Agitato and Allegro in E minor
The Agitato and Allegro in E major, for small orchestra (TH 163 ; ČW 331), was written in 1863 or 1864 as an exercise while Tchaikovsky was a student in Anton Rubinstein's composition classes at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
Instrumentation
Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A), 2 bassoons + violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses [1].
Movements and Duration
There is one movement: Agitato—Allegro (E minor, 135 bars), lasting around 5 minutes in performance.
Publication
The work was published for the first time in 1967 in volume 58 of Tchaikovsky's Complete Collected Works, edited by Irina Iordan.
- See also online resources below.
Autographs
Tchaikovsky's manuscript score (which includes the Adagio in F major is now preserved in the Klin House-Museum Archive (a1, No. 125).
Recordings
- See: Discography
Related Works
The second theme of the Allegro (from bar 39) was adapted by Tchaikovsky for the finale of his Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor (1865).[2].