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• Hamlet (overture-fantasia)
  The overture-fantasia is scored for a symphony orchestra comprising 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn ...book No. 4 seem to show that the overture was conceived as a work for full symphony orchestra, rather than for the smaller forces of a theatre orchestra.
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• Serenade for String Orchestra
  ...need for work besides compising. Now here I am already with designs for a symphony or string quartet; I still don't know how it will end up", Tchaikovsky told ...light of day as soon as possible. This is a very convenient form, as only 5 voices are required. I even dreamed about going to [[Leipzig]] and commissi
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• Vakula the Smith
  | rowspan="5" |Scene 2 | No. 5
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• Yevgeny Onegin
  ...'''''Eugene Onegin''''' <ref name="note1"/>, [[Op.]] 24 ([[TH]] 5 ; [[ČW]] 5), was Tchaikovsky's fifth completed opera, which he described as 'lyrical s | rowspan="2"|No. 5
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• Concert Fantasia
  ...ry... Walked in the garden and came up with the ''seed'' not of a future ''symphony'', but of a ''suite''" <ref name="note6"/>. On 17/29 April and 18/30 April, ...7"/>. On 3/15 September, Tchaikovsky arrived at [[Pleshcheyevo]]. There on 5/17 September <ref name="note18"/>, he resumed working on the Concert Fantas
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• Eighteen Pieces, Op. 72
  ...eriod of absence, Tchaikovsky straight away set to work on composing his [[Symphony No. 6]]. At around this time he also assembled materials which were to form On 5/17 February the composer told [[Modest Tchaikovsky]]: "In the meantime, in
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• The Maid of Orleans
  | No. 5 | rowspan="5"|'''''Act IV'''''
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• Suite No. 1
  ...oduction and Fugue, 2) Scherzo, 3) Andante, 4) Intermezzo (Echos de bals), 5) Rondo" <ref name="note3"/>. On 23 April/5 May 1879, Tchaikovsky wrote to [[Nadezhda von Meck]]: "I have finished the
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• The Sleeping Beauty
  | colspan="2" rowspan="5"|'''''Prologue''''' | No. 5
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• Violin Concerto
  On 5/17 March, Tchaikovsky wrote to [[Nadezhda von Meck]]: "...this morning I wa ...t and finale were considered satisfactory <ref name="note8"/>. On 24 March/5 April, Tchaikovsky wrote the new Andante, which in his words was: "better s
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• The Oprichnik
  '''''The Oprichnik''''' (Опричник) is an opera in 4 acts and 5 scenes ([[TH]] 3 ; [[ČW]] 3), based on a story by [[Ivan Lazhechnikov]]. I | rowspan="2"|No. 5
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• The Enchantress
  | rowspan="2"|No. 5 | rowspan="5"|'''''Act III'''''
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• Sérénade mélancolique
  ...performance in [[Saint Petersburg]] on 6/18 November 1876 at the first RMS symphony concert, conducted by [[Eduard Nápravník]]. Other notable performances in * [[Paris]], 3rd Russian symphony concert, 8/20 September 1878, [[Stanisław Barcewicz]] (violin), conducted
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• Piano Concerto No. 3
  ...oncerto in three movements, each of which was adapted from the abandoned [[Symphony in E-flat major]] he had sketched the previous year: ...poser told his brother Modest of his intention to orchestrate both the new symphony and the concerto during the summer <ref name="note1"/>.
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• Piano Concerto No. 2
  ...spiration'' for work might come to me" <ref name="note9"/>, on 23 November/5 December Tchaikovsky wrote: "This morning I worked very successfully, and t ...79 and January 1880 he was occupied with other work (revising the [[Second Symphony]] and composing the ''[[Italian Capriccio]]'').
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• Francesca da Rimini
  The instrumentation was completed on 5/17 November 1876, according to Tchaikovsky's date on the manuscript score. ...with great success in [[Moscow]] on 25 February/9 March 1877, at the tenth symphony concert of the Russian Musical Society, conducted by [[Nikolay Rubinstein]]
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• Variations on a Rococo Theme
  ...34|Valse-Scherzo]]'' for violin, and in March–April he wrote his [[Fourth Symphony]], and during this same period he completed some work commissioned by [[Nad ...tein]]. [[Nadezhda von Meck]] reported on this to Tchaikovsky: "At today's symphony concert, [[Fitzenhagen]] is playing your ''Variations''" <ref name="note5"/
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• Swan Lake
  | rowspan="2"|No. 5 | rowspan="5"|'''''Act IV'''''
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• Undina
  | Re-used in the second movement of [[Symphony No. 2]] | [No. 5]
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• The Nutcracker (suite)
  The Suite was performed a week later than intended, at the ninth symphony concert of the [[Saint Petersburg]] branch of the Russian Musical Society o * [[Odessa]], 1st RMS symphony concert, 16/28 January 1893, conducted by Tchaikovsky
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