Search results for: “Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky”

  • Jules Massenet

    Jules Massenet

    …was his dramatic oratorio, Marie-Magdeleine, that truly put him on the music world’s radar. Released in 1873, it was lauded by the likes of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Charles Gounod….

  • Richard Wagner

    Richard Wagner

    …I, Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, Anton Bruckner, Camille Saint-Saens, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The Final Chapter Wagner’s final years were marked by the composition of “Parsifal,” his last opera….

  • Claude Debussy

    Claude Debussy

    …early career was significantly influenced by Nadezhda von Meck, a Russian businesswoman and the previous patron of the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. She hired the young Debussy to teach…

  • Classical Clips Top 10: Classical Music for Kids

    Classical Clips Top 10: Classical Music for Kids

    …Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Typically associated with the holidays, this ballet music is magical and has delighted kids for over a hundred years. The full ballet can be viewed…

  • Tchaikovsky – Valse Sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6

    Tchaikovsky – Valse Sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6

    Gaiana Mndoian, a brilliant cellist, and Robert Wetzel on classical guitar perform Peter Tchaikovsky’s Valse sentimentale Opus 51 No. 6 in La Mesa, California on May 19, 2002. Mndoian is…

  • Van Cliburn Plays Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 (1958)

    Van Cliburn Plays Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 (1958)

    Van Cliburn’s iconic performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 at the 1958 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, captured the hearts of the Russian people and marked a pivotal moment in…

  • Pathetique by Tchaikovsky – Synthetic Chamber Orchestra Performance

    Pathetique by Tchaikovsky – Synthetic Chamber Orchestra Performance

    This is a short video of me playing the theme from Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony Pathetique on my Technics KN6500 keyboard synthesizer. I made it for my friend Carina who has…

  • Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 23

    Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 23

    Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23, was composed between November 1874 and February 1875 at the request of Nikolai Rubinstein, director of the Moscow Conservatory. It…

  • Romeo & Juliet Fantasy-Overture – Tchaikovsky

    Romeo & Juliet Fantasy-Overture – Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet Fantasy-Overture is a symphonic poem based on Shakespeare’s tragic romance. It introduced me to Tchaikovsky and got me hooked on classical music two years ago. While…

  • Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48

    Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48

    Listen to Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 on Passing Through’s YouTube channel. Premiered in 1880, it’s one of the late Romantic era’s definitive compositions. Tchaikovsky wrote…

  • Waltz of the Flowers from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker

    Waltz of the Flowers from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker

    Enjoy Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker – Waltz of the Flowers in full screen. Don’t stand too close to avoid blurring. Check out my other ballet videos by clicking on my name. This…

  • Tchaikovsky – None But The Lonely Hearts, Op. 6

    Tchaikovsky – None But The Lonely Hearts, Op. 6

    Tchaikovsky’s “None But The Lonely Hearts” is one of his best-loved vocal pieces. It comes from his collection of six songs, Op. 6, and was composed to a Russian translation…