Tchaikovsky on the road

Tchaikovsky's six symphonies performed in Europe

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Cast

Valery Gergiev — Conductor

Mariinsky Orchestra

Yuri Akimkin — Hornist

Anton Kozmin — First violin

Nikolai Mokhov — Flutist

Oleg Sendetsky — Principle cello

Ivan Stolbov — Clarinetist

Program notes

In this early 21st century, Valery Gergiev is without any doubt the best-known conductor of Russian music. General and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, he's visiting Europe with his orchestra for a series of concerts featuring the most popular of all Russian composers: Pyotr Illitch Tchaikovsky.

A closer look: featured composers

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Further listening: featured works

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Composer)

Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, "Pathetique"

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Composer)

Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 13, "Winter Daydreams"

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Composer)

Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Composer)