Piano no 1 concerto tchaikovsky biography

Title:Piano Concerto No.1, op, TH 55, B-flat minor
Composer:Peter I. Tchaikovsky ()
Last time performed by the Rhode Island Philharmonic:Last performed March 31, with Bramwell Tovey conducting and soloist Olga Kern.

In addition to a solo piano, this piece is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani and strings.

The Story:On Christmas Eve of , Peter I. Tchaikovsky experienced a spiritual blow so devastating that it took three years before he could even mention it.

It concerned his informal playing of his First Piano Concerto in the home of a friend for Nicolai Rubinstein, his superior at the Moscow Conservatory.

Piano no 1 concerto tchaikovsky biography

Tchaikovsky was seeking some friendly technical advice about the piano part. Instead, this is what happened:

I played the first movement. Not a single word, not a single comment! .

Tchaikovsky piano concerto 1 original version

. . Say something, if only to tear it to pieces with constructive