Marc Taddei

The work was premièred with Tchaikovsky on the podium in October of 1893 just nine days before his mysterious death. The Russian title 'Pateticheskaya' means "passionate" or "emotional", implying a… Audio

Tchaikovsky was now famous and had just completed a successful European tour by the time he wrote the fifth symphony. It seems that providence had smiled on him after years of struggle and self-doubt… Audio

The fourth symphony is concerned with fate, a fate that Tchaikovsky felt dealt him a weak nature. Video, Audio

The third symphony is unashamedly cheerful and has at its centre one of the most romantic pieces of music that Tchaikovsky ever wrote. The nickname 'Polish' relates to the finale which draws on… Audio

Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Recorded at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. Audio

Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Recorded 20 June 2015 at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio

The world premiere of Leila Adu's 'Rain as Blessings Fall', written as part of Orchestra Wellington's Composer-in-Residence programme. Audio

Tchaikovsky's first attempt at a symphony nearly drove him to a nervous breakdown, but none of that tension found itself into the symphony, instead the idea of winter seems to have been close to his… Audio

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor. Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei. Recorded 18 April 2015 at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio

Tchaikovsky called Glinka's Fantasy on two Russian Folksongs ‘the acorn from which the oak of Russian music grew'.

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