When the composer's aunt, Nadezhda Galli-Shohat, first heard the work at its American premiere by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra, she recognised in it many fragments she had heard young Mitya play as a child.
Cando a tía do compositor, Nadezhda Galli-Shohat, escoitou a obra na súa estrea americana realizada por Leopold Stokowski á fronte da Philadelphia Orchestra, recoñeceu nela moitos fragmentos que ela escoitara tocar de pequeno a Mitya.