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Theme and Variations is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to the final movement of Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suite No. 3.The ballet was made for Ballet Theatre (now American Ballet Theatre), and premiered on November 26, 1947, at the City Center 55 Street Theater, with the two leads danced by Alicia Alonso and Igor Youskevitch.
Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Tschaikovsky's Suite No. 3 for Orchestra in G major, Op. 55 (1884). The premiere took place on 3 December 1970 at the New York State Theater , Lincoln Center , with scenery and costumes by Nicolas Benois .
Variations on a Theme by Haydn; Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Hiller; Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart; Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart (Sor) Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, subtitled The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Variations, Interlude and Finale on a Theme by Rameau; Variations on a Theme ...
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Theme, Moderato; Variation I, Un poco più mosso - Variation II, Allegro non troppo - Starting with a sudden chord, the theme is heard in the lower strings. Variation III, Andantino tranquillo - Now in E major, the theme is taken up by the first violins. Variation IV, Vivace - This is a lively movement dominated by the offbeat pizzicato
1 Variations on a theme by an unknown composer. 42 comments. 2 Ballet. 4 comments. 3 Title. 3 comments. 4 Red-link composers. 4 comments. 5 Gypsy March (Weber)
The Variations on a Rococo Theme, [a] Op. 33, for cello and orchestra was the closest Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ever came to writing a full concerto for cello and orchestra. The style was inspired by Mozart , Tchaikovsky's role model , and makes it clear that Tchaikovsky admired the Classical style very much.
Raymonda Variations, formerly titled Valses et Variations, is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to excepts from Alexander Glazunov's score for the 1898 ballet Raymonda. Instead of following the plot of the 1898 ballet, the Balanchine ballet is plotless. It premiered on December 7, 1961, at the City Center of Music and Drama.