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Tchaikovsky's excitement with Swan Lake is evident from the speed with which he composed: commissioned in the spring of 1875, the piece was created within one year. His letters to Sergei Taneyev from August 1875 indicate, however, that it was not only his excitement that compelled him to create it so quickly but his wish to finish it as soon as ...
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote many works well-known to the general classical public, including Romeo and Juliet, the 1812 Overture, and the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. These, along with two of his four concertos , three of his symphonies and two of his ten operas, are among his most familiar works.
[12] Despite these handicaps, Swan Lake gives Tchaikovsky many opportunities to showcase his talent for melodic writing and, as Brown points out, has proved "indestructible" in popular appeal. [13] The oboe solo associated with Odette and her swans, which first appears at the end of Act 1, is one of the composer's best–known themes. [14]
Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, the Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, several symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin.
The 1895 Petipa/Ivanov/Drigo revival of Swan Lake is a famous version of the ballet Swan Lake, (ru. Лебединое Озеро), (fr. Le Lac des Cygnes).This is a ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky based on an ancient German legend, presented in either four acts, four scenes (primarily outside Russia and Eastern Europe), three acts, four scenes (primarily in Russia and Eastern Europe) or ...
Undina (sometimes Undine or Ondine) (Russian: Ундина listen ⓘ) is an opera in three acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The work was composed in 1869. The work was composed in 1869. The libretto was written by Vladimir Sollogub , and is based on Vasily Zhukovsky 's translation of Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué 's novella Ondine .
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux [a] is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to a composition by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky originally intended for act 3 of Swan Lake (Op. 20, 1875–76). [2] With costumes by Barbara Karinska and lighting by Jack Owen Brown, it was first presented by New York City Ballet at the City Center of Music and Drama, New ...
The film features Tchaikovsky's score from Swan Lake performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, [13] with 15-year-old violinist Nicola Benedetti performing the violin solos. [14] [15] In addition, the film has a theme song that plays over the end credits, "Wings", written by Jason Blume and performed by Leslie Mills. [16]