Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)
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The Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, also known as the Pathétique Symphony, is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's final completed symphony, written between February and August 1893. The composer titled it "
Portrait of Tchaikovsky, 1893
Tchaikovsky's draft of the Sixth Symphony
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 3 in E♭ major was at first conceived by him as a symphony in the same key. But he abandoned that idea, jettisoned all but the planned first movement, and
Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)
…conducted by Vasily Safonov. It was the last of Tchaikovsky's compositions premiered in his lifetime; his very last composition, the single-movement Third Piano Concerto, Op. 75, which was completed shortly before his death, received a posthumous premiere. The Russian title of the symphony, Патетическая (Pateticheskaya…
Sergei Taneyev, who edited and premiered the concerto after the composer's death.
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