“Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74”AKA “The Passionate Symphony” AKA “The Pathétique Symphony” (https://tinyurl.com/ycv8mfkz) was Tchaikovsky’s final composition before he passed away in 1893 under mysterious circumstances (debated bwteen Cholera or suicide) It’s also debated who this piece is dedicated to: a male lover from his youth or a family member. You can follow along with with a free score available here (https://tinyurl.com/yc6d5zrk)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840 - November 6, 1893)🇷🇺 was a Russian pianist and Romantic era composer (*dodges rotten fruit*). Similar to Frederick the Great, Tchaikovsky was closeted during his lifetime and engaged in an unhappy marriage of convenience to a cishet woman, in order to keep his Queerness hidden. Privately, he talked openly with his brother, who was also gay, about his romantic life.
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Tchaikovsky – 6th Symphony Pathetique
Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony, the Pathétique, was his last symphony. The composer died just nine days after conducting its premiere in 1893. Some believe the music hints at his own death. Others think the symphony hides a secret programme Tchaikovsky had never disclosed.
Pathos
One of the most emotional pieces in music history, the work was entitled “The Passionate Symphony”, that means “passionate” or “emotional”, not “arousing pity”. The title “Pathetique” comes from the Greek “pathos”, meaning “deep emotion and suffering”.
The emotional intensity is off the charts. Tchaikovsky pours raw feelings into this piece: desperate passion, deep depression, and a sense of farewell. For this reason he called it the “most sincere thing” he ever wrote.
The piece is filled with extreme emotional contrasts. One moment it’s soft and sweet, the next it’s exploding with rage and despair. It feels deeply personal, which is why it hits so hard, still today.
The music
The first movement starts with a lonely bassoon playing a sad, sighing melody. Then it builds into a heartbreaking main theme in a storm of emotions.
The second movement is in 5/4 time, which was very unusual back then. You can consider it a waltz that keeps tripping over itself.
The third movement feels like it’s the finale (it’s a powerful, almost victorious march), which makes the actual slow finale even more shocking to listeners. It’s like Tchaikovsky is playing with our expectations.
The finale completely breaks the rules. Instead of ending with a triumphant finale like most symphonies, Tchaikovsky does something radical. He puts a slow, dying-away final movement that fades into a heartbreaking silence. Nobody was doing this at the time! Symphonies were supposed to end with a bang, not a whisper.
The mystery behind the symphony
Tchaikovsky’s sudden death remains a mystery. The official cause was cholera, but some believe he took his own life. Some even see the symphony as a coded farewell message, with the last movement representing his final surrender. At the time, being openly gay in Russia was impossible, and some theories suggest he was under pressure because of it.
The secret programme
The 6th symphony is not a program music, at least not in a official way. Some historian think that Tchaikovsky wrote a programme for this piece, but kept it secret and no one could ever see it. The secret programme of the symphony is about love between men: the search for it, from the beginning of the first movement; finding it, in the romantic andante theme (measure 89); and the attacks of a hostile world on it, in the agitated allegro vivo passage that follows (measure 161); and escape from that, in the return to the love theme (andante come prima, measure 305). The last movement, Karlinsky was told, is an elegy for a dead lover.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
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#OnThisDay in 1840, #PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky, Russian #composer of the late-Romantic period (1812 Overture; The Nutcracker; Swan Lake), born in Votkinsk, Russia (d. 1893). 💔😢😭
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#OnThisDay in 1891, Music Hall (now Carnegie Hall) opens in New York City, with #PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky as guest conductor of the New York Music Society Orchestra.
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