Symphony No. 5 in e minor, Op. 64

Composer: TCHAIKOVSKY, Peter Ilyich
  • Tchaikovsky composed this symphony in 1888. It premiered on November 17, 1888, in St. Petersburg, in a performance by the St. Petersburgh Philharmonic Society. Tchaikovsky conducted the premiere.1
  • Tchaikovsky dedicated this symphony to Theodor Avé-Lallement, the director of the Hamburg Philharmonic Society.2
  • Tchaikovsky’s first sketches for this symphony include a tentative program, which can be read here. It is unclear how much of this initial concept is reflected in Tchaikovsky’s final version of the symphony.3

Sources

  1. “Symphony No.5, Op.64 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr),” IMSLP, accessed May 20, 2021, https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.5%2C_Op.64_(Tchaikovsky%2C_Pyotr).
  2. Ibid.
  3. Roland John Wiley, “Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il′yich,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed May 20, 2021,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000051766.

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