Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 is one of the most dramatic, emotional and heart-tearing works in the symphonic repertoire. Those defining qualities were heightened in the Houston Symphony’s impassioned ...
Tchaikovsky confessed that he had put “his whole soul” into his final symphony, and for the listener, it’s an enthralling experience that awakens us to a universe of emotion. Music Director Designate ...
This performance of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, nicknamed ‘Pathétique’ wowed its audience in 2017. One critic even noted they were “stunned at how beautiful and breathtakingly exciting this music ...
The latest in Signum's edition of live recordings of the Philharmonia Orchestra is one of the most satisfying, featuring the late Charles Mackerras conducting Tchaikovsky's Pathétique. If there were ...
Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A long time has passed since I first heard Järvi’s Tchaikovsky, and I haven’t forgotten the impact: the Fifth ...
On November 6, 1893, I was in St. Petersburg. Today, Tchaikovsky died at the age of 53. It had been only nine days since he ...
Hear the TSO perform Tchaikovsky’s impassioned Sixth Symphony, a deeply personal work which is now also one of his most popular. His final completed symphony, the composer declared that he had put his ...
Stephen Johnson considers Tchaikovsky's final symphony and asks if the endless debates about the sentiments behind Tchaikovsky's most personal musical statement have overshadowed the genius of its ...
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