This work premiered in St. Petersburg in November 1888, with the composer conducting. It is divided into four movements:
Andante – Allegro con anima
Andante cantabile con alcuna licenza
Valse: Allegro moderato
Finale: Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace – Meno mosso
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 was written by Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky).
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) released Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 on Sat Nov 17 1888.
In his notebook, Tchaikovsky described his vision of the symphony’s first movement as:
a complete resignation before fate, which is the same as the inscrutable predestination of fate