Tchaikovsky

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

 Tchaikovsky went to school to be a lawyer, but after a few years, decided to leave his law career to pursue music. He is especially famous for his Nutcracker and Swan Lake ballets.
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Piano Concerto No. 1
   


1812 Overture, Part 1
Live at the Piazza Del Campo in Siena, Italy – June 24, 1991
Performed by the orchestra and chorus of The Maggio Musicale Florentino
   


1812 Overture, Part 2
   


Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Tchaikovsky’s music was used in Disney’s animated feature Sleeping Beauty.
   


Tchaikovsky’s music was used for this song. Compare this to the video above.
   


Polonaise from the opera Eugene Onegin by the Berlin Philharmonic
   


Cygnets Dance from Swan Lake Ballet by the Royal Swedish Ballet
   


Andrei Valentiy- Prince Gremin’s aria from the Opera Eugene Onegin
   


Nutcracker Ballet – Soldiers vs. Rats
   


Missouri Ballet’s The Nutcracker, “Mother Ginger”
   


Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy on Glass Armonica
Learn more about Benjamin Franklin’s Glass Armonica here.
   


Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Pentatonix
   


Movement Instructions for the March from the Nutcracker
   


Movements for the March from the Nutcracker
   


Rhythm and Movement Accompaniment for Trepak from the Nutcracker
   


Mariisnky Ballet – Tea (Chinese Dance)
   


Russian Dance ‘Trepak’
Choreography By Alex Kalinin.