Serenade for Strings (Tchaikovsky)
Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48, was composed in 1880. It was first performed October 30, 1881 in St. Petersburg at a Russian Musical Society concert conducted by Eduard Nápravník.
Form
Serenade for Strings has 4 movements:On the second page of the score, Tchaikovsky wrote, "The larger number of players in the string orchestra, the more this shall be in accordance with the author's wishes."
Premiere
The Serenade was given a private performance at the Moscow Conservatory on 3 December 1880. Its first public performance was in St Petersburg on 30 October 1881 under Eduard Napravnik.Performance history
Performance history of Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, excluding the premiere.- Tiflis, Russian Empire: 8 April 1884, conducted by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
- New York, United States: 24 January 1885, conducted by Leopold Damrosch at the Academy of Music
- Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire: 17 March 1887, conducted by Tchaikovsky himself
- Hamburg, German Empire: 20 January 1888, conducted by Tchaikovsky himself
- Prague, Austria-Hungary: 21 February 1888, conducted by Tchaikovsky himself at the National Theatre
- Paris, France: 28 February 1888, conducted by Tchaikovsky himself
- Paris, France: 4 March 1888, conducted by Tchaikovsky himself at Théâtre du Châtelet
- Paris, France: 11 March 1888, conducted by Tchaikovsky himself at Théâtre du Châtelet
- London, Great Britain: 22 March 1888, conducted by Tchaikovsky himself at St James's Hall
- Berlin, German Empire: 26 February 1889, conducted by Tchaikovsky himself
- Geneva, Switzerland: 9 March 1889, conducted by Tchaikovsky himself at Théâtre de Neuve
- Kiev, Russian Empire: 2 November 1889, conducted by Aleksandr Vinogradsky
- Amsterdam, Netherlands: 27 April 1890, conducted by Willem Kes at Concertgebouw
- Tiflis, Russian Empire: 1 November 1890, conducted by Tchaikovsky himself
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary: 5 April 1891, conducted by Hans Richter
- Baltimore, United States: 15 May 1891, conducted by Tchaikovsky himself at the Lyceum Theatre
- Philadelphia, United States: 18 May 1891, conducted by Tchaikovsky himself at the Academy of Music
- Warsaw, Russian Empire: 14 January 1892, conducted by Tchaikovsky himself
- Brussels, Belgium: 14 January 1893, conducted by Tchaikovsky himself
- Odessa, Russian Empire: 3 February 1893, conducted by Tchaikovsky himself
- Kharkov, Russian Empire: 26 November 1893, conducted by Ilya Slatin