March" was premiered at the English Music Festival in 2016. The March has since been recorded by Dutton Epoch CDLX7351, performed by the Royal Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martin Yates. Norfolk Rhapsodies The Norfolk Rhapsodies are three orchestral rhapsodies by