The New Philharmonic audience will have a chance to appreciate the beauty of these two compositions, Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony 4, and experience two different ...

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The same is true for the violin concerto. At the time Tchaikovsky wrote this, no one would agree to play it — none of the highest virtuosos of the day. They refused and said it was impossible!