Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Quotes & Sayings

Here Tchaikovsky was, writing to one brother about the composition of his famous Violin Concerto in D major, Opus 35: "It goes without saying that I would have been able to do nothing without him. He plays it marvellously. When he caresses me with his hand, when he lies with his head inclined on my breast, and I run my hand through his hair and secretly kiss it . . . passion rages within me with such unimaginable strength. . . ." Sparrow — Madeleine Thien

I usually listen to the same thing over and over again: Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major. And Leonard Cohen. — Sue Townsend

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto gives us for the first time the hideous notion that there can be music that stinks to the ear. — Eduard Hanslick