Tchaikovsky’s Firsts
Friday, November 30, 2018 - Sunday, December 2, 2018
Belding Theater at The Bushnell
Friday & Saturday at 8pm
Sunday at 3pm
Tchaikovsky “Polonaise” from Eugene Onegin, TH 5
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23, TH 55
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, TH 24, “Winter Dreams”
Featuring
Carolyn Kuan conductor
Szymon Nehring piano
We celebrate the great Tchaikovsky with two of his firsts! His triumphant Piano Concerto No. 1 was an immediate success upon its premiere in Boston in 1875, and was the first piece of classical music to sell a million records, with a performance by Van Cliburn in 1958. His melancholic and seductive Symphony No. 1, “Winter Dreams,” marked the first of its kind: the Russian symphony. See Szymon Nehring’s piano performance up close, when it is projected live on screen during the concerts!
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