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Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 (TH 25 ; ČW 22) was composed and orchestrated between June and November 1872 (with minor alterations in February or March 1873), and extensively revised in December 1879 and January 1880.
The Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was composed in 1872. One of Tchaikovsky's joyful compositions, it was successful right from its premiere and also won the favor of the group of nationalistic Russian composers known as "The Five", led by Mily Balakirev.
After a brief segue in the trombones, followed by the horns, the second theme may be heard first in the clarinets—this is the material that will dominate the movement, and is the chief reason some pundits like to compare it with the first movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5: both are in C minor, and there is some similarity between the ...
Tchaikovsky was visiting his sister in Kamianka in Ukraine (known as Little Russia during the tsarist period) in the summer of 1872 when he began work on his Second Symphony. Influenced by Glinka’s use of folksongs in Kamarinskaya, which he considered to be fundamental to Russian symphonic music, and folksongs he heard in that region, he ...
6 lis 2014 · Mahler Listening Guide Symphony no. 2 in C Minor (“Resurrection”) by Bettie Jo Basinger. Gustav Mahler. Work History. Mahler composed his Second Symphony over a period of seven years.
16 lip 2023 · Program Symphony. Any instrumental genre could be composed in such a way as to tell a story or paint a picture in the mind’s eye of the listener. A program symphony is the result of a composer applying the principle of program music to the genre of the symphony.
Conductor : Herbert von KarajanBerlin PhilharmonicJanuary 25, 26, 29, February 21, 1979Berlin Philharmonic1 First movement：Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo...
