Part of the reason must be Tchaikovsky’s own views on the symphony. His attitude to it swung violently from exhausted approval immediately after finishing it (“my best symphonic composition ...

“Iolanta” shared its premiere, in December of 1892, with a ballet you may have heard of, “The Nutcracker.” Of Tchaikovsky’s music, that score’s only competitor as a hatcher of earworms is “The 1812 ...

The concerto will be paired with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 ... (three concerts with a fourth for free, plus a $6 preservation fee). Season tickets are available now at the theater ...