Robert Baldwin wrote:

>Has anyone else besides me on this list had a "second coming" in terms
>of appreciating the greatness of Tchaikovsky? Here I am, at the ripe old
>age of 45, only now beginning to appreciate this master...

You're certainly not alone, but the track to re-discovery may be somewhat
different.  In my case it has come through the operas, first Onegin, then
Pique Dame, and then Mazeppa.  It sounds like you might have those
pleasures yet ahead.

Cordially,

Harry Davis
Houston
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