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WORCESTER — Ukranian-born cellist Natalia Khoma says she has been playing Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations for Cello since she was 16. "I grew up with the music. It's very close to me. I can feel it ...

Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra is a homage to his favourite composer Mozart’s writing, even using the classical device of theme and variations. Tchaikovsky wrote ...

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons, play Tchaikovsky's Marche Slave, the Rococco Variations - with Daniel Müller-Schott as cello soloist - and the Manfred Symphony.

One of the many professional casualties of the lockdown was the pianist Jonathan Biss, whose Beethoven series at the Wigmore Hall skidded to a halt. But he’s very much around on CD: this record brings ...

JoAnn Falletta concludes a two-weekend Tchaikovsky Festival with excerpts from “The Sleeping Beauty” ballet, the “Variations on a Rococo Theme” featuring Polish cellist Marcin Zdunik, and ...

If it looks like a cello concerto and sounds like a cello concerto...it might not actually be a cello concerto. Misha Maisky plays non-concerto set of Variations known as the "Variations on a Rococo ...

While neither of the featured composers was a cellist, both of these works took on their unique character through the influence of a particular cellist chosen to premiere the work. Each piece becomes ...

Melody, colour, and emotions of all kinds rule at this all-Tchaikovsky extravaganza, conducted by Canadian Keri-Lynn Wilson. Though it begins in gloom, the Fifth Symphony rises to the shining heights ...

Throughout his life, Tchaikovsky wrote several famous concerti, including one for the violin and three for the piano. As his career developed, he had promised to write a cello concerto. During this ...