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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle

August 28, 2021

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In this Musical Moment, VocalEssence artistic director and founder Philip Brunelle shares insider information and beautiful music by the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

 

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1840-1893

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a luminary Russian composer whose output made him the most well-known Russian composer of all time. He manifested a clear interest in music from childhood, composing his first piece at age four for his sister Alexandra. At age 17 he studied piano under Rudolph Kündinger through which he became familiar with Chopin’s mazurkas and Kalkbrenner’s piano works. From 1862-1865, Tchaikovsky studied harmony and counterpoint with Nikolay Zaremba and composition and instrumentation with Anton Rubinstein at St. Petersburg Conservatory. After graduating in December 1865, Tchaikovsky moved to Moscow to teach music theory at the Russian Musical Society. His early output saw the production of symphonies including Romeo and Juliet and the opera The Voyevoda. Tchaikovsky wrote 7 symphonies, 11 operas, 3 ballets, 4 cantatas, 20 choral works, and more than 100 songs and piano pieces. His choral pieces were sacred in nature, among them his famed Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom and Hymn of the Cherubim. Tchaikovsky remains one of the most-performed composers of the Romantic era and his prolific works have become some of classical music’s beloved treasures. 

Suggested Choral Works

  1. A Hymn to the Trinity (pd.) 
  2. Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (pd.) 
  3. All-Night Vigil (pd.) 
Posted in: Musical Moments
Tags: Composers of the 17th 18th and 19th Centuries • Russian Composers

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