A Solitary Tree Take 2
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Desc: A remake of the original. Same song, same theme. |
Arabian Dance
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Desc: P.Tchaikovsky - Arabian Dance
(Suite from the ballet "The Nutcracker")
Gwacheon City Youth Symphony Orchestra
2007.12.30. |
for nadz
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Desc: if you can make it out
music is Tchaikovsky - Arabian Dance -The Nutcracker Ballet Suite |
Nutcracker Arabian
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Desc: This is me as Arabian lead in a production of the Nutcracker. please comment. This choreography is copyrighted ©. |
Arabian Dance - The Nutcracker
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Desc: Production of the Ballet Company of the Mariinsky Theater in St Petersburg. |
LAGQ - The Nutcracker, Arabian Dance
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Desc: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Opus 71
Arabian Dance
Arranged by Andrew York |
The Nutcracker; Coffee (Arabian Dance)
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Desc: Everyone loves the Nutcracker. Greatest composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote the ballet many years ago and the ballet is remained the greatest ballet in history. Enjoy the collection! |
Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker - Casse Noisette - Bejart
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Desc: Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker - Casse Noisette - Bejart - Arabian Dance - Trepak |
Arabian Dance - Electronique!
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Desc: 'Arabian Dance' from 'The Nutcracker Suite Electronique' performed by Brète (used with permission). Check out the whole album here: http://www.madnutcracker.com
Tracks/Genres:
1) Overture (Rock)
2) March (Electronica)
3) Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy (House)
4) Russian Dance - Trepak (Progressive Rock)
5) Arabian Dance (Chill/Ambient)
6) Chinese Dance (Breakbeat)
7) Dance of the Reed Pipes (Funk/Fusion)
8) Waltz of the Flowers (Synthony)
9) CD Only: Mozart Gone Mad - Hemisphere (Electronica)
10) CD Only: Mozart Gone Mad - Mystical Mozart (Ambient)
11) CD Only: Mozart Gone Mad - Synapse (Electronica)
12) Bonus Track: Dagger Dance (Drum & Bass) |
Fritz Lehmann/Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite Op71A Part2-3
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Desc: Pytor Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite Op.71A
1.Miniature Overture
2.Character Dance:March--Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy--Russian Dance--Arabian Dance--Chinese Dance--Dance of
the Reeds
3.Waltz of the Flowers
The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra/Fritz Lehmann
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Synopsis
Konstantin Ivanov's original sketch for the set of The Nutcracker (1892)The story has been published in many book versions including colourful children-friendly versions. The plot revolves around a German girl named Clara Stahlbaum or Clara Silverhaus. In some Nutcracker productions, Clara is called Marie. (In Hoffmann's tale, the girl's name actually is Marie or Maria, while Clara - or "Klärchen" - is the name of one of her dolls.)
Act I
The work opens with a brief "Miniature Overture", which also opens the Suite. The music sets the fairy mood by using upper registers of the orchestra exclusively. The curtain opens to reveal the Stahlbaums' house, where a Christmas Eve party is under way. Clara, her little brother Fritz, and their mother and father are celebrating with friends and family, when the mysterious godfather, Herr Drosselmeyer, enters. He quickly produces a large bag of gifts for all the children. All are very happy, except for Clara, who has yet to be presented a gift. Herr Drosselmeyer then produces three life-size dolls, which each take a turn to dance. When the dances are done, Clara approaches Herr Drosselmeyer asking for her gift. It would seem that he is out of presents, and Clara runs to her mother in a fit of tears and disappointment.
Drosselmeyer then produces a toy Nutcracker, in the traditional shape of a soldier in full parade uniform. Clara is overjoyed, but her brother Fritz is jealous, and breaks the Nutcracker.
The party ends and the Stahlbaum family go to bed. While everybody is sleeping, Herr Drosselmeyer repairs the Nutcracker. Then Clara wakes up and sees her window open. When the clock strikes midnight, Clara hears the sound of mice. She wakes up and tries to run away, but the mice stop her. Alternatively, perhaps Clara is still in a dream: the Christmas tree suddenly begins to grow to enormous size, filling the room. The Nutcracker comes to life, he and his band of soldiers rise to defend Clara, and the Mouse King leads his mice into battle. Here Tchaikovsky continues the miniature effect of the Overture, setting the battle music predominantly in the orchestra's upper registers.
A conflict ensues, and when Clara helps the Nutcracker by holding the Mouse King by the tail or throwing her shoe at the Mouse King, the Nutcracker seizes his opportunity and stabs him. The mouse dies. The mice retreat, taking their dead leader with them. The Nutcracker is then transformed into a prince. (In Hoffmann's original story, and in the Royal Ballet's 1985 and 2001 versions, the Prince is actually Drosselmeyer's nephew, who had been turned into a Nutcracker by the Mouse King, and all the events following the Christmas party have been arranged by Drosselmeyer in order to break the spell.)
Clara and the Prince travel to a world where dancing Snowflakes greet them and fairies and queens dance, welcoming Clara and the Prince into their world. The score conveys the wondrous images by introducing a wordless children's chorus. The curtain falls on Act I.
Act II
Konstantin Ivanov's original sketch for the set of The Nutcracker, Act II (1892)Clara and the Prince arrive at the Land of the Sugar Plum Fairy. The Sugar Plum Fairy and the people of the Land of Sweets dance for Clara and the Prince in the dances of Dew Drop Fairy, the Spanish dancers (sometimes Chocolate), the Chinese dancers (sometimes Tea), the Arabian dancers (sometimes Coffee), the Russian dancers (sometimes Candy Canes--their dance is called the Trepak), Mother Ginger and her Polichinelles (sometimes Bonbons, Taffy Clowns, or Court Buffoons in Baryshnikov's production), the Reed Flutes (sometimes Marzipan shepherds or Mirlitons), the Sugar Plum Fairy, and the Waltz of the Flowers. The dances in the Land of the Sugar Plum Fairy are not always performed in this order.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker
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The Nutcracker Arab Dance
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Desc: The Chamber Orchestra of S.João da Madeira Music Academy directed by Richard Tomes performs the Arab Dance from Tchaikovskys' 'Nutcracker' during a concert at the Porto Conservatory of Music. |
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Electronique!
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Desc: 'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy' from 'The Nutcracker Suite Electronique' performed by Brète (used with permission). Check out the whole album here: http://www.madnutcracker.com
Tracks/Genres:
1) Overture (Rock)
2) March (Electronica)
3) Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy (House)
4) Russian Dance - Trepak (Progressive Rock)
5) Arabian Dance (Chill/Ambient)
6) Chinese Dance (Breakbeat)
7) Dance of the Reed Pipes (Funk/Fusion)
8) Waltz of the Flowers (Synthony)
9) CD Only: Mozart Gone Mad - Hemisphere (Electronica)
10) CD Only: Mozart Gone Mad - Mystical Mozart (Ambient)
11) CD Only: Mozart Gone Mad - Synapse (Electronica)
12) Bonus Track: Dagger Dance (Drum & Bass) |
Coffee (Arabian Dance)
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Desc: Tchaikovsky's Arabian Dance as performed by the ECSU Concert Band |
Fritz Lehmann/Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite Op71A Part3-3
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Desc: Pytor Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite Op.71A
1.Miniature Overture
2.Character Dance:March--Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy--Russian Dance--Arabian Dance--Chinese Dance--Dance of
the Reeds
3.Waltz of the Flowers
The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra/Fritz Lehmann
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Synopsis
After the festivities, Clara wakes up under the Christmas tree with the Nutcracker toy in her arms and the curtain closes. (In Balanchine's version, however, she is never shown waking up; instead, after all the dances in the Kingdom of Sweets have concluded, she rides off with the Nutcracker/Prince on a Santa Claus-like flying sleigh, complete with reindeer, and the curtain falls. This gives the impression that the "dream" actually happens in reality, as in Hoffmann's original story. The 1985 Royal Ballet version seems to imply the same thing, since at the end, Drosselmeyer's nephew, who had really been transformed into a nutcracker, reappears in human form at the toymaker's shop.)
The music
Ivan Vsevolozhksy's original costume sketch for The Nutcracker (1892)The music in Tchaikovsky's ballet is some of the composer's most popular. The music belongs to the Romantic Period and contains some of his most memorable melodies, which are frequently used in television and film. The Trepak, or Russian dance, is one of the most recognizable pieces in the ballet, along with the famous Waltz of the Flowers and March, as well as the ubiquitous Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, which can be heard in several commercials during the Christmas season. The ballet contains surprisingly advanced harmonies and a wealth of melodic invention unsurpassed in ballet music. Nevertheless, the composer's reverence for Rococo and late 18th century music can be detected in passages such as the Overture, the "Entrée des parents," and "Tempo di Grossvater" in Act I.
One novelty in Tchaikovsky's original score was the use of the celesta, a new instrument Tchaikovsky had discovered in Paris. He wanted it genuinely for the character of the Sugar Plum Fairy to characterize her because of its "heavenly sweet sound". It appears not only in her "Dance," but also in other passages in Act II. Tchaikovsky also uses toy instruments during the Christmas party scene. Tchaikovsky was proud of the celesta's effect, and wanted its music performed quickly for the public, before he could be "scooped." Everyone was enchanted.
Suites derived from this ballet became very popular on the concert stage. The composer himself extracted a suite of eight pieces from the ballet, but that authoritative move has not prevented later hands from arranging other selections and sequences of numbers. Eventually one of these ended up in Disney's Fantasia. In any case, The Nutcracker Suite should not be mistaken for the complete ballet.
Although the original ballet is only 90 minutes long, and therefore much shorter than Swan Lake or The Sleeping Beauty, some modern staged performances have omitted or re-ordered some of the music, or inserted selections from elsewhere, thus adding to the confusion over the suites. In fact, most of the very famous versions of the ballet have had the order of the dances slightly re-arranged, if they have not actually altered the music.
For example, in The Nutcracker: a Fantasy on Ice, a television adaptation for ice skating from 1983 starring Dorothy Hamill and Robin Cousins and telecast on HBO, Tchaikovsky's score underwent not only reordering, but also insertion of music from his other ballets and also of music from Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov's Caucasian Sketches.
The 1954 George Balanchine New York City Ballet version, broadcast on TV in heavily abridged form in 1957 by CBS, restaged by the network in more complete form in 1958, and filmed with Macaulay Culkin in the title role for movie theatres in 1993, adds to Tchaikovsky's score an entr'acte that the composer wrote for Act II of "The Sleeping Beauty". It is used as a transition between the departure of the guests and the battle with the mice. During this transition, Clara's mother appears in the living room and throws a blanket over the girl, who has crept downstairs and fallen asleep on the sofa; then Drosselmeyer appears, repairs the Nutcracker, and binds the jaw with a handkerchief. In addition, the "Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy" is moved from near the end of Act II to near the beginning of the second act, just after the Sugar Plum Fairy makes her first appearance. To help the musical transition, the tarantella that comes before the dance is also cut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker
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The Last Imperial Family of Russia
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Desc: The Russian Revolution in 1917.
Video footage:
Nicholas & Alexandra (1971)
Music:
Zadok the Priest (Handel)
The 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky)
Starlight Waltz (Three-disc symphonium)
The Nutcracker: Arabian Dance - Le Café (Tchaikovsky) |
Fritz Lehmann/Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite Op71A Part1-3
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Desc: Pytor Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite Op.71A
1.Miniature Overture
2.Character Dance:March--Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy--Russian Dance--Arabian Dance--Chinese Dance--Dance of
the Reeds
3.Waltz of the Flowers
The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra/Fritz Lehmann
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The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик, Shchelkunchik) Op. 71, is a fairy tale-ballet in two acts, three scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1891--92. Alexandre Dumas père's adaptation of the story by E. T. A. Hoffmann was set to music by Tchaikovsky (written by Marius Petipa and commissioned by the director of the Imperial Theatres Ivan Vsevolozhsky in 1891). In Western countries, this ballet has become perhaps the most popular ballet performed, primarily around Christmas time.
The composer made a selection of eight of the more popular numbers from the ballet before the ballet's December 1892 premiere, forming The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, intended for concert performance. The suite was first performed, under the composer's direction, on 19 March 1892 at an assembly of the St. Petersburg branch of the Musical Society[1]. The suite became instantly popular; the complete ballet did not achieve its great popularity until around the mid-1960s.
Among other things, the score of The Nutcracker is noted for its use of the celesta, an instrument that the composer had already employed in his much lesser known symphonic poem The Voyevoda (premiered 1891).^ Although well-known in The Nutcracker as the featured solo instrument in the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from Act II, it is employed elsewhere in the same act.
Composition history
Tchaikovsky himself was than less satisfied with this, his last ballet. Though he accepted the commission from Ivan Vsevolozhsky, he did not particularly want to write it (though he did write to a friend while composing the ballet: "I am daily becoming more and more attuned to my task.")[citation needed]
While composing the ballet, Tchaikovsky is said to have argued with a friend who wagered the composer that he could not write a tune based on the notes of the octave in sequence. Tchaikovsky asked if it mattered whether the notes were in ascending or descending order, and was assured it did not. This resulted in the beautiful haunting tune of the Adagio Pas de Deux in the Second Act. The composer won his wager.
[edit] Performance history
St. Petersburg Premiere
The first performance of the ballet was held as a double premiere together with Tchaikovisky's last opera Iolanta on December 18, 1892, at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia. Who exactly choreographed the first production has been debated. Although Lev Ivanov, Second Balletmaster to the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres is often credited, contemporary accounts credit Marius Petipa, Premier Maître de Ballet of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres. The ballet was conducted by Riccardo Drigo, with Antoinetta Dell-Era as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Pavel Gerdt as Prince Coqueluche, Stanislava Belinskaya as Clara, Sergei Legat as the Nutcracker-Prince, and Timofei Stukolkin as Drosselmeyer.
In other countries
The ballet was first performed outside Russia in 1934 in England and in the United States in 1944 by the San Francisco Ballet, staged by its artistic director Willam Christensen. New York City Ballet first performed George Balanchine's Nutcracker in 1954.
[edit] Roles
Note: The two lists of characters below are derived from the score (see reprint of Soviet ed.: Peter Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker: a ballet in two acts. For piano solo. Op. 71. Melville, N.Y.: Belwin Mills Publ. Corp., [n.d.], p. 4). Productions of the ballet vary in their fidelity to this assignment of roles.
ACT I
President
His wife
Invitees
Children, including
Clara and Fritz [children of the President]
Parents dressed as "incroyables"
Counsilor Drosselmeyer
Dolls [spring-activated]:
Doll, appearing out of a cabbage [1st gift]
Soldier, appearing out of a pie or tart [2nd gift]
Nutcracker [3rd gift, at first a normal-sized toy, then full-sized and "speaking", then a Prince]
Owl [on clock, changing into Drosselmeyer]
Mice
Sentinel [speaking role]
Hare-Drummers
Soldiers [of the Nutcracker]
Mouse King
Gnomes, with torches
Snowflakes
ACT II
Sugar Plum Fairy
Clara
Prince
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[Eminent members of the court]
[Performer(s) for Spanish dance]
[Performer(s) for Arab dance]
[Performer(s) Chinese dance]
[Performer(s) Russian dance]
[Performers for dance of the reed-flutes (= Fr. "mirlitons"; Russ. = "пастушки," shepherdesses)]
Mother Gigogne
Buffoons (= Fr. polichinelles)
Flowers
Prince Orgeat [Koklyush]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker
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Tchaikvosky: Arabic Dance
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Desc: Landscape,around the world |
Deviations Project - The Ivory Bow
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Desc: An audio-visual sample from the upcoming Deviations Project album, THE IVORY BOW.
Deviations Project is a British electronic music group comprised of producer Dave Williams and international violin virtuoso, Oliver Lewis.
Oliver Lewis was hailed by the New Zealand media as "The Fastest Fiddler from the west". His phenomenal world record breaking speed in "The Flight Of The Bumble Bee" is unmatched by any other violinist.
Excerpts include:
The Can-Can (Offenbach)
Flight Of The Bumblebee (Rimsky Korsakov)
Carmen (Bizet)
The Arabian Dance (Tchaikovsky)
Bolero (Ravel)
Album available in stores and digital dowload JULY 2008 |
Waterlilies
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Desc: Waterlilies are displayed with Tchaikovsky's Arabian Dance Music |