Tchaikovsky thought his Symphony No. 6 was the best thing he'd ever written - but this masterpiece was unremittingly bleak. All of Tchaikovsky's symphonies are mini-dramas in both human and musical ...

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky conducted the world premiere of his own Symphony No. 6, the “Pathétique,” on Oct. 28, 1893. A little more than a week later, on Nov. 6, he was dead at 53, in circumstances ...

Audio production by Todd “Toddlana” Hulslander with wistful sighs and starings into space from Dacia Clay. All music used in this episode was played by the Houston Youth Symphony, of which Prof.

This Sonata represents one of the few cases in which the popular title came from the composer himself - its full name is 'Grande sonate pathétique' (pathetic in the sense of 'suffering', rather than ...

On Oct. 14-16, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Fairfield, Orchestra Iowa will perform my favorite symphony: No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique," by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The "Pathétique" is one ...

Michael Webster. Photo courtesy of the Shepherd School of Music website. The HAL 9000 that we use to produce these little gems has met an untimely demise. Fear not! We’ve got a brand new HAL 9001 on ...