Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Andrew Mogrelia, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic, Košice, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Bernd Glemser (Piano), Elena Lassoskaya (Soprano), Ildikó Raimondi (Soprano), Ljuba Kazarnovskaya (Soprano), Ljuba Orfenova (Piano), Nicholas Boulton (Speaker)
℗ 2023
- 00:08Introduction
- 01:18The swans swim on the lake (Excerpt)
- 06:44Can there be music more instantly recognisable, more wildly popular, more beautifully scored?
- 00:53Marche slave op. 31 (Excerpt)
- 04:20We heard an extract from Tchaikovsky's 1876 orchestral piece Marche slave
- 01:12Aria "Vedrai, carino" (Excerpt)
- 04:56Tchaikovsky's arrival at the preparatory school in St Petersburg
- 01:54"Moy geniy, moy angel, moy drug"
- 06:44Tchaikovsky graduated from the School of Jurisprudence on 25 May 1859
- 02:01Groza op. 76 (Excerpt)
- 05:41On graduation at the end of 1865, Tchaikovsky was offered the role of music theory teacher at the soon-to-open Moscow Conservatory
- 01:34I. Andante sostenuto – Allegro vivo (Excerpt)
- 04:28Around this time, the early 1870s, Tchaikovsky enjoyed some success as an aspiring composer
- 01:22"Pochudilis' mne budito golosa i shum shagov" (Excerpt)
- 02:52Towards the end of 1874, the same year in which The Oprichnik premiered
- 02:38I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito (Excerpt)
- 05:02The mid-1870s witnessed the further development of Tchaikovsky's career
- 01:08I. Andante sostenuto – Moderato con anima (Excerpt)
- 01:10In the years that followed his ill-fated marriage, Tchaikovsky became reclusive
- 01:301812 Festival Overture op. 49 (Excerpt)
- 02:55In the mid-1880s, Tchaikovsky decided to return to the Moscow region and settle down
- 01:23III. Preghiera. Andante non tanto (Excerpt)
- 01:38In the final years of Tchaikovsky's life, his compositional pace seemed to increase
- 01:10Valse (Excerpt)
- 00:42A second example from the ballet illustrates Tchaikovsky's characteristically atmospheric musical style
- 01:25Panorama (Excerpt)
- 01:20Tchaikovsky's third and final ballet, The Nutcracker, was premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre on 18 December 1892
- 01:18Coda
- 04:18Although the Tsar, present at the final dress rehearsal…
- 01:53IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso (Excerpt)
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