From David Bruce Composer.
Tchaikovsky is one a famously brilliant orchestral composer. He knows in intimate detail what each instrument is capable of. So I was genuinely shocked to learn that one of the most famous moments in one of his most celebrated works—the harp cadenza in the Waltz of the Flowers from the ballet The Nutcracker— isn’t actually what Tchaikovsky originally wrote. In this video I explore why.
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Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers: the harp cadenza, Different versions and traditions
BRIDGET KIBBEY
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"Performance Practice of Three Tchaikovsky Ballet Cadenzas: A Discussion of the Current Editing Practice Rose Adagio Harp Cadenzas
Sara Cutler
The Russian language article https://uz.gnesin-academy.ru/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Zapiski%203(46)2023_maket.pdf#page=83
George Balanchine´s The Nutcracker – Waltz of the Flowers
Svetlana Zakharova and Roberto Bolle, White Adagio from Swan Lake
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Danielle Kuntz New Music Harpist
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