Elegie in G for Strings
~ Work
Annotation
Composed as A Grateful Greeting for the jubilee of the actor Ivan Samarin in 1884. Published after the latter's death under the title Elegy.
Re-used as an entr'acte in the incidental music to Hamlet (1891)
Annotation last modified on 2012-09-03 08:56 UTC.
Relationships
| composer: | Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (in 1884-11) |
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| dedicated to: | Иван Васильевич Самарин |
| premiered at: | [Ivan Samarin's Jubilee Concert] (1884-12-28) |
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| publisher: | P. Jurgenson (in 1890) |
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| part of: | The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 51) (order: 37) Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 48) (order: 37) |
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| download score for free: | imslp: Elegy for String Orchestra (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr) [info] |
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| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/composition/mc0002377928 [info] |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | |||
| 1987-10 | Elégie for strings | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy | 8:05 |
| 2001-02 | Elegie for String Orchestra in G major | Bamberger Symphoniker, José Serebrier | 7:55 |
| 2004-08 | Elegy in Memory of I.V. Samarin | Göteborgs Symfoniker, Neeme Järvi | 6:11 |
| 2014-06-02 – 2014-06-05 | Elegie | Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas | 7:34 |