The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Tableau 3: Variation 2: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильич Чайковский) (7th May 1840-6th… Read Full Bio ↴Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильич Чайковский) (7th May 1840-6th November 1893; Old Style 25th April 1840–25th October 1893) was a Russian composer. He wrote some of the world's 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, several symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin. His names are also transliterated Piotr, Petr, or Peter Ilitsch, Ilich, Il'ich or Illyich; and Tschaikowski, Tschaikowsky, Chajkovskij and Chaikovsky (and other versions; Russian transliteration varies between languages).
Tchaikovsky was born in Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia, to a mining engineer and the second of his three wives, a Russian woman of French ancestry. Musically precocious, he began piano lessons at the age of five. He obtained an excellent general education at the School of Jurisprudence and was a civil servant before entering the St Petersburg Conservatory from 1862 (the year of its foundation) to 1865. In 1866, he was appointed professor of theory and harmony at the Moscow Conservatory, established that year. He held the post until approximately 1878.
From 1878, Tchaikovsky focused primarily on composition. Tchaikovsky toured the United States in 1891 conducting performances of his works. In 1893, Tchaikovsky was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Cambridge University.
Tchaikovsky died nine days after the premiere of the Sixth Symphony, the "Pathétique". Most of his biographers have considered his death to have been caused by cholera, most probably contracted through drinking contaminated water several days earlier. In recent decades, however, various theories have been advanced by some sources that his death was a suicide. However, these theories have not yet been substantiated with proof.
Tchaikovsky was born in Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia, to a mining engineer and the second of his three wives, a Russian woman of French ancestry. Musically precocious, he began piano lessons at the age of five. He obtained an excellent general education at the School of Jurisprudence and was a civil servant before entering the St Petersburg Conservatory from 1862 (the year of its foundation) to 1865. In 1866, he was appointed professor of theory and harmony at the Moscow Conservatory, established that year. He held the post until approximately 1878.
From 1878, Tchaikovsky focused primarily on composition. Tchaikovsky toured the United States in 1891 conducting performances of his works. In 1893, Tchaikovsky was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Cambridge University.
Tchaikovsky died nine days after the premiere of the Sixth Symphony, the "Pathétique". Most of his biographers have considered his death to have been caused by cholera, most probably contracted through drinking contaminated water several days earlier. In recent decades, however, various theories have been advanced by some sources that his death was a suicide. However, these theories have not yet been substantiated with proof.
The Nutcracker Op. 71: Act II Tableau 3: Variation 2: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
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@dassshhkkaa
Hearing the crystal melody, you want to slow down and make your breathing quieter... If only with all your might to retain the atmosphere of magic, not to scare it away.
In the orchestra pit there is a wooden box similar to a small piano, which produces amazing sounds of crystal chimes. This is the heavenly and tender celesta - a keyboard instrument with metal plates.
In 1891, in Paris, Tchaikovsky heard the sound of the instrument for the first time.
"I discovered in Paris a new orchestral instrument with a divinely wonderful sound... I would like it not to be shown to anyone," the composer wrote to the music publisher Jurgenson, who soon ordered the said instrument from the capital of France.
But Tchaikovsky is adamant: - "For God's sake, keep in mind that no one except me should hear the sounds of this wonderful instrument." The secrecy regime was justified: what if Rimsky-Korsakov or Glazunov found out about the instrument! In a word, it was almost an arms race, but in the orchestra.
On the opening day in December 1892, St. Petersburg flocked to the Mariinsky Theatre to see the Christmas performance. Tchaikovsky himself looked at the stage with difficulty: he was worried about the music, which the critics would treat ambiguously. However, the sound of the secret instrument overshadowed the audience and was remembered for a long time!
Tchaikovsky won the arms race and forever associated the celesta with a sense of celebration and magic.
@TrumpetBogeyMan
Oh this is beautiful... So gentle and mysterious and almost mystical... one of my favourite Tchaikovsky piece
@liliacarioni6343
Absolutely agree! Wish you a wonderful day, sweetie!
@dancingtrout6719
True Gem
@BeCaatiful
When I was a little girl, I used to sing in a choir. For four years, we were the choir voices of the Nutcracker ballet that played in town (if I’m not mistaken, it was the Moscow Ballet) every night they had a show, for the Waltz of the Snowflakes but as needed as well. I have the fondest memories of that time, where backstage I watched the ballet, and also from the seats when we were done singing. This ballet is everything, I can’t hold my tears when I listen to it. Tchaikovsky had such a talent to capture emotions.
@dantefirst
Москва на связи 🤙 🇷🇺
@RockStarOscarStern634
Originally this piece was written for the Glass Harmonica but it's delicate & can break easily so most Orchestras today use a Celesta (as this one does) as a Substitute.
@wisegurugirl
CELESTA...! 🤩
@bebecabeca
this dude really likes his job
@demure_444
Literally thought the same 😅❤ oh how I wish I could feel this way about my job
@Naim11443
@@Simonrattle7 if this is the real you, you are goated, nice interpretation, i like it a lot, in my opinion is the best i have found so far!!!, great job