Tchaikovsky’s Quartet No.2 is typical of its composer without being a masterpiece. Quartet No.3, however, is just that, with its magnificent slow movement including an impressive evocation of Russian ...

This weekend at the Wortham Center, Mercury-the Orchestra Redefined offers an evening of music for strings featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Mendelssohn. Artistic Director Antoine Plante ...

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Tchaikovsky excelled at writing for strings. And we'll hear a good example when the Canadian group I Musici de Montreal (ee MOO-zee-chee duh Montreal) plays the "Serenade for Strings" in concert at ...

Imagine being in the audience for the musical soirée at the Moscow Conservatoire in 1876 when Tchaikovsky met Tolstoy. For years afterwards the composer recalled how Tolstoy was so moved by the slow ...

The Pueblo-based Veronika String Quartet opens its 25th anniversary season with two concerts this weekend featuring music by Russian composers. The quartet plays at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Ascension ...

Tchaikovsky might be remembered for his three major ballets or the three last symphonies but not for his three string quartets. Yet although Tchaikovsky is not particularly associated with chamber ...

String Theory at the Hunter, in partnership with Lee University and the Hunter Museum of American Art, will continue its 13th season on Tuesday, April 5, at 6:30 p.m., with “Tchaikovsky and Brahms.” ...

Taiwanese-Australian violinist Ray Chen gives us all a lesson in how to recover an unexpected instrument mishap without missing a beat. While performing Tchaikovsky’s majestic Violin Concerto with the ...

This is Leopold Stokowski’s third, and last, recording of Tchaikovsky’s tone poem on Dante’s doomed lovers and his first complete recording of the “Serenade,” both made in 1974 when he was age 92.

The wellbeing of our audiences and players is always our priority, which means BBC NOW has taken the difficult decision to cancel its tour of Mid and North Wales across all venues. All ticket holders ...