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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 - Suite No. 4, "Mozartiana"

4/1/2012, 8 Tracks, 1:03:28

Featuring

  • Jaap van Zweden
  • Andrés Cárdenes
  • Dallas Symphony Orchestra
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Tchaikovsky considered Mozart to be 'the Christ of music' and composed his Suite No. 4, Mozartiana as a tribute to him.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Conductor Jaap van Zweden, who began his career as a violinist, was appointed concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam at age 19, the youngest person ever to hold that position.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony incorporates the Russian folk song 'Vo polye beryozinka stoyala' ('On the bank a little birch stood') in its festive finale.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Tchaikovsky's Suite No. 4, Mozartiana, is not based on original material but rather on Mozart's lesser-known small works, which Tchaikovsky wished to popularize.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony is deeply connected to the emotional turmoil of 1877, including his disastrous marriage and the beginning of his correspondence with his patron, Nadejhda Filaretovna von Meck.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Fourth Symphony was the first work Tchaikovsky dedicated to Nadejhda Filaretovna von Meck, his wealthy patron, and he referred to it as 'our symphony.'

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Tchaikovsky himself nicknamed his Fourth Symphony the 'Fate Symphony,' describing its opening fanfare as 'Fate... the sword of Damocles that hangs over our head.'

Source: Booklet

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