http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-650-pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/topic-rss.do Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23773544-the-tsarinas-slippers-is-well-shod-but-shoddy.do This feeble, unimaginative production at the Royal Opera House is a disappointing pitch for the festive market that’s unlikely to win converts to opera. 2009-11-23T09:35:47Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23764306-rene-fleming-should-sprinkle-some-stardust.do Not content to rest on her laurels, the American soprano Renée Fleming has been investigating unfamiliar repertoire in recent years. 2009-11-04T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23733135-a-tired-sleeping-beauty.do Closing its London visit with The Sleeping Beauty should be a hit for the Mariinsky. However, it felt a bit thin with the tired 1952 Sergeyev production not a patch on the fabulous 1999 version 2009-08-16T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23730753-emotion-milked-to-gratifiying-effect-with-karabits.do The latest instalment of the Stravinsky ballet cycle was offered by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Kirill Karabits. 2009-08-10T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23725459-andris-nelsons-conducts-spine-tingling-proms-show.do Andris Nelsons, the highly talented Latvian conductor now in charge of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, made a fantastic Proms debut. 2009-07-28T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23721627-glorious-opening-for-proms-with-belohlavek.do The opening night of the Proms 2009 was a fair token of a season that will include Goldie, Jonny Greenwood and and an Indian Voices Day. 2009-07-19T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23676360-carnival-of-classics-is-an-ode-to-joy.do The Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela brought the Latin American carnival to the South Bank. 2009-04-14T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23665249-cds-of-the-week.do Pet Shop Boys are having a far-from-fruitful century, Chris Cornell releases Scream and Gareth Williams leads his Power Trio. 2009-03-20T17:02:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23605201-best-cds-of-2008.do From funk to fado, our critics round up the albums of the year. 2008-12-19T10:13:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/review-23600143-tsars-are-the-real-stars-in-va.do In the V&A's costume court, the Magnificence of the Tsars show is deeply satisfying. Even better, every garment is for a man. 2008-12-11T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23580143-flowing-blonde-on-cello-in-brodsky-quartet.do The Brodsky Quartet play with familiar empathy. Three of them have been together since student days nearly three decades ago. 2008-10-30T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23578279-exquisitely-played-music-in-iolanta.do The orchestral introduction Iolanta, in a stroke of genius, features a plangent wind and horn chorus, the lack of consoling strings a powerful metaphor of absence. 2008-10-27T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23551383-no-mystery-for-otaka.do The dark melancholy and doomed passion of the first and last movement of Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony passed Tadaaki Otaka by. 2008-09-04T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23544610-end-of-an-era-for-gatti.do Fire and concentration made explosive magic of Daniele Gatti's last Prom as music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 2008-08-25T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23542341-fairytale-in-full.do The first complete performance at this year's Proms, Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty, was done ravishingly, says Barry Millington 2008-08-20T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23527517-classic-takes-a-tumble-in-swan-lake.do You may find this hard to believe but there's an acrobatic version of Swan Lake at the Opera House and it's easily the best show in town 2008-08-05T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23526384-shame-about-the-dame-in-solyoms-show.do Stefan Solyom, the BBCSSO's young Swedish associate guest conductor, drew increasingly energetic and committed playing from the orchestra. 2008-08-04T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23525694-knight-of-passion-in-the-park-with-iolanta.do Wonderful though the music is, characterisation is wooden in Tchaikovsky's one act Iolanta, says Fiona Maddocks. 2008-08-03T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23486541-tchaikovsky-is-well-served.do The latest revival of Eugene Onegin hasn't quite mustered the luxury casting of some in the past, yet it remains one of Glyndebourne's finest current stagings. 2008-05-21T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23441582-high-intensity-from-gergiev.do Valery Gergiev's performance with the Vienna Philharmonic was a reading of characteristic emotional intensity. 2008-02-25T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23435105-the-gym-bunnies-will-love-it.do Teenagers and gym bunnies will thrill to the energy of Amjad, but even they will weary of the same idea repeated over and over for an hour and three-quarters. 2008-01-31T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23426601-poignant-undertow-helps-crack-the-nut.do The seasonal ballet staple, The Nutcracker, is a gentle, true and elegant performance, powerful and serious enough to bring a lump to the throat. 2007-12-10T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23397568-access-all-arias.do The Royal Opera House's free, open-air screenings of ballet and opera have become essential events. This summer there are a trio of classics to choose from. 2007-05-22T10:49:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23389169-seething-with-tension.do James Conway's new production of Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin allows social tension to seethe below the surface, while never becoming a merely sentimental journey. 2007-03-16T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23387855-a-pleasure-for-all.do The Royal Academy of Music's double-bill pleased the audience with nimble productions by Orpha Phelan and no shortage of youthful promise from all over the world. 2007-03-06T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23384916-a-brisk-canter-on-a-venerable-warhorse.do This Philharmonia programme desperately needed either a charismatic conductor or a revelatory soloist for the Grieg. It had neither, says Barry Millington. 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23383888-take-me-out-best-events.do There's a second chance to see reggae musical The Harder They Come, there'll be an interactive performance of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake in Trafalgar Square and Hot Fuzztival gets underway. 2007-02-01T11:47:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23383064-so-much-more-than-schmaltz.do Fiona Maddocks rebutes claims that Tchaikovsky's music is merely decorative and devoid of deeper meaning, arguing such a view is outdated. 2007-01-25T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23382936-honesty-catches-chopins-essence.do Russian pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja's playing is direct, honest and unvarnished, says Barry Millington. For those prepared to meet her halfway the rewards are considerable. 2007-01-24T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23374458-queen-of-spades-makes-a-welcome-return.do Francesca Zambello's staging of Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades returns to Covent Garden with a degree more clarity than when new in 2001, says Fiona Maddocks. 2006-11-14T00:00:00Z