Seasons..."Why did common Russian
landscape, summer walk in the fields of countryside, in the forest, in the evening steppe
influenced me so much that I lay down exhausted with love to nature… "
P.I.Tchaykovsky
" Seasons" of
P.I.Tchaykovsky is one of the favourite compositions of the author. One can understand its
fame in different ways. The glamour of nature, the changes of spring and summer, autumn
and winter are associated not only with changes of mood and feelings of a person. As much
as vocal music of P.I.Tchaykovsky connected with the reflection of world of nature, this
piano cycle is a symbol of the everlasting motion of life.
"I love Russian
man, Russian mentality, Russian beauty, Russian customs.."
P.I.Tchaykovsky
Piano cycle
"Seasons" have been written by P.I.Tchaykovsky in 1876. The plays were created
as monthly musical addition to St.Petersburg magazine. Poetical epigraphs of the famous
Russian poets help to unite the life of a man and nature. |