The Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote his third symphony in 1875. Symphony No. 3 is Tchaikovsky's only symphony in a major key and also his only symphony that contains five movements. The Third Symphony premiered in Moscow under the baton of the Nikolai Rubinstein. He was a very close friend of Tchaikovsky and the younger brother of the famous pianist Anton Rubinstein. This sympho...
