Symphony No.6, Op.74 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr)

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Performer Pages University of Chicago Orchestra (orchestra)
Barbara Schubert (conductor)
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Misc. Notes Performed 30 January 2010, Mandel Hall. From archive.org.
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Igor Markevitch (conductor)
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Misc. Notes Recorded September 25, 1958 Septembre Musical de Montreux
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Performer Pages Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra)
Yevgeny Mravinsky (conductor)
Publisher Info. Berlin: Deutsche Grammophon, 1956. LPM 18334.
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Misc. Notes Recorded June 25, 1956 in Vienna, Konzerthaus, Großer Saal.
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Performer Pages Orchestre national de France (orchestra)
Paul Kletzki (conductor)
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Misc. Notes Recorded October 23, 1952 Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris.
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4 more: 1. Adagio — Allegro non troppo • 2. Allegro con grazia • 3. Allegro molto vivace • 4. Finale. Adagio lamentoso

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(1945). Plate Part.B. 4959.
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Editor Thomas Kohlhase (b. 1941)
Polina Vaidman (1947-2016)
Publisher. Info. New Edition of the Complete Works (Band 39b)
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1993. Plate NCE 1039-20.
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Misc. Notes Critical edition. Vol.39a is facsimile. Vol.39b is this book (Page IX to XIII is the preface in English and Russian). Vol.39c is critical report.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(1945). Plate Orch.B. 2576.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1960). Catalog A2192.
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Misc. Notes Bassoons 1 & 2 transposed for Bass Clarinet (B)
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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Arranger Edmund Haensch (d. 1929)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Anton J. Benjamin, 1925. Plate A.J.B. 7913a.
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Arranger Eduard Langer (1835-1905)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1897.
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Arranger Aleksandr Schaefer (1866-1914)
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For Piano 4 hands (Tchaikovsky)

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Publisher. Info. Complete Collected Works, vol.48 (Полное собрание сочинений).
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Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1965). Piano Series No.4053
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Adagio - Allegro non troppo (No.1)

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Allegro con grazia (No.2)

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Adagio lamentoso (No.4)

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Misc. Notes Dedicated to the memory of Giorgio Campanini
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General Information

Work Title Symphony No.6
Alternative. Title Pathétique / Патетическая (Pateticheskaya)
Name Translations Symfonie nr. 6; Symphonie nº 6 de Tchaïkovski; Symphony No. 6; 第6号交响曲; Симфонія № 6; Sinfonia n.º 6; Симфония № 6; Simfonia núm. 6; 6. Sinfonie; 교향곡 6번; Sinfonia n. 6; Symfónia č. 6; ซิมโฟนีหมายเลข 6; Patetična simfonija; Sinfonia nro 6; Simfonia nr. 6; 交響曲第6番; Sinfonía n.º 6; הסימפוניה השישית (הפאתטית) של צ'ייקובסקי; Giao hưởng số 6; Symphonia sexta; Symfoni nr. 6; سمفونی شماره ۶ (چایکوفسکی); Symfonie č. 6; السيمفونيه رقم 6; Simfonio n-ro 6a, patosa (Ĉajkovski); 第6號交響曲 (柴可夫斯基); Симфонија бр. 6 (Чајковски); 6η Συμφωνία; Symfoni nr. 6 av Tsjajkovskij
Name Aliases Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"; Pathetic; Pathétique; Pathétique Symphony; Symphonie Pathétique; Symfonie nr. 6 (Tsjajkovski); Symfonie nr. 6 (Tsjaikovski); 悲愴; Sinfonía n.º 6 en si menor, Op. 74; Patética; Sinfonía Patética; Simfonio Patosa
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 175810435; LCCN: n81118723; SUDOC: 113658060; BNF: 139102199
Composer Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.74 ; TH 30 ; ČW 27
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IPT 132
Key B minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Adagio—Allegro non troppo (B minor, 354 bars)
  2. Allegro con grazia (D major, 179 bars)
  3. Allegro molto vivace (G major, 347 bars)
  4. Adagio lamentoso (B minor, 171 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1893
First Performance. 1893-10-28 in St. Petersburg, Russian Musical Society
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (conductor)
First Publication. 1893-94 - Moscow: P. Jurgenson
Piano 4 hands arr. (1893)
Full score, 227 pages. Plate 19097. (1894)
Dedication Vladimir Davydov (1871–1906)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 46 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation orchestra
InstrDetail
3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, cymbals, bass drum, tam-tam (ad lib.), strings
Discography Tchaikovsky Research
External Links Tchaikovsky Research
Wikipedia article
Extra Information Also arranged for piano 4 hands by Tchaikovsky, 1893
It has become tradition in this Symphony for the 2nd clarinet to double on bass clarinet and play 4 notes for the bassoon, at a point where the bassoon takes over a descending line from the clarinet. Apart from the fact that the "hand over" is smoother when the timbres match, the passage goes to pppppp, which is easier on bass clarinet than on bassoon.

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