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Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35, I. Allegro Moderato, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker, Op.71 - Act I, No.2  March

The final movement of Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony. Performed by Oregon Sinfonietta on May 17, 2015. Recorded live from our Spring concert. 

06 Symphony No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 36, Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, IV. Finale- Allegro Con Fuoco

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & 1812 Overture

1812 Overture in E-Flat Major, Op. 49

Classic Drama - Tchaikovsky:Nutcracker

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 14c, Pas de deux. Variation II "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"

Para Peques 3

Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act I: No. 6, Valse "Garland Dance"

Aufforderung zum Tanz - Ballettmusik

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a: I. Scene "Swan Theme". Moderato

Souvenir d'un lieu cher (Memory of a dear place; Russian: Воспоминание о дорогом месте), Op. 42, for violin and piano, was written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between March and May 1878. It consists of three movements:

    Méditation (D minor)
    Scherzo (C minor)
    Mélodie (E-flat major; Tchaikovsky also described it as a "chant sans paroles").

The Méditation was written between 23 and 25 March 1878, in Clarens, Switzerland, where Tchaikovsky wrote his Violin Concerto. It was originally intended as the slow movement of the concerto, but he realised it was too slight for a concerto, so he discarded it and wrote a Canzonetta instead. On 16 May, back in Russia, he started on a work in three parts for violin and piano (the only time he ever originally wrote for that combination of instruments, although the Valse-Scherzo also exists in a violin and piano arrangement). On 22 May he told his brother Modest that it was going well. On 25 May he left for a two-week vacation on the Ukrainian country estate Brailivo (sometimes seen in English as "Brailovo"), which belonged to his benefactress Nadezhda von Meck, where he finished the work by 31 May. For the first movement, he used the discarded Méditation, recasting it for violin and piano. The two additional movements, Scherzo and Mélodie, completed the Souvenir d'un lieu cher. While at Brailovo, he also completed the Six Romances, Op. 38, and sketched his entire setting of the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.[1]

Tchaikovsky had the original manuscript sent as a token of gratitude to Nadezhda von Meck, but he always intended to publish the work, so he asked her to arrange for a copy to be made, which was done by Władysław Pachulski, a member of von Meck's household and later her son-in-law. This copy was sent to the publisher, P. Jurgenson. Tchaikovsky dedicated the work to "B*******", which is understood to refer to Brailovo itself. It was published in May 1879, as Op. 42.

In 1880, the Méditation was published separately, and has since become well known as an independent piece. The Scherzo and Mélodie were published separately in 1884. In 1896 Jurgenson published the complete work in an arrangement by Alexander Glazunov for violin and orchestra, and in this form it has perhaps become better known than in its original form for violin and piano. There is also an arrangement for violin and strings by Alexandru Lascae.[2]

There is no record of the work's first performance.

Petr Tchaikovsky. Melodie from "Souvenir d'un lieu cher" for violin and piano, op. 42-3

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers

The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Miniature Overture

Tchaikovsky: Symphonies  Nos 1-6, Manfred Symphony, Overtures & Rococo Variations

Symphony No. 1, Op. 13 "Winter Daydreams": I. Daydreams on a Winter Journey. Allegro tranquillo

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture)

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42

Russian Nights

4 - Tchaikovsky - String Sextet in D minor "Souvenir de Florence", Op. 70, I. Allegro con spirito

Scoop

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a: III. Danse des cygnes. Allegro moderato

Das Tschaikowsky-Album

Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5 / Act 1: Letter Scene. "Puskai pogibnu ya, no prezde"

Marche Slave, Op. 31 by Tchaikovsky performed at the July 21st concert to benefit the Sean Hanna Foundation

Marche Slave, Op. 31 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello & Orchestra, Op. 33
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Gwen Krosnick, soloist
National Music Festival Orchestra
Robert Stiles, conductor

Live performance in Chestertown, MD - June 2018.

Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations: Gwen Krosnick, cellist

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