War in Ukraine: the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra deprograms Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky banned from concert in Wales due to Russian invasion of Ukraine?

The Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra has announced that its March 18 evening lineup at Saint David's Hall has indeed been changed due to the dispute.

Not because of the composer's nationality but because of the purpose of the selected pieces.

The ensemble's “Concert for All” was to celebrate the Russian composer.

Difficult, however, to play the

and the

at the moment .

Or the

nicknamed “Little Russia”, in reference to Ukraine and from which Tchaikovsky drew inspiration by including tunes from folklore.

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"In light of the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra, with the consent of St David's Hall, believes that the previously announced programme, including the

1812 Overture,

,” explained the amateur musical formation in a press release.

Its director, Martin May, added that this decision was also motivated by the fact that one of the members of the Orchestra “

”.

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Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture

celebrates the rout of Napoleon's French armies against Russia.

The composer inserts excerpts from

which is gradually overwhelmed by a triumphal march to the glory of the Russians.

The ten-minute piece was to be followed by the

of 1876, which celebrates the alliance of Serbia and Russia in the war against the Ottoman Empire.

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Instead of this programme, the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra will present

Antonin Dvořák 's

by American John Williams (to whom we owe the music of the

saga  and

)

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The concert will end with Edward Elgar's

, one of the British composer's best-known pieces.

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"We are stuck between a rock and a hard place"

Martin May, director of the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra

The director of the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra Martin May, however, assures that he does not intend to modify all of its programming by removing Russian composers, on the contrary.

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