Hamburg
Tchaikovsky Research
Hamburg is a federal state and the second-largest city in Germany.
During Tchaikovsky's lifetime it was a free city state, which joined the German Empire in 1871.
Tchaikovsky in Hamburg
Tchaikovsky visited Hamburg on the following occasions:
| From | Until | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 10/22 July 1861 | 16/28 July 1861 | On his first journey outside Russia, Tchaikovsky found Hamburg to be "incomparably better than Berlin" [1]. |
| 29 December 1887/10 January 1888 | 30 December 1887/11 January 1888 | To attend a concert conducted by Hans von Bülow. |
| 5/17 January 1888 | 10/22 January 1888 | To rehearse and conduct a concert of his own works at the Konventgarten (8/20 January), including the Serenade for String Orchestra, the Piano Concerto No. 1 (soloist Vasily Sapelnikov), and the Theme with Variations from the Suite No. 3. There were cordial meetings with Daniel Rahter, Josef Sittard, and Theodor Avé-Lallemant, who "almost with tears in his eyes exhorted me to leave Russia and settle in Germany" [2]. |
| 26 February/10 March 1889 | 4/16 March 1889 | To conduct his Symphony No. 5 at a Philharmonic Society concert (3/15 March). At rehearsals he met Johannes Brahms, Josef Sittard, and Willy Burmester. "My new symphony was an enormous success, and everyone without affectation treated me as an old and dear friend" [3]. |
| 17/29 May 1891 | 18/30 May 1891 | Returning from his American tour on the steamship Fürst Bismarck, Tchaikovsky stayed overnight at the Hôtel Saint Pétersbourg. |
| 6/18 January 1892 | 9/21 January 1892 | Attending rehearsals and a production of Yevgeny Onegin at the Hamburg Opera Theatre (7/19 January), conducted by Gustav Mahler. |
| 25 August/6 September 1893 | 29 August/10 September 1893 | Attending a production of Iolanta at the Hamburg Opera Theatre (26 August/7 September), conducted by Gustav Mahler, as well as a performance of Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci in the second half of that evening's double bill, with Berta Foerstrová-Lautererová as Nedda. Tchaikovsky stayed at the house of Bernhard Pollini. |
External Links
Bibliography
- Русская музыка за границей. Г. Чайковский в Гамбурге (1888)
- [Tchaikovsky in Hamburg] (1888)
- [Tchaikovsky in Hamburg] (1888)
- [Tchaikovsky in Hamburg] (1888)
- Русская музыка за границей (1888)
- [Tchaikovsky in Hamburg] (1889)
- [Tchaikovsky in Hamburg] (1889)
- [Tchaikovsky in Hamburg] (1889)
- P. I. Tschaikowsky (1889)
- Der Briefwechsel des Hamburger Verlegers Daniel Rahter mit P. I. Čajkovskij 1887-1891 (2001)
- Čajkovskij in Hamburg (2004)
- Tschaikowsky in Hamburg. Eine Dokumentation (2006)
- Tschaikowsky und Hamburg. Sichtbare Erinnerungen und Ehrungen in der Hansestadt (2011)
- Das ehemalige Tschaikowsky Studio und seine Leiterin Louisa von Westernhagen (2014)
Notes and References
- ↑ Letter 56 to Ilya Tchaikovsky, 9/21 July 1861.
- ↑ Autobiographical Account of a Tour Abroad in the Year 1888, Chapter XI.
- ↑ Letter 3815 to Nadezhda von Meck, 5/17 March 1889.
