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How is this even real?
Can’t they at least do a seance and ask the ghost of Tchaikovsky if he stands with the Ukraine?
I mean, he’s been dead for 150 years.
The Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra is facing ridicule after removing the Russian composer Tchaikovsky from its forthcoming programme due to the conflict in Ukraine.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, which celebrates Russia’s defence against the invasion of Napoleon and is notable for featuring a volley of cannon fire, was due to be included in the orchestra’s Tchaikovsky concert at St David’s Hall on 18 March, but the entire programme has been abandoned due to events in Ukraine.
A statement on the venue’s website said: “In light of the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra, with the agreement of St David’s Hall, feel the previously advertised programme including the 1812 Overture to be inappropriate at this time. The orchestra hope you will continue to support them and enjoy the revised programme.”
The orchestra will instead present a programme centred on Antonín Dvořák’s symphony No 8. It will also include John Williams’ the Cowboys overture and a performance of Edward Elgar’s Enigma variations in the second half.
The Cardiff Philharmonic’s moves comes after the Russian conductor Valery Gergiev was dropped by his management after he refused to condemn the regime of Vladimir Putin.
The treatment of Gergiev prompted some disquiet among rightwing commentators but the decision to cancel Tchaikovsky has been more widely derided in both the UK and the US.
The comedian Geoff Norcott tweeted: “Cancelling a Tchaikovsky concert is so daft ordinary Russians will write it off as mad Vlad overdoing the propaganda.”
Cancelling a Tchaikovsky concert is so daft ordinary Russians will write it off as mad Vlad over-doing the propaganda.
— Geoff Norcott (@GeoffNorcott) March 9, 2022
Cellist Max Weiss, editor of Baltimore magazine, said “everyone needs to get a grip”. Writing on Twitter she said: “We had our HSO concert on Saturday. We began the program, fittingly, with the Ukraine National Anthem. We then went on to play Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No 1.”
We had our HSO concert on Saturday. We began the program, fittingly, with the Ukraine National Anthem. We then went on to play Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. Everyone needs to get a grip. https://t.co/SAWFGjTxyJ
— Max Weiss (@maxthegirl) March 9, 2022
Matt Duss, the foreign policy adviser to former US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, said that the orchestra’s move was “doubly absurd because Tchaikovsky spent a lot of time in Ukraine, and incorporated a lot of Ukrainian folk music and stories into his work”.
Doubly absurd because Tchaikovsky spent a lot of time in Ukraine, and incorporated a lot of Ukrainian folk music and stories into his work. https://t.co/mhF5l6HaNm
— Matt Duss (@mattduss) March 9, 2022
Former MP turned chatshow host George Galloway described the move as the equivalent to “fascistic book-burning”.
Many have pointed out Tchaikovsky shunned nationalism.
Billy Binion, editor of the US magazine Reason, tweeted: “The irony. Tchaikovsky was one of the first (and only) composers to eschew Russian nationalism and try to integrate his music with the west.
“Also, he died over a century ago. We’ve lost our minds. Tchaikovsky composed some of the richest, most affecting music I’ve ever heard. We need more of that in times like these, not less.”
Martin May, the director of the orchestra, explained the context behind the decision. In a statement he said: “A member of the orchestra has family directly involved in the Ukraine situation and we are trying to respect that situation during the immediate term. There were also two military themed pieces as part of the programme that we felt were particularly inappropriate at this time.”
So, apparently, Russia is being demonized in the West in the same way that the Nazis demonized Jews.
Don’t get me wrong – the Jews deserved it.
But I don’t even think Hitler necessarily banned all historic Jewish figures. Like, I imagine you could still read Spinoza. There aren’t really any great Jewish composers, but I don’t think the Nazis would have banned performances of their works.
But you know what the Nazis did do? They sent Jews to camps. Not all of them, of course, but a whole lot of them. The gas chambers were a hoax, but they definitely did get forcibly sent to camps.
So if Western Russophobia is now more extreme Nazi anti-Semitism – where exactly is this going?
