Gewandhausorchester

«Tchaikovsky 2»

29.02.2024 19:30,

Grand Auditorium

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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Andris Nelsons direction

Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski: Le Voïévode (Der Wojewode). Ballade symphonique op. 78
Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski: Hamlet. Fantaisie d’après Shakespeare
Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski: Symphonie N° 6 «Pathétique»

With their second programme dedicated exclusively to Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – on the previous day, they will play the Violin Concerto and the Fifth Symphony – the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Andris Nelsons allow audiences to experience two hardly-known early works by the Russian composer, both inspired by literature: the symphonic ballad The Voyevoda based on a poem by Adam Mickiewicz, and the Fantasy-Overture inspired by William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The programme is completed by the Sixth Symphony, in which the composer followed a programme he kept secret, claiming that it contained his entire soul.