Oh, I totally agree with you on this point. I love to listen Tchaikovsky's beautiful melodies (6th symphony, first movement, second subject!). It almost seems to me that there are 2 kinds of people who listen to classical music: those that love Tchaikovsky and Grieg's Piano Concerto, and those that do not. I am clearly a member of the former. And since I'm writing about the Grieg Piano Concerto, am I just nuts or is the first movement cadenza as overwhelmingly magnificent as I think it is? Jeffrey Hall <[log in to unmask]>