TCHAIKOVSKY Souvenir d'un Lieu Cher for Violin and Piano (Op. 42) Score

"Souvenir d'un lieu cher (Memory of a dear place), Op. 42, for violin and piano, was written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between March and May 1878. It consists of three movements.
The Méditation was written between 23 and 25 March 1878, in Clarens, Switzerland, where Tchaikovsky wrote his Violin Concerto. It was originally intended as the slow movement of the concerto, but he realised it was too slight for a concerto, so he discarded it and wrote a Canzonetta instead. On 16 May, back in Russia, he started on a work in three parts for violin and piano (the only time he ever originally wrote for that combination of instruments, although the Valse-Scherzo also exists in a violin and piano arrangement). On 22 May he told his brother Modest that it was going well. On 25 May he left for a two-week vacation on the Ukrainian country estate Brailivo (sometimes seen in English as "Brailovo"), which belonged to his benefactress Nadezhda von Meck, where he finished the work by 31 May. For the first movement, he used the discarded Méditation, recasting it for violin and piano. The two additional movements, Scherzo and Mélodie, completed the Souvenir d'un lieu cher. While at Brailovo, he also completed the Six Romances, Op. 38, and sketched his entire setting of the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.
Tchaikovsky had the original manuscript sent as a token of gratitude to Nadezhda von Meck, but he always intended to publish the work, so he asked her to arrange for a copy to be made, which was done by Władysław Pachulski, a member of von Meck's household and later her son-in-law. This copy was sent to the publisher, P. Jurgenson. Tchaikovsky dedicated the work to "B*******", which is understood to refer to Brailovo itself. It was published in May 1879, as Op. 42.
In 1880, the Méditation was published separately, and has since become well known as an independent piece. The Scherzo and Mélodie were published separately in 1884. In 1896 Jurgenson published the complete work in an arrangement by Alexander Glazunov for violin and orchestra, and in this form it has perhaps become better known than in its original form for violin and piano. There is also an arrangement for violin and strings by Alexandru Lascae.
There is no record of the work's first performance."
- Wikipedia 2020
Performed by Julia Fischer and Yakov Kreizberg
Méditation - 00:05
Scherzo - 09:16
Mélodie ("chant sans paroles") - 12:29

[@wobblyorbee279]

this music feels so warm and nostalgic, i would definitely have a tear in my eyes if i can get the chance to hear myself play the grand piano with a violin in a fancy big room with good acoustics, i really wish i can play in a grand piano with a big room one day..... and hope seeing my parents proud

[@lautarovinci628]

The "Melodie" breaks me, what a beautiful jewel

[@Jtanda08]

A Masterpiece 💫

[@victormendes583]

The best composer

[@georgiepentch]

Superb performance! Thank you for putting this score-video together!

[@boedisusetyo303]

❤ Tchaikovsky...

[@Musicnyc777]

Superb violinist and violin playing here, beautiful piano and mood, enjoy this ensemble together so much, thank you!

[@fabriciovalvasori1121]

Fabulosa interpretación!!!!

[@nss4472]

¡Pero no anunciaron los nombres en la descripción! 😮
Lo que puedo asegurar es que son 99,99% músicos rusos y 0.00000001 son anglosajones😂

[@fabriciovalvasori1121]

@@nss4472 ¿y con eso qué?

[@PushkaryovVsevolod]

Гениально!

[@straizys]

pianist totally on a different planet with her timing and articulation in the first part... fantastic violin interpretation though

[@nss4472]

It's OK, believe me. 😂😊❤

[@user-vi5yl1pm7g]

9:16 12:28

[@K-ymodoke]

It sounds like Cesar Franck’s violin sonata 💐

[@katleon312]

It’s better 💪

[@nss4472]

Not at all😮 Tchaikovsky is the one and the only Tchaikovsky.😮
The Inconfundible Russian Sole!❤😢❤❤❤❤❤

[@irenea.h9623]

So beautiful music ! What grade is that piece?

[@jdmeed2468]

I did some research and discovered that the ‘Melodie’ is an ABRSM grade 7 piece.

[@AG-fl3kl]

The entire work is ATCL level (Trinity College London)

[@nss4472]

It is 'Gradus ad Parnassum' grade, in direction to the Eternity One Way Road.

[@irenea.h9623]

​@@jdmeed2468thankyou

[@aidankwek8340]

I noticed the pizz. and arco are not marked in the score in the second movement. Where did you get the score?

[@fabriciovalvasori1121]

Seguramente es un agregado de la práctica violinística que embellece el carácter de la obra. El pizzicato en el violín se asemeja y dialoga mejor con los acordes del piano los cuales dan la sensación de ritmo marcatto y agitato tan característica en esta obra. He intentado ejecutar estos acordes con arco, y quedan realmente deslucidos.

[@nss4472]

​@@fabriciovalvasori1121no sé si es o no es un agregado, no he visto el original escrito por Maestro Tchaikovsky, pero esto se toca en modo pizzicato invariablemente. Sería demasiado extraño oírlo en acordes, aún en arpeggiato😮

[@Ngaberkuda]

14:41

[@brianchen481]

12:30 melodie

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Point?

[@adamz0037]

@@Marcel_Audubon quiet down

[@Marcel_Audubon]

@@adamz0037 you reopened a conversation that ended over 2 weeks ago to say that?!? does not compute

[@adamz0037]

@@Marcel_Audubon point?

[@Marcel_Audubon]

@@adamz0037 point is: you're a dullard

[@dashiellpreven285]

Gytgdss 😅

[@mememanfresh]

stupid samsung alarm

[@benmartin4861]

this is killing me what alarm is it

[@mememanfresh]

@@benmartin4861 its called tchaikovsky melody in the samsung clock app

[@wobblyorbee279]

bruh you just came here to say that?

[@michaelloew522]

bro are you serious@@mememanfresh

[@mememanfresh]

@@michaelloew522 yes bro