Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6
Gulbenkian Orchestra Lorenzo Viotti
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Gulbenkian Orchestra
Lorenzo Viotti Conductor
Anton Webern
Langsamer Satz
(arr. for string orchestra by Gerard Schwarz)
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6, in B minor, op. 74
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Each season, the conductor Lorenzo Viotti defines his orchestral programmes with great thematic acuity. The two works chosen for this program are very personal in their inspiration and conception. Langsamer Satz (literally “Slow movement”), a work originally composed for string quartet, is a passionate declaration of love by Webern to his future wife Wilhelmine Mörtl. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, the final work the composer directed, is deeply enigmatic and dark. The strong emotions it reveals led scholars to identify this work as autobiographical in character.