# Boris Tchaikovsky

Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Борис Александрович Чайковский; 10 September 1925 – 7 February 1996), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian composer, born in Moscow, whose oeuvre includes orchestral works, chamber music and film music. He is considered as part of the second generation of Russian composers, following in the steps of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (to whom he was not related) and especially Mussorgsky.
He was admired by Dmitri Shostakovich, with whom he studied, who (according to Per Skans in his notes for a recording) suggested in a letter of 1 February 1969 to Isaak Glikman, that "If Barshai's orchestra (the Moscow chamber orchestra) makes a guest appearance in Leningrad playing Vainberg's Tenth Symphony and Boris Tchaikovsky's Sinfonietta, you really have to hear them".
Of his larger-scale works almost all have been recorded. Boris Tchaikovsky generally wrote in a tonal style, although he made brief forays into serialism.

## Selected works
### Stage

* The Star (Звезда), unfinished opera in three scenes (1949); libretto by David Samoilov after the novel by Emmanuil Kazakevich; Moscow Conservatory diploma-work

### Orchestral

* Procession (Шествие) (1946)
* Symphony No.1 (1947)
* Fantasia on Russian Folk Themes (Фантазия на русские народные темы) (1950)
* Slavic Rhapsody (Славянская рапсодия) (1951)
* Symphonietta for string orchestra (1953)
* The Murmuring Forest Orchestral Suite (1953)
* Capriccio on English Themes (Каприччио на английские темы) (1954)
* Overture (Увертюра) (1957)
* Symphony No.2 (1967)
* Chamber Symphony (Камерная симфония) for chamber orchestra (1967)
* Theme and Eight Variations (Тема и восемь вариаций) (1973)
* Six Etudes (Шесть этюдов) for string orchestra and organ (1976)
* Symphony No.3 "Sevastopol" (Севастопольская симфония) (1980)
* The Winds of Siberia (Ветер Сибири), Symphonic Poem (1984)
* Four Preludes (Четыре прелюдии) for chamber orchestra (1984)
* The Juvenile (Подросток), Poem for orchestra (1984)
* Music for Orchestra (Музыка для оркестра) (1987)
* Symphony with Harp (Симфония с арфой) (1993)
* The Bells (Колокола), Prelude for orchestra (1996; completed in short score only)

### Concertos

* Concerto for clarinet and chamber orchestra (1957)
* Concerto for cello and orchestra (1964)
* Concerto for violin and orchestra (1969)
* Concerto for piano and orchestra (1971)

### Chamber music

* Piano Trio (1953)
* String Quartet No.1 (1954)
* String Trio (1955)
* Sonata for cello and piano (1957)
* Sonata for violin and piano (1959)
* Suite in D minor for cello solo (1960)
* String Quartet No.2 (1961)
* Piano Quintet (1962)
* Partita for cello and chamber ensemble (1966)
* String Quartet No.3 (1967)
* String Quartet No.4 (1972)
* String Quartet No.5 (1974)
* String Quartet No.6 (1976)
* Sextet for wind quintet and harp (1990)

### Piano

* 3 Etudes (1935; 1972; 1980)
* 5 Pieces (1935)
* 5 Preludes (1936)
* 5 Pieces (1938)
* Sonata No.1 (1944)
* 2 Pieces (1945)
* Sonatina (1946)
* Sonata No.2 (1952)
* 8 Children's Pieces (Восемь детских пьес) (1952)
* Sonata for two pianos (1973)
* Pentatonic (Пентатоника), 6 Easy Pieces (1993)
* Natural Modes (Натуральные лады), 7 Miniatures (1993)

### Vocal

* Two Poems by Mikhail Lermontov (Два стихотворения М. Ю. Лермонтова) for soprano and piano (1940)
* Four Poems by Josef Brodsky (Четыре стихотворения И. Бродского) for soprano and piano (1965)
* Lyrics of Pushkin (Лирика Пушкина), Song Cycle for soprano and piano (1972)
* Signs of the Zodiac (Знаки Зодиака), Cantata for soprano, harpsichord and string orchestra (1974)
* The Last Spring (Последняя весна), Song Cycle for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet and piano (1980); words by N. Zabolotsky
* From Kipling (Из Киплинга) for mezzo-soprano and viola (1994)

### Film scores

| Year | English title | Original title | Notes |
| 1952 | | Опасный рельс | directed by Khanan Shmain |
| 1956 | Murder on Dante Street | Убийство на улице Данте | directed by Mikhail Romm |
| 1957 | | Обыкновенный человек | directed by Alexander Stolbov |
| 1958 | October Days | В дни Октября | directed by Sergei Vasilyev |
| 1958 | Journey Beyond Three Seas | Pardesi; Хождение за три моря | directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Vasili Pronin |
| 1959 | | Заре навстречу | directed by Tatyana Lukashevich |
| 1959 | Anyuta | Анюта | segment from Three Tales of Chekhov; directed by Meri Andzhaparidze |
| 1960 | Splendid Days | Серёжа | directed by Georgi Daneliya and Igor Talankin |
| 1961 | | В пути | directed by Meri Andzhaparidze |
| 1962 | "The Tram to other Cities" | Трамвай в другие города | directed by Yuli Fait |
| 1963 | Summer Is Over | Пропало лето | directed by Rolan Bykov and Nikita Orlov |
| 1963 | | Прочь с дороги! | directed by E. Shorokh |
| 1963 | | Жертва | directed by Meri Andzhaparidze |
| 1964 | Balzaminov's Marriage | Женитьба Бальзаминова | directed by Konstantin Voynov |
| 1964 | The front is in defense | Пока фронт в обороне | directed by Yuli Fait |
| 1965 | "The Road to a Sea" | Дорога к морю | directed by Irina Poplavskaya |
| 1966 | A Boy and A Girl | Мальчик и девочка | directed by Yuli Fait |
| 1966 | Aybolit-66 | Айболит-66 | directed by Rolan Bykov |
| 1967 | Autumn Weddings | Осенние свадьбы | directed by Boris Yashin |
| 1968 | | Первая девушка | directed by Boris Yashin |
| 1969 | | Гори, гори моя звезда | directed by Alexander Mitta |
| 1971 | | Нюркина жизнь | directed by Anatoli Bobrovsky |
| 1974 | Moscow, My Love | Москва, любовь моя | directed by Alexander Mitta and Kenji Yoshida (吉田憲二; Кэндзи Ёсида) |
| 1974 | Shower | Ливень | directed by Boris Yashin |
| 1976 | | Собственное мнение | directed by Yuli Karasik |
| 1976 | | Долги наши | directed by Boris Yashin |
| 1978 | | Лоскутик и облако | animated film; directed by Rasa Strautmane |
| 1978 | | Как тоску одолели | animated film; directed by Yuri Trofimov |
| 1978 | | Расмус–бродяга | directed by Maria Muat |
| 1978 | A French Lessons | Уроки французского | directed by Yevgeny Tashkov |
| 1979 | | Северная сказка | directed by Rasa Strautmane |
| 1983 | | Подросток | TV mini-series; directed by Yevgeny Tashkov |
| 1984 | | Зелёный остров | directed by Yuli Fait |
| 1987 | | Ловкачи | directed by Yevgeny Tashkov |