TCHAIKOVSKY'S FIFTH SYMPHONY

Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor Lili Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning) Lili Boulanger: D’un soir triste (Of a Sad Evening) J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony traces an expressive emotional arc using a single theme that unifies the whole piece. The theme appears quietly in the opening movement as ‘a complete resignation before fate.’ It undergoes variations throughout the symphony until it blazes forth triumphantly in the final moments.