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Danish organist and composer (1852-1927)
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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-08-08 20:13:41
No Contest Between Mighty Russians
[…] strong feeling that a demanding editor might have made it a lot better by convincing Tchaikovsky of the need to cut it by a third. In the first two and the last movement, little riffs of no particular consequence are repeated again and again. His melodic gift seems largely quiescent, although the first violin and the cello get ample opportunity to show off. The third movement, a funeral march in memory of Tchaikovsky’s friend Ferdinand Laub, a violinist and colleague at the Moscow Conservatory who championed his two earlier quartets, is the high point. Perhaps in tribute to Laub, the first violin, dutifully echoed by the lower strings, leads some beautiful, reflective moments. Apparently, when first heard, after Laub’s death in a house concert, this movement brought friends and family to tears. But even that movement seemed studied, and I had the sense that few in the audience felt differently. […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-02-29 22:43:16
The Russians Aren’t Coming Again
[…] that underlay the ostensibly jovial surface, Kim providing a solo of dreadful ferocity, while even the Morse code “U” came in with bared teeth. In the first volume of Edward Ballantine’s Variations on Mary Had a Little Lamb, in the Styles of Ten Composers, the jokey title of the “Tchaikovsky” variation is Valse Funèbre. True to stereotype, the Third Quartet was written as a memorial, to the composer’s Moscow Conservatory colleague and renowned violinist-violist Ferdinand Laub (who had performed in the premieres of both of Tchaikovsky’s earlier quartets). The composer also arranged the funereal third movement as an independent piece for violin and piano. As it happens, there is also a good description of this work online (with musical examples!), here . The quartet begins with one of those patented Tchaikovsky melancholy tunes (the program note by Miriam Villchur Berg calls it a “Russian melody,” but despite the implication, no […]
2015-12-04 09:04:10
Tchaikovsky chamber music
[…] composed very intimate music in his chamber music. His D Major Quartet (String Quartet No. 1) came to be known as the “Accordion” quartet, because the opening theme of the first movement is highlighted by rising and falling chords. The second of the three string quartets features irregular rhythms and fugal-style writing. This quartet has become Tchaikovsky’s most popular of the three quartets. The third quartet was written in 1876 and was dedicated to Ferdinand Laub, who had been a champion of the composer for many years. Here is a wonderful performance of the Tchaikovsky String Quartet No.1 in D – Movement 2 (Andante cantabile) – as performed by the Borodin Quartet And now here’s the String Quartet No.3 Op.30 in E flat minor, 1876 I. Andante sostenuto – Allegro moderato, as performed by the Borodin Quartet
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