On This Day October 8

Pyotr Tchaikovsky conducted the first performance of his Pathétique symphony, which was dedicated to his nephew, in St Petersburg, on October 8, 1893. The symphony was written in Tchaikovsky's summer house in Klin, 50 miles northwest of Moscow. Writing to his nephew the composer said, "I consider the Symphony the best thing I've ever done."

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