Tchaikovsky - time to rehabilitate?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Aha it was the Manfred, no 5 4 3 2 1 (or even 6)

I thought I was right!

No, as in none of the others Bbm, NOT as in number! Just Manfred on Naxos. This new cycle is Petrenko,s first traversal of the complete Tchaikovsky Symphonies.☺

[BBMmk2]

No, as in none of the others Bbm, NOT as in number! Just Manfred on Naxos. This new cycle is Petrenko,s first traversal of the complete Tchaikovsky Symphonies.☺

Many thanks Ferney. Sounds like a cycle to get!

[BBMmk2]

Isn't it this great man's birthday today? Although experts are not too sure when it was, I think April 29th - May 7th?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Isn't it this great man's birthday today? Although experts are not too sure when it was, I think April 29th - May 7th?

It's both dates, Bbm - before the Revolutions of 1917, Russia used the Julien calendar from (most of) the rest of Europe - as, indeed, did Britain before 1752 (to the outrage of proto-UKIP supporters). Tchaikovsky celebrated his birthday on April 29th, but that very day is May 7th in the Gregorian calendar. (Similarly he died on 25th October in Russia, but that exact same day was 6th November in Europe.)

[BBMmk2]

It's both dates, Bbm - before the Revolutions of 1917, Russia used the Julien calendar from (most of) the rest of Europe - as, indeed, did Britain before 1752 (to the outrage of proto-UKIP supporters). Tchaikovsky celebrated his birthday on April 29th, but that very day is May 7th in the Gregorian calendar. (Similarly he died on 25th October in Russia, but that exact same day was 6th November in Europe.)

Thanks Ferney!

[cloughie]

It's both dates, Bbm - before the Revolutions of 1917, Russia used the Julien calendar from (most of) the rest of Europe - as, indeed, did Britain before 1752 (to the outrage of proto-UKIP supporters). Tchaikovsky celebrated his birthday on April 29th, but that very day is May 7th in the Gregorian calendar. (Similarly he died on 25th October in Russia, but that exact same day was 6th November in Europe.)

Ssh, ferney, don't tell R3 they'll be having a Tchaik Birthday Fest, spanning those dates next year!

[Beef Oven!]

Ssh, ferney, don't tell R3 they'll be having a Tchaik Birthday Fest, spanning those dates next year!

Bring it on!

A Tchaik total immersion day!!

[visualnickmos]

Bring it on!

A Tchaik total immersion day!!

I'd be up for that! Good idea.....

[pastoralguy]

Wasn't there a Total Immersion week that juxtaposed Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky some years ago? I remember coming home late from the hospital, putting the radio on and confusing the two composers!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Wasn't there a Total Immersion week that juxtaposed Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky some years ago? I remember coming home late from the hospital, putting the radio on and confusing the two composers!

There was. Having two composers rather than one made it a more satisfying experience.

[cloughie]

Wasn't there a Total Immersion week that juxtaposed Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky some years ago? I remember coming home late from the hospital, putting the radio on and confusing the two composers!

The fairy's kiss?

There was such a week with the complete works of both composers. That was the occasion I decided that Tchaik's Operas went on a bit and there were one or two bits of Stravinsky that I was not too keen on, but overall a worthwhile project!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

There was. Having two composers rather than one made it a more satisfying experience.

That Tchaik/Strav series was a "-thon" rather than an "immersion", though. For the week that it was on all day every day, there was nothing but Peter and/or Igor's stuff. "Immersions" are preferable (IMO) because whilst devoted to a particular composer's body of work, they allow time to take in what's been heard.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

That was the occasion I decided that Tchaik's Operas went on a bit . . .

Well, one would say the same if Verdi's or Wagner's operas were played in a single week. However, it was an opportunity to hear Vakula the Smith and the remaining scraps of Undine.

[cloughie]

Well, one would say the same if Verdi's or Wagner's operas were played in a single week. However, it was an opportunity to hear Vakula the Smith and the remaining scraps of Undine.

I'd probably say it about a lot of opera whether played in a week or a decade - I recall quickly loing my power of concentration when they did loads of Handel on Thursday afternoons a year or three ago. I think it's not so much the music as the voices!

[Bryn]

I recall saving almost all of it in mp2 format from a Pure Bug. Highlights included the version of Stravinsky's Les Noces with Rex Lawson in charge of the player-piano part, and the original version of Tchaikovsky's Winter Daydreams Symphony (No. 1).