Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker, March

Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker, II March. The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик) is an 1892 two-act ballet (“fairy ballet“; Russian: балет-феерия), originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Op. 71). The Suite from the ballet The Nutcracker was compiled as a substitute for the symphonic ballad The Voyevoda on the programme of a Russian Musical Society concert in Saint Petersburg scheduled for 29 February/12 March 1892, at which Tchaikovsky was due to conduct his own works. Having destroyed the score of the ballad The Voyevoda following its premiere in November 1891, Tchaikovsky suggested replacing a suite of numbers from his new ballet The Nutcracker, which he was preparing to orchestrate. #tchaikovsky #classicalmusic #nutcracker #music #christmas #piano #orchestra #ballet #balletdance #russian #composer #romantic Feel free to subscribe for more classical music related content.