Category: tchaikovsky

Light Cavalry Overture – 2017 Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra

Born in present-day Croatia, Franz von Suppé spent most of his life composing and conducting theater works in Vienna. Although his operettas propelled him to wide renown in his time, today we remember him mostly for a handful of overtures to these works. Light Cavalry Overture, which premiered in 1866, features a man who joins…


Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, 3rd Movement – 2017 Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra

Though now hailed for its beautiful lyricism, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s only violin concer- to suffered setbacks before becoming one of the most esteemed works in the violin repertoire. The piece was unveiled in 1878, dedicated to the distinguished Hungarian violinist Leopold Auer. To Tchaikovsky’s dis- may, Auer professed the piece unplayable. It was not until…


Encore: Drum Dance – 2018 Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra

Composer: Junyi Tan Shen Yun Performing Arts is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. Shen Yun Creations are available at ShenYunCreations.com. – Follow Shen Yun Creations on Facebook, Instagram, Gettr, and Telegram


Encore: Who Shall Find — 2019 Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra

Junyi Tan, Composer Dmitry Russu, Conductor Shen Yun Performing Arts is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. Shen Yun Creations are available at ShenYunCreations.com. Follow Shen Yun Creations on Facebook, Instagram, Gettr, and Telegram – Shen Yun Performing Arts is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. Shen Yun Creations are available…


Bugler’s Holiday

Leroy Anderson Kaspar Martig, Trumpet Eric Robins, Trumpet Wilson, Trumpet YOHEI SATO, Conductor – Shen Yun Performing Arts is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. Shen Yun Creations are available at ShenYunCreations.com. – Follow Shen Yun Creations on Facebook, Instagram, Gettr, and Telegram


Truth Tellers: Tchaikovsky and His Reaching Toward Sublimity

A young student, having just met the elder Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, made a remark suggesting that composers wrote initially by inspiration. Tchaikovsky, he recalled, “made an impatient gesture with his hand and said with annoyance: ‘Ah, young man, don’t be trite! You can’t await inspiration,’ according to musicology professor David Brown in “Tchaikovsky Remembered.” “What…