Tchaikovsky: Variations On A Rococo Theme / Bruch: Kol Nidrei / Bloch: Schelomo

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Gerhard Markson
Maria Kliegel
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Max Bruch
Ernest Bloch

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Composition History

Tchaikovsky was dismayed when Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, the German cellist who premiered the Variations on a Rococo Theme, revised and re-ordered the work, though Tchaikovsky eventually allowed the revision to stand.

Composition History

Max Bruch's Kol Nidrei, an Adagio on Hebrew themes, was published in 1881 and is probably the best known of his shorter instrumental pieces.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme expresses his admiration for Mozart and is modestly scored for an 18th-century orchestra.

Composition History

Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme was presumably commissioned by his Conservatory colleague, the German cellist Wilhelm Fitzenhagen.

Composer Biography

Tchaikovsky's 1876 was not a successful year, marked by critical disapproval of his Romeo and Juliet in Vienna and the failure of his opera Vakula the Smith.

Composer Biography

Ernest Bloch, born in Geneva, moved to the United States in 1916 and established himself as primarily a Jewish composer, though his music explores a varied melodic and harmonic language.

Composer Biography

Max Bruch, two years older than Tchaikovsky, outlived him by more than a quarter of a century and was known for his career as a conductor and composer of popular choral music.