Allusive titles such as Evening (Schumann), The Lark's Song (Tchaikovsky) became common, or more ambitiously a musical work could be linked to a literary work, such as Petrarch's Sonnet No.

This work, Kamarinskaya (1842), was later hailed by Tchaikovsky as the "acorn" from which the whole of Russian music grew. Today we realize how biased this statement was. True, Tchaikovsky's ...

It contains some of his most powerful music, and yet it has always been strangely neglected so that many concert goers are simply not aware of it. It should be enough - it is easily the largest of ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Most of what we know about Tchaikovsky's personal life is gleaned from ...

This display permitted the viewer not only to understand his own interpretation of the concerto better, but also Tchaikovsky’s inner turmoil through his music. In contrast, the second movement ...