Tchaikovsky russian dance, nutcracker suite music at home. Petersburgs mariinsky theatre on a double bill with tchaikovskys oneact opera, iolanta. Classical christmas concert featuring the nutcracker suite. The nutcracker suite for jazz band peter ilyich tchaikovsky wise. Score and string orchestra sheet music faber music limited. The ballet proper debuted in december of that year. Leopold stokowski conducting the philadelphia orchestra. The nutcracker suite is an album by american pianist, composer and bandleader duke ellington recorded for the columbia label in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations of the nutcracker by tchaikovsky, arranged by ellington. The nutcracker suite the nutcracker suite nine movement suite arr. The nutcracker suite for jazz band by peter ilyich tchaikovsky, edward k. It features a number of dance pieces that have wonderful melodies and have been etched into all our memories by disneys fantasia.
The hope college symphony orchestra and jazz arts collective will present a unique opportunity to hear two versions of a holiday favorite with sidebyside performance of the pyotr tchaikovsky and duke ellington nutcracker suites on thursday, nov. It juxtaposes two versions of tchaikovskys nutcracker suite on the same disc. How to teach a lesson introduction the nutcracker suite is an adaptation of tchaikovskys larger ballet based on a libretto by e. Complete your duke ellington and his orchestra ellington, strayhorn, tchaikovsky collection. Dance of the sugarplum fairy ending altered from balletversion c. The nutcracker suites presents two versions of the holiday classic, the original 1892 composition by pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky, and a wonderful jazz take of it from 1960, written by ellington and. Duke ellington presents the nutcracker suite youtube. Peter ilyich tchaikovsky the nutcracker suite for jazz. Seeing as how it is christmas, i figured that another mass upload would be an appropriate gift to give out on youtube, and what better to start with, then duke ellingtons rendition of the. Peter ilyich tchaikovsky composer the nutcracker suite for jazz band 1892 wise music classical.
A sweet nutcracker suite with eric felten jazz orchestra. He reinterpreted tchaikovskys nutcracker suite as a jazz composer. Clemency burtonhill goes in search of the nutcrackers universal. Tchaikovsky waltz of the flowers, nutcracker suite. Conductor scott speck, who coauthored classical music for dummies and leads the chicago philharmonic for performances of the nutcracker with joffrey ballet, explained what makes tchaikovskys score as addictive as your favorite holiday. This edition of tchaikovskys the nutcracker suite, arranged in 1960 by billy strayhorn and duke ellington, was assembled from the original manuscripts held in the strayhorn repository and the ellington collection of the smithsonian. The nutcracker suite is an album by american pianist, composer and bandleader duke ellington recorded for the columbia label in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations of the nutcracker by tchaikovsky, arranged by ellington and billy strayhorn. Featuring jazz interpretations of tchaikovskys the nutcracker, the album has come to be recognized as one of duke ellingtons most important albums of the 1960s. Duke ellington was a jazz composer, pianist and bandleader in the early part of the 20th century. Miniature overture, march, dance of the sugar plum fairy, trepak russian dance. How tchaikovskys nutcracker became a holiday tradition. On a night in 1960, legendary musician and band leader duke ellington, along with his collaborator billy strayhorn, decided to jazz up tchaikovskys christmastime staple, nutcracker suite. The nutcracker is a twoact ballet, with a score by pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky. Discover what makes tchaikovskys nutcracker sound like.
Jazz ensemble sheet music book by peter ilyich tchaikovsky 18401893. The nutcracker suite duke ellington album wikipedia. The rest, they say, is history, and the holidays wouldnt be the same without tchaikovskys nutcracker. Ellington, composer of approximately two thousand compositions, rarely arranged music that was not of his own creation.
The outline below represents the selection and sequence of the nutcracker suite culled by the composer. It is a bit startling that, as conductor steven richman observes in his booklet notes, that the ellingtonstrayhorn nutcracker has apparently never until now been paired with the tchaikovsky version on a single album. Washingtonlee jazz big band duke ellingtons nutcracker suite. I recently had the pleasure of visiting washington d. The nutcracker suite jazz ensemble score and parts alfred publishing.
Duke ellingtons nutcracker with duke ellington orchestra. And again, enjoy all the nice colors and textures going on, and appreciate how imaginative and visually evocative tchaikovskys writing is. The nutcracker suite by peter ilyich tchaikovsky 1840. Suite from the nutcracker arranged by james curnow performed live by the lynnwood community band on december 5, 2014. In 1999, this suite was supplemented with additional arrangements from the score by david berger for the harlem nutcracker, a production of the ballet by choreographer donald byrd born 1949 set during the harlem renaissance. Big jazz orchestra moscow led by trumpet player peter vostokov performs tchaikovskyellingtonstrayhorns overture from the 1960. I could not find the cd version of this song so i thought i might as well upload it. Lindberg alfred publishing belwin division this authentic edition of tchaikovskys nutcracker suite, as arranged in 1960 by billy strayhorn and duke ellington, was assembled from the original manuscripts held in the strayhorn repository and the. Recorded november 10, 1926 at the academy of music in philadelphia. Tchaikovskys nutcracker, the story of a young girls journey to a magical land on christmas eve, is perhaps not only the composers most famous work but also one of the most famous ballets of all time. Selections from the nutcracker were first performed as an orchestral suite in march 1892. Listen to the duke ellington version of the russian dance entitled the volga vouty. The suite derived and abridged from the ballet became more popular for a time than the ballet itself, mainly because the complete ballet was not performed in the u.
Few holiday pieces bring a bigger smile to audiences faces than the nutcracker, and were going to play it two ways. The nutcracker suite is a sparkly little box of jewels made up of highlights from tchaikovskys fairy tale ballet the. In a letter to a friend, tchaikovsky himself remarked, apparently the opera gave. Featuring jazz interpretations of tchaikovskys the nutcracker, the album has come to be recognized as one of duke ellingtons most important albums of the. Fortunately for holiday listeners, he teamed with cocomposer billy strayhorn for an intriguing version of the nutcracker suite performed by the ellington orchestra and recorded on a 1960 lp titled three suites. This edition of tchaikovskys the nutcracker suite, arranged in 1960 by billy strayhorn and duke ellington, was assembled from the original manuscripts held in the strayhorn repository and the ellington collection of the smithsonian institutions. This edition of tchaikovsky s the nutcracker suite, arranged in 1960 by billy strayhorn and duke ellington, was assembled from the original manuscripts held in the strayhorn repository and the ellington collection of the smithsonian. How tchaikovskys nutcracker became a christmas classic how did tchaikovskys ballet become a staple of the festive season. Tchaikovsky nutcracker suite the synthonic orchestra.
The tchaikovskys nutcracker suite rearranged by duke ellington and billy strayhorn duke ellington and his orchestra. The nutcracker suite additional works to be announced jazz up your holidays with duke ellingtons dazzling reimagining of tchaikovskys the nutcracker, performed by the duke ellington orchestrathe only ensemble directly carrying on the tradition from duke himself. Scopri pubblicazioni, recensioni, brani, consigli, e molto altro su duke ellington and his orchestra ellington, strayhorn, tchaikovsky the nutcracker suite in discogs. After the enchanting melodies of tchaikovskys colorful original delight you, well put a toetapping jazz spin on it with duke ellingtons classic arrangement. In 1960, duke ellington and billy strayhorn composed jazz interpretations of pieces from tchaikovskys score, recorded and released on lp as the nutcracker suite. The nutcracker is often performed during the christmas season due to its content, and many families make it an annual tradition to attend a performance. A number of the dukes original members of his 19381941 band performed on the recording including. Duke ellingtons nutcracker suite peter ilyich tchaikovsky 18401893 originally composed the nutcracker as a ballet during the years 189192 the idea of the ballet was inspired by e t a hoffmanns 1816 story, the nutcracker and the mouse king.
This page lists all sheet music of the nutcracker suite, op. A swinging take on tchaikovskys nutcracker suite this jazzy version of classic ballet is set in cottonclubera harlem. Before the ballets premiere in 1892, tchaikovsky selected eight of the. Tchaikovsky made a selection of eight of the numbers from the ballet, forming the nutcracker suite, op. Doing so pays a lot of dividends, even if the tchaikovsky suite, played by new yorks harmonie ensemble, is extremely unorthodox. Martha argerich piano, nicolas economou piano, berliner. In 1960 duke ellington and billy strayhorn reinvented tchaikovskys holiday ballet classic as a jazzy, brassy melting pot of musical styles past and present. Nutcracker suite overture youtube wycliffe gordon plays swing that music at cancerblows 2015 duration. Yet when the duke and his writing partner billy strayhorn first announced plans to take the classical ballet and perform a jazz version, even members of dukes orchestra expressed. In duke ellington and billy strayhorns reworking of tchaikovskys nutcracker suite from 1960, the jazz composers didnt lean on. Duke ellingtons nutcracker suite episode 1 on this podcast i do a side by side comparison between the original by tchaikovsky and the ellingtonstrayhorn version. Lawrence brown, juan tizol, johnny hodges, and harry carney. Arabian dance, chinese dance, dance of the flutes, waltz of the flowers.
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