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Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony

It has been said that Tchaikovsky’s personal life was not reflected in many of his works and the contrasting characteristics in his music simply reflected his creativity. His music was a perfect combination of both emotion and intellect. However, towards the end of his life his works -particularly Symphonies- started to reflect a more autobiographicalContinue reading “Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony”

Iolanta, Tchaikovsky’s Last Opera.

IOLANTA Tchaikovsky’s Last Opera. In 1892 Tchaikovsky was approached to write a double-bill spectacle for a Russian audience, a one act-opera and a two-act ballet. He immediately imagined a drama that had caught his attention years back from the Danish writer René Hertz. It was the story of the French Princess Yolande de Lorraine, (‘Iolante’Continue reading “Iolanta, Tchaikovsky’s Last Opera.”

Tchaikovsky’s simple life.

Aníbal Acevedo How many composers have been influenced by Tchaikovsky’s Works? It is perhaps a silly question to ask, knowing it may have no accurate answer, but think about all performers who had spent time with his music: singers staging his operas, pianists playing sonatas, conductors with those amazing symphonies, and pretty much every oneContinue reading “Tchaikovsky’s simple life.”

Relation and Correspondence, Tchaikovsky to von Meck

By Aníbal Acevedo Besides his mother, there were two other important women in Tchaikovsky’s life; (1) his short-term wife Antonina and (2) Nadezhda, his best friend in the world. It all started with a request she made to him about violin and piano arrangements, and in the same letter she acknowledges how she felt, almostContinue reading “Relation and Correspondence, Tchaikovsky to von Meck”

Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by P. Tchaikovsky

By Aníbal Acevedo In 1878 Tchaikovsky wrote a letter to Von Meck where he tells her how great he felt attending the regular Sunday Eucharistic celebration, and how he wanted to contribute writing music that will honor the most beautiful and important (as he mentioned) Liturgy in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Tchaikovsky thought that previousContinue reading “Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by P. Tchaikovsky”