Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Seasons | Full Performance by Trio Zadig and poetry readings

Recorded at the Singer-Polignac Foundation, Paris The Seasons are a suite of piano pieces composed by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between November 1875 and May 1876 at the request of the publisher of Le Nouvelliste, a monthly music magazine in St Petersburg. This magazine published scores as a supplement to his newspaper, and its director asked Tchaikovsky to compose a piece each month for the magazine. Trio Zadig, with actor Stéphane Varupenne, a member of the Comédie-Française, look at Piotr Tchaikovsky‘s cycle The Seasons. Probably the most popular of the Russian composer‘s works, with an album sheet for each month of the year. These twelve pieces have much more depth than one might think, and the fact that they are presented in their totality really gives meaning to their composition. The poetry, the harmonic subtlety, the rhythmic and choreographic allure create a diversity that goes beyond the somewhat anecdotal nature of the writing. Trio Zadig considers this cycle to be one of Tchaikovsky‘s major works. The narrative aspect of the tale, rendered here by Stéphane Varupenne, is added, with each piece seemingly beginning with “Once upon a time...“ Subscribe to EuroArts: https://goo.gl/jrui3M ▷ 00:00 - Introduction ▷ 01:09 - January ▷ 07:04 - Febuary ▷ 10:28 - March ▷ 13:21 - April ▷ 16:33 - May ▷ 21:41 - June ▷ 27:38 - July ▷ 29:46 - August ▷ 34:27 - September ▷ 37:43 - October ▷ 42:39 - November ▷ 46:00 - December Trio Zadig: The Seasons by Tchaikovsky A film by Patrick Lauze Boris Borgolotto - violin Marc Girard Garcia - cello Ian Barber - piano Stéphane Varupenne - actor (from the Comédie-Française)