Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 Pathetique | Dresden Philharmonic & Marek Janowski

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, also known as ’Pathétique’, is one of the very great symphonies in the history of music. The famous work was performed by the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Marek Janowski in this concert at the Kulturpalast Dresden 2019. (00:00) I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo (17:32) II. Allegro con grazia (24:54) III. allegro molto vivace (33:49) IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) took just a few months to compose the Sixth Symphony and he conducted its premiere himself in St. Petersburg on October 28, 1893. Initially Tchaikovsky had called his Sixth ’A Programme Symphony’, but after the premiere he unceremoniously gave it the epithet ’Pathetique’ – and that is how it has gone down in history. According to Tchaikovsky, the actual program is full of subjective emotions and is meant to remain a mystery. The 6th Symphony is characterized by a mixture of conventional symph