Klarinet Archive - Posting 000297.txt from 1999/07

From: Gorgias Igor Sanchez <gisanche@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pathetique and applause
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 13:29:44 -0400

I support the idea that Tchaikivsky's sixth symphony is an ode to life,
showing differents stages in the life of a romantic composer. I think that
the composer has change the order of the movements to end with the death
in a very obscure and tragic way. However I've always heard that it's O.K.
to applaude at the end of the 3rd movement, as it has been done in many of
the performances that I've heard of that piece. My doubt is that nobody is
encouraged to applaude at the end of the work. The general feeling is
perhaps of leaving the hall in silence to drink a cup of chocolate or
something. Tchaikovsky died few days after the premiere of this work,
cholera, i understand (destiny?).

The pseudonime of "Pathetique" has been given due to the way Tchaikovsky
employs elements of Beethoven's "Pathetique" Sonata in C minor (1799).
That can be found right at the beggining of the first movement on the
basoon solo.

Does anybody know about the historical premiere of that work, concerning
of how the audience reacted to it?

Gorgias

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