Tchaïkovski and his Idol

This concert will give Montrealers the opportunity to discover two great Canadian talents: young violinist Caitlin Tulley and the young conductor of the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Tania Miller.

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A free conference will be presented 1 hour before the concert (except where noted).

It was after attending a performance of Mozart’s Don Giovanni that Tchaikovsky, still only a young child, decided to become a composer.His Mozartiana, a suite in four movements of which three are orchestrations of little-known keyboard works, is a vibrant tribute to Mozart from the composer of The Nutcracker.

Mozart composed his Violin Concerto No. 5, a work of delicate charm and great beauty, within the space of a few weeks when he was only nineteen years old. The final movement stands out because of its alla turca passage which confers a lively, exotic twist to the work.

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 is among the most popular works of the genre in the Romantic repertoire. Filled with now-famous melodies, the Symphony is known to have a long-lasting effect on the listener. Like the Symphonies Nos. 4 and 6, this work bears the stamp of Fatum, the implacable fate against which humankind can only deliver a desperate struggle.