| Peter I Tchaikovsky |
| Ballets
Tchaikovsky is perhaps most well known for his ballets, although it was only in his last years, with his two last ballets, that his contemporaries came to really appreciate his qualities as ballet music composer. Tchaikovsky's first ballet, Swan Lake, Op. 20, was composed during 1875 and 1876, and first performed (with some omissions) at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow in 1877. The work which Tchaikovsky considered to be one of his best was the ballet Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66. It was written some 13 years later in 1888 and 1889, with its first performance in 1890 at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg. Tchaikovsky himself was less satisfied with his last ballet, The Nutcracker, Op. 71, which was composed in 1891 and 1892. Operas Tchaikovsky wrote ten operas, including Eugene Onegin (1877�1888) / YouTube The Maid of Orleans (1878-1879) / YouTube The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 (1890) / YouTube Symphonies No. 1 in G minor, op. 13, Winter Daydreams (1866) / YouTube No. 2 in C minor, op. 17, Little Russian (1872) / YouTube No. 3 in D major, op. 29, Polish (1875) / YouTube? - Balanchine's Jewels/ Diamonds-YouTube No. 4 in F minor, op. 36 (1877�1878) / YouTube Manfred Symphony, B minor, op. 58 (1885) / YouTube No. 5 in E minor, op. 64 (1888) / YouTube No. 6 in B minor, op. 74, Path�tique (1893) / YouTube Concertos Three concertos for piano / YouTube Violin Concerto in D major (op. 35) / YouTube Other works Ballets as ballet music composer. Original cast of Tchaikovsky's ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, St Petersburg, 1890 Swan Lake, Op. 20, (1875�1876): Tchaikovsky's first ballet, it was first performed (with some omissions) at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow in 1877. / YouTube The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, (1888�1889): This work Tchaikovsky considered to be one of his best. Commissioned by the director of the Imperial Theatres, Ivan Vsevolozhsky, its first performance was in January, 1890 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. / YouTube The Nutcracker, Op. 71, (1891�1892): In Western countries, this ballet has become among the most popular ballets performed, primarily around Christmas time. The score is noted especially for its use of the celesta as solo instrument in the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from Act II, though it is employed elsewhere in the same act, and he had earlier used it in his symphonic ballad The Voyevoda (posthumously published as Op. 78). Note: This was the only ballet from which Tchaikovsky himself derived a suite (the "suites" from the other ballets were devised by other hands). / YouTube In addition, several of Tchaikovsky's orchestral works were choreographed by George Balanchine. Among Tchaikovsky's other works for orchestra are the immensely popular 1812 Overture, Op. 49 (1880), Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 (1880) and Marche Slave, Op. 31 (1876) and the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (1881). Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture: (Source) (Wikipedia) |
| Russian Romantic composer of passionate orchestral music and beautiful melodies. Highly sensitive, and with a complex personal life, Tchaikovsky wrote symphonies, concertos and especially ballets which are some of music�s most memorable. (BBC Artist Profile) |
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