Saturday Concert No. 1

The program, entirely dedicated to the Russian Romantic composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky, combines two of his most famous works. While the Polonaise and Waltz from the opera "Eugene Onegin" are among the pieces frequently performed at prestigious balls, the opera itself tells a story of missed opportunities and unrequited love – and thus shares its innermost theme with the Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, which was composed around the same time: the ...