The Dark Side of The Nutcracker
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
- Tchaikovky's 'The Nutcracker' may be the most well-known ballet every written, famed for his beautiful and instantly recognisable melodies. But behind the music lies a story that will completely change the way you think about this Christmas classic.
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FURTHER READING/RESEARCH
Toy story: Chewing over Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker [Gavin Plumley - The Guardian]]: www.theguardian.com/music/201...
The Life & Letters of Tchaikovksy: www.gutenberg.org/files/45259/...
Tchaikovsky: Polestar of the music of the future: www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/tc...
The Nutcracker [Tchaikovsky Research]: en.tchaikovsky-research.net/p...
The Nutcracker - Score (manuscript) www.culture.ru/catalog/tchaik...
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Hello everyone! I hope you enjoyed the video. Thank you for those who have pointed out the mis-pronunciation of Petipa’s name. I noticed this just after publishing the video.
Hi:) can you please turn the captions/subtitles on again? Brilliant video btw. Thank you!
And here I was thinking it was just a christmassy acid trip
😂🤣👍🏽
The story itself definitely is that if you try to read it.
Oh boy you haven't watched the nutcracker 3D movie then.
Tchaikovsky is the composer closest to my heart. The way he turned his sadness into the most beautiful expressions of human nature is simply beyond me. I'm glad he's experienced success through his career (unlike many genius artists who die in obscurity), but I wish he could know just how beloved he actually is, more than a century after his death. Thanks for the incredible video.
Same. He put such sincere emotion into his works, he is by far my favorite. I would love to go back in time and meet him just once to tell him how he changed my life: because of him I took up piano and clarinet, and his music helped me cope with bullying and trauma as a child.
"Pain is easy to portray, but to use your passion and pain to portray the ecstasy and joy and magnificence of our world..." That is something unique and the mark of a true genius.
The first part is taken from a speech about Vincent van Gogh, but I'd say it fits Tcaikovsky very well too.
Sadly, I’m sure in his grief, posterity and fame, and even the acceptance being gay wouldn’t have abated his grief over the loss of the person he cared most about.
I’m just supremely grateful the world was able to experience a piece of his musical genius with his incredible scores out of the darkness of his emotions before he left.
Mop
Sometimes, I wish I could just give him a hug and tell him, he is loved, he is enough. I'm happy we have his eternal musical legacy...
I've always felt such incredible sadness from the Pas de Deux that I couldn't really understand. Thank you for bringing to light the tragic yet hopeful story behind it - that moment of understanding in this video left me in tears.
I recently performed the music virtually...I thought it sounded sad but I ‘knew’ it was supposed to be happy so I played it so...aughhh I did it wrong T-T
First time I heard it, I didn’t see the ballet with it but just listened to music, I always thought it’s a scene where someone died and another person kneeling on the ground crying his/her heart out.
Yes. Every single time I hear that piece I bawl my eyes out. I never understood why it sounded like true love and longing and agony at the same time when they were together in that beautiful dance. Ugh. I'm going to be a wreck for the rest of the day.
Same here. It makes sense now.
I knew Barbie and the Nutcracker was doing something right by making it a sudden farewell sequence! The disappearance of Clara from the fantasy world is timed perfectly with the music - I somehow knew this was based on something from the original! (For reference, here’s the ending scene czcams.com/video/UiLRz7TH20k/video.html )
As I watch this before we record our performance of Nutcracker, I am realizing that I am playing a character who was very important to someone and I feel like now I will dance with more feeling as Clara.
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@@hiwelcometochillis2579 We had to postpone to January because somebody caught covid, but If I am able to, I will try to upload it!
I was going to be a snowflake and the baker, but I got a stress fracture in my foot.
@@bridgetkane2856 Oh no! I hope it gets better!
I'm watching this as I wait for my little son to dance his first nutcracker. This adds such depth and sadness and so much more meaning to an already beautiful ballet.
"I am experiencing crippling depression"
-Tchaikovsky, probably
This contextualization of his sister's death makes so much sense into why that pas de deux sounds both joyous and also mournful at the same time...it also doesn't surprise me how that moment in Matthew Bourne's reinterpretation of the ballet has a sad moment for Clara (which I recommend viewing at least once for the uniquely different story that is told).
Thank you for mentioning Matthew Bourne's reinterpreted production. I had not heard of it before this, and I'm now intrigued!
The first time I heard the Pas de deux I completely fell in love with it. Even though the scale is major I always felt so desperately sad from it, not knowing why.
It's the harmonies underneath that really make the melody sound haunting.
@@oceanelf2512 also, the violins make that sound that is like crying. I don't know if I can explain how I perceive that, but the effect of the vibration of the violin reminds me completely of a crying
@@mar-cl2gg Wow, it might be that it's in a descending pattern, with the highest note starting out and being a little longer than the rest. Although, that can also be a laugh, especially from the brass in the midsection where the piece is at it's loudest before the major section returns.
@@oceanelf2512 I have always felt pas de deux melancholic. It can have different views, but we all agree that is a real masterpiece
I truly recommend you to hear
"op 7, act 1, no. 8 - a Pine Forest in Winter" By berliner symphonyker
Hear that berliner interpretation!
The song was made, obviously, by Tchaikovsky
That song gives you everything and left you speachless at same time
Amazing.
Delightful.
me too
I always hear pain when I hear Arabian Dance. There’s something about it that reminds me of something mournful-like a couple dancing before one of them goes off to war. There’s also the pas de deux, which reminds me of lovers as well but somehow the sadness in love in addition to the good parts-how love is not an easy journey. Even waltz of the snowflakes seems frantic at times. I think the biggest emotive part for me is the part where Clara dances with the nutcracker and the music swells. That E minor is so urgent. It’s so full and filled to the brim with the whole uncertainty of love but how transformative it is. It’s just so big and ugh it’s why Tchaikovsky is my favorite composer. Nothing says “soulmate” like his work.
Elizabeth Hanan Taylor I disagree I find the music very sensual.
The main theme of the so called Arabian dance, was based actually, on a popular Georgian lullaby. The composer & musicologist M. Ippolytov-Ivanov also used that tune, in his 2nd orchestral suite,"Caucasian sketches", the "Iveria". In "Nutcracker's" score is referred as No 12b "кофе",coffee.
Me as well. It's very melancholic
Arabic Dance - Coffee is my favorite part of The Nutcracker
mashallah your words are beautiful i have trouble summing up emotion in words these days but this did it perfectly, you have a talent
The pas de deux is so emotionally intense because it marks the cessation of Clara’s fantasy. The ending is pivotal because it is a moment of catharsis for Tchaikovsky coming to terms with his grief and liberating himself from the fabrications he engrossed himself in. It all makes sense now.
This is my first year not doing ballet since I was very little. Every other year at my dance studio we would do the Nutcracker, and once or twice we did Sleeping Beauty. The music Tchaikovsky wrote was always so beautiful to me, and put me in the perfect mood to do whatever dance I was performing. When I was a candy cane, the music was joyful and exciting. When I was a flower, the music was graceful and slow. When I was Drosselmeyer, it was intense and mysterious, and part of my love for his character probably goes out to his music when he enters a scene. The Nutcracker has always been a large point of interest for me since I performed it so many times, but it's not very common to see people talking about it. Thank you for telling this story and revealing what went on behind the scenes when the music was wrote, it certainly will change the way I listen to this music.
This year is greatest material loss has definetly been dance, I've also been missing my fellow dancers a lot, dance has always been the greatest outlet for humanity
So well said! I think that for those of us who have danced The Nutcracker that the music has so much meaning that we can't even convey! Your comment comes very close though! I'm not in good enough health to dance anymore and it is just.... heartbreaking. The void of ballet in my life almost feels like someone's died. So happy that you've gotten back to it!!
I just KNEW there was SOME backstory of the Pas De Deux. When I first listened to it, it always sounded to me of an heart wrenching yearning, deep, indescribable sorrows, or an agonizing heart break.
Someone has said that Tchaikovsky missed his sister so much that he included some tunes (8) from the Russian Funeral Mass ("Eternal memory") in the middle section of the Sugar Plum Fairy´s dance. You can hear the same tunes in the first movement of The Pathetique Symphony (in "the bursting" part). The Pas de Deux Music (also called "Intrada") is one of the most beautiful and inspired compositions by Tchaikovsky. So brilliant composed (when you analyse the piece) . But it is also a strong forebode of The Pathetique Symphony. (But in the symphony he dropped the harp.) Tchaikovsky is the greatest! He is number one!!!
The Pas De Deux is my favourite from Nutcracker and has always made me cry. As a child it always felt like it was goodbye, the end, when Clara had to leave. Now I understand
I've worked in theatre my entire life, and I've honestly come to resent it a little, since it's so inescapable in the industry it's become trite to me. This is the first year in nearly two decades I haven't done a production (because of covid), and I think I took it for granted. I've found myself listening to the score endlessly this year, but it's not really the same. It's a little like an old friend at this point. Thank you for giving it a little more depth and meaning, I have too often reduced it to it's simple narrative and cheerful tone.
I wish I could work in a theatre
I've always really liked it, but I've also always heard the music and thought it would be fitting to add elements of tragedy to the piece. Now I know why some moments sound almost sad, but I actually think there's a lot of room in the piece for more depth if you look at the original novel from 1892.
In the original novel, the reason the Mouse King is going after the Nutcracker is because it's the end of a long feud between him and the human royal family after the Mouse Queen and her children trick the human queen into eating lard that was meant for the human king's dinner. She's embarrassed after literally eating lard, so in retaliation, the human king has Drosselmeyer create traps to kill the Mouse Queen's children, which leads to revenge happening back and forth until the Mouse Queen ends up dead and Drosselmeyer's nephew (who is completely innocent) ends up turned into a Nutcracker. Because of this, I've always wanted to see a version of the Nutcracker where the Mouse King is portrayed as a tragic hero, justified in his anger but so blinded by vengeance that he can't see that the targets of his rage aren't his real enemy, ultimately leading to his death.
As a retired professional ballerina, I totally share in your love/hate relationship w The Nutcracker!! Lol.
I quit counting how many Nutcrackers I played after I got close to 400. For those of us down in the pit playing the same music six days a week two shows a day for an entire month with only Sundays and Christmas off and just one show on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve days, playing the same music got old very, very quickly.
When I was growing up my dad’s mom and sister would take me, my sister and all of our girl cousins who were old enough to sit through the entire show to see the Nutcracker. As an aspiring cellist I couldn’t wait until the day when I was good enough to be able to play the entire score well. It was one of my dreams to be able to play this ballet music in the pit of a professional ballet company.
When my dream came true I discovered that it wasn’t anything like I had thought it would be. Yes, the pas de deux towards the end of Act 2 is gorgeous and is the most interesting thing that the cello section gets to play in the entire score. We introduce the theme for the very first time after the introduction. Perhaps knowing the story of Tchaikovsky’s sister’s death would’ve staved off boredom a little longer. Unfortunately, after doing so many performances every season, and especially because our work to provide the iconic music without which the ballet couldn’t function was just taken for granted, most of us would go on autopilot (unless a guest conductor showed up) after we got the first down beat in both acts. When the musicians’ union decreed that we pit musicians didn’t have to play every show during the entire month of December and that we could get qualified substitutes to take our places there was great rejoicing. However, the damage was done and many musicians had to leave the orchestra because of overuse injuries. Playing Tchaikovsky’s orchestral music is extremely taxing on musicians’s bodies. Playing as much Tchaikovsky as we were playing in one month was brutal. I was one of the people who had to leave because of injuries to my hands and shoulders. (It took a while but I did finally recover from those injuries.) To this day if I hear even a snippet of the Nutcracker I all but break out in hives and want to scream. I guess that I have Nutcracker PTSD!
Waltz of Snowflakes final is terrifying, it looks like a person was running from a serial killer and when she is finally killed, she sees the angels singing.
Ah..... No wonder the Pas de Deux sounds so sad, or desperate.
Tears in eyes and beautiful. As a child who did ballet in the 60's, this record was played again and again - a favourite. The story behind the composition is so enlightening and so dreadfully sad.
crazy how school field trips as a child watching the nutcracker, and nobody really explained the story. im glad you did this
Brilliantly interesting video! Great work once again 👍🏼😊🎄
Thank you David!! Hope you have a fantastic Christmas.
The story behind shows a complex and hidden reality which makes a more bright understanding of this Chrismas fairy tale. A wonderful way of saying good buye to his sister. And referring to the end. Maybe the personal angel needs sleep sometimes and help of human assistance.
the loss of a sibling can be hard to go through.
even though his sister passed away, Tchaikovsky still made beautiful music in the end!
It's like losing a limb, like a broken branch off a once perfect tree💔
Well now I'm crying.
The choreographer’s name is not “Pepita” but Petipa. Famous choreographer of all! He deserves respect.
I always felt Pas de Dieu as a spectacular moment of despair. When you love fiercely, the pain becomes fiercer, also. The repetitive nature of the music is like grief...you feel it again and again without it actually resolving. It just fades after a while..
How interesting! I was always amazed by the beauty of the pas de deux as a child, but it also made me anxious at the same time. I always thought it sounded like it was time to say farewell to something, or someone. I think I've read somewhere that Clara reminded Tchaikovsky of his sister, but I think this video might explain more about why I felt the way I did about the music. It also reminds me how incredibly good Tchaikovsky was at expressing himself in his music. Great video!
I’ve been in love with The Nutcracker for 30 years and I always felt that Pas de Deux had much sadness in it. It’s his shortest ballet but every single piece in it is absolutely magical and stunning, with exquisite orchestrations.
The short opera Iolanta that premiered with The Nutcracker is also absolutely gorgeous and one of my favorite operas of all time.
no wonder that one part that is repeated is so sad, it sounds like cries of pain
I agree!
With the video's title, I thought this was going to be something about spilling tea about how us dancer's can be treated horribly by our rehearsal mistresses and yet we have to dance with a smile lol
I thought it was going to be how there are darker elements in the original novel the ballet is based on, because part of the reason the Mouse King is so pissed off is because his family was executed by the human royal family for embarrassing the human queen.
@@PixieoftheWood holy shit.... i would love to hear about that that’s so interesting!!
Amen!!!! Lol.
I'm in tears. As a gay man myself, I grew up watching Baryshnikov and Kirkland's production of the Nutcracker on VHS with my sister, with whom I feel very close. Her support of my coming out and my career as an artist has meant more than I can convey. I can only imagine Tchaikovsky's pain, but I will never listen to the Pas de Deux the same way again. Here's to all you loving, supportive sisters of gay men. You make all the difference. ♥️
My sister was my closest friend as a child. Until puberty. Then she became part of the haters that made my early life miserable. It was never the same after that. My rock was my mother. If as a gay guy you have your mother's blessing, nothing else can hurt you.
@@danthomas6587 I am sorry to hear about your sister, but I'm so glad your mother is accepting! That is indeed a blessing.
@@danthomas6587 I've never understood the point of hating someone's sexual preference. When my brother finally came out he was very worried about how we'd all react. Our parents had been raised with such strong edicts against homosexuality, it took them a long time to come to terms. They had to work at accepting, and for that they get my deepest respect. For us sibs, it was much easier. I hope your sister has - or will - come to see the light.
Yes, Gelsey and Mikail had the best version. Their pas de deux was truly sad. I do recommend her autobiography entitled Dancing On My Grave. 🥀
The Baryshnikov/Kirkland production was the one I watched over and over again as a child. According to my Mom, I watched it so much that the tape finally broke. I have it on DVD now.
The Pas de Deux is completely stunning. It's such an eloquent musical expression of nostalgia. The juxtaposition of a major key and a melancholic flow, makes this piece ever more poignant. Thank you for the video, well done!
I firmly believe Arabian dance is one of the most beautiful pieces of music. Thank you for sharing a story I never knew! Great video as always!
Couldn't agree more...thank you for watching Robert!
Not if you play the viola! (It literally sucks the life out of you) but when I’m not playing it I like it. Hahahaha
I completely agree, It is the most hauntingly beautiful
Hey, that's the part I did this year!
@@thegrammarpolice6953 I did an Arabian solo as well!
Hi! I’m from Russia and I wanted to thank you for writing such elaborate videos on Russian composers and their music! I deeply enjoy this kind of videos ever since I’ve graduated music school and there is so much passion and energy in your script that it is impossible to stay indifferent. I wish there was more content like this on CZcams. Brilliant work, wish you the best! ❤️ You definitely deserve more subscribers :)
Seriously, your videos just made my day
Am I crying watchig a video essay? Brilliant work, thank you!
My pleasure! Sorry for making you cry!
"...source of light in the darkness"
I cried
The Nutcracker is definitely my favorite ballet from Tchaikovsky. However, I did not know his sister's death had affected him that much, eventually compelling him to compose a score filled with hope and nostalgia.
Such a well done vid!
Me, a ballerina who was in the nutcracker watching this: 👁👄👁
Samwee
My favorite part of the Nutcracker Suite is the Arab Dance. Reminds me of coming in and warming up after walks on cold December evenings.
You made me cry....AGAIN!!! Damn it, Sir! You need more waaaaay more subscribers than you have.
Sorry! I keep doing this...
@@ListeningIn No problems, dude. Keep it up! It's wonderful!!
This kind of content is not for the masses! Thank you so much for your excellent and exquisite work!
I always thought I was reading too much into how happy yet mournful Pas de deux sounded to me. This video saved a lifelong riddle for me. Thank you
What a fascinating look behind this story! In the scene when the nutcracker comes to life it feels as if there is a frustration of emotion that can find no relief, it has no place to go. Much those of us who have suffered deep loss in the first months of loss your are unconsolable and can't reconcile your feelings or emotions outward or inward. I've always loved the Pas de deux. It is one of my favorite parts of the Nutcracker and now it holds an even deeper meaning. Thank you for sharing this enlightening story of love, loss and an enduring tribute.
I fondly love and very into Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Pas De Deux. Extremely extremely beautiful piece, full of light, love, but very fragile. Also if you hear closely to this piece-a "fell in love" song, it also-I could hear a deeply tragic and sad notes in that piece. But still crafted beautifully enveloped with beautiful notes. Now I know why this piece is such like that. The tragic life from the composer inform me clearly what is really behind this song. What the composer had, confirming the strands of tragic and sad notes in this piece. Now I know the story, the heart, the Tchaikovsky's desire behind this piece. This piece could take you to a high fantasy bright full of love and also a subtle stands of tragic and sad notes. Genius genius Composer indeed. Tragic life. Beautiful and fondly crafted piece. Thank you for sharing this to us.
I adore the Pas de Deux. The first few times I saw the ballet as a kid, they didn't include that piece. When I purchased my own cd copy of the ballet, I was astonished when this achingly beautiful piece played, and I've loved it ever since.
I feel privileged to get early access to this, thank you! It almost brought me to tears when you describe the descending major scale melody, I truly felt his grief, in the most beautiful way possible.
Thank you so much Louie! I'm privileged to have you as one of my patrons!
@@ListeningIn it's my pleasure! By the way, I sent you an email, Barnaby, no pressure to reply soon. Just wanted to check that you got it :)
I wept listening to the Pas De Deux the other night. My dog passed away last year a couple of weeks before Christmas (old age, she was 15), but this movement came on my playlist and suddenly I felt the loss - the loss of my dog, and the loss of Tchaikovsky’s sister - at the same time.
Tchaikovsky will always be my favorite composer, and I have such a deeper appreciation and respect for The Nutcracker as a whole.
pas de deux is the only piece of music that can make me cry every time i hear it, no matter what, and this video completely opened my eyes to a part of my childhood that i really didn't know that much about, so thank you ❤
Great, the Pas de Deux always makes me cry and I didn't know the backstory. The next time I will be a crying mess on the floor.
Marvelous video! I had no idea that "The Nutcracker" had such a dark and sorrowful side. I always thought the music, while exquisitely beautiful, seemed brimming with some kind of mournful longing. Now i understand why. Thank you!
The Nutcracker's Pas de deux is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written.
as someone who is a ballet dancer, i absolutely loved this video. I was recently Clara, in the nutcracker and looking beyond the notes has gave me chills. almost cried. the darkness, yet the lively hood brings this piece of the Nutcracker gives a whole other perspective. this was such an amazing video. as you mentioned, the scale that descended, i had to dance to. the music made me questioned, whether i should be sad or even scared. this video captured my emotions.
Scary or not it ,it is still perfected with love and passion flowing from his heart .Never will this video effect our/my life .Not in a million years
I have always felt there was such an underlying sadness in this ballet! I feel so validated
damn. now i finally understand why the pdd music makes me cry every time i listen to it. thank you for this video
The final pas de deux has always been one of my favorite classic music and ballet dance and now I just feel like I have understand something so big... Thank you so much for your work !
“The Darker Side Of The Nutcracker” is too simplistic a title for this excellent video. It is brilliantly thought out and quite inspiring. I love the use of the original score. I would call your video “The Transformation Gave Us The Nutcracker.” EHEM , looking at it in print, maybe yours reads better, after all.
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It’s hard to find the words that describe your brilliance at combining words and music while being informative and educational, truly remarkable. Well done, good sir!
Tchaikovsky was my go-to composer pre-teens, with Nutcracker and his 5th and 6th symphonies my favorites. Since then, exposed to much new music, I’ve drifted away so this refresher comes as a wonderful breath of remembrance. I knew the outlines of his life from reading several biographies and of course the Ken Russell film (please don’t frown…it too is one of my favorites). But I’d never put together the Nutcracker with Sasha’s death. It suddenly all makes sense. And thank you for closing your video with my three favorite passages from the work!
The pas de deux is my favorite piece from Tchaikovsky. It always gave me the feeling of meeting someone after being forced apart for a long period. Now knowing the backstory it's as if it all clicked together
very good use of music, almost cried
Once again another great video it made me cry I don’t think I will ever listen to the nutcracker the same way again. Can’t wait to see what’s next.
That story and the music together just has me in tears. It's amazing how his love for his sister has endured not just beyond her death, but also his own. Over a hundred years later we still share his music.
The editing is so pretty and well done, mustve taken quite a while
i’ve danced this PDD more times that i can remember and it never really felt like a happy one..like underneath all of the ornaments there’s deep sadness and this explains why..thank you for such a great video
All I can say is that I'm grateful that this level of quality video is free! Awesome stuff!
This reminded me of the Australian TV show "Dance Academy", where the protagonist dances inspired by the memory of her dead friend. It was the red shoes so her grief helps her perform with sincere pain. I'd say It Is truly impossible to separate an artistic piece from its artist. Any creator invests time and thoughts into their work, but artists invest their feelings as well. Now, about the video. I loved it, but I disagree when you say "The nutcracker" is simple. Many composers have mastered technical complexity, however they have not touch their audience' hearts. Finally, thank you for another great video. I am looking forward to the next.
Tchaikovky was a flute player. Can you confirm that he wrote some of the hardest piccolo solos in the repertoire for a piccolo in Db? The Db piccolo has gone out of favor since the mid 20th century, but in Tchaikovky's time it was common. Some of the thorniest solos become relatively easy when played on a a Db instrument.
What a superb video. Of course---the ballet is partly an expression of his grief and a cry for hope. Thanks for enlightening me!
For me, art has always been a way to cope with a grim human condition, so it's not hard to understand this thesis.
I've always adored the Nutcracker more than any other ballet but now I love it even more. Thank you for sharing this beautiful story.
What a brilliant video! I'm Russian and we learned this in the music school I went to growing up, that simple melody to me always resonated with him saying that his pain was like being stung by a snake and we talked about that longing. It makes me tear up to this day when I hear it. It was always associated in my mind with being struck by pain and love because it's so intense, ever since my first exposure to the Nutcracker was the Barbie movie lmao which surprisingly showcases some of those darker anxious tones, I could definitely feel it even as a small kid
I LOVE the analysis of what I've always found to be the two most emotionally impactful songs in this ballet. So interesting to consider the relationship between the two.
man i got goosebumps and i wanna cry
I'm into music and also a ballet dancer. I literally just performed in a Nutcracker show some days ago and didn't know all that. Thank for the video!
I always felt the emotion in this ballet and was almost infatuated with it as a child. Its always been my favorite. I was in tears by the end of this video. It was so well done.
This video was so well done, holy smokes.
Jeeze he didn’t just lose his sister he lost his little nieces too
Every time I heard the Pas De Deux I would start to cry. There was always something so achingly moving about it, and now I know thanks to this video.
i've done nutcracker every year since i was 7, minus 2020. i've always loved the score, it make me so calm, happy, and at peace. but during the pas de deux, i've been known to cry. almost every time. now i know why 🥀
He is my favorite classical composer, but somehow I had never heard this story or how it came about. Thank you for sharing. It brought tears to my eyes and deepened my appreciation even further than before.
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant editing!
I really didn't need tears in my eyes this morning, but thank you for the great dive into Tchaikovsky's music. Nice touch, btw, with how you timed the fourth movement of his 6th while discussing the devastating news.
This is brilliant, and it answers so many of the questions I've had about this piece since I first heard it nearly 60 years ago
This made me shed a few tears, thank you for bringing this story behind The Nutcracker to light
the production value on this video is amazing! loved it
Thank you for making this video. I always wondered why the Pas De Deux was so different and much sadder than the Sugar Plum solo dance, because the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Cavalier seemed like a very one dimensional characters for such a dramatic music piece. Definitely my favorite piece in the Nutcracker and I hope to dance to it one day. However, the Arabian dance and the Snow Waltz some of my favorites as well.
This has to be one of your best works until yet, which does say a lot. Please just never stop making these videos.
Awesome, and so beautifully narrated and brilliantly showing the score. This is transmitting music knowledge as it should be. Thank you so much! My Christmas Eve treat!
Thorough analysis and great research. I truly enjoyed the video and the efforts you put to shed light on the story behind such a classic ballet.
Merry Christmas!!
Thank you so much for this video!! Love Tchaikovsky music... So beautiful... and touching... brought me tears....
This brought me to tears.
Bravo on a beautiful video, I have always loved the music from the Nutcracker, but had no idea about this backstory. Thank you!
this video is outstanding. between the visuals and the very soothing voice, i learned more about this ballet i have always loved. as a dancer, and a classical music fan this is a beautiful video and i know i will be back to watch more.
Amazing video! This is my favorite ballet. It has such a magical and wondrous feel. Awesome job!
Thank you so much for this beautiful description of the true depth of the emotions in the ballet music of The Nutcracker experienced by the Composer Tchaikovsky ....Merry Xmas
So good! I love the stories behind the stories!
Great video and info!
Thank you!
Masterful analysis. I always felt such emotion from Pas de Deux, so I'm not surprised to hear the backstory surrounding that piece. You've got another sub!
Thank you for this excellent video!
this video is pure gold! THANK YOU SO MUCH
I'm crying dude. It's so sad to see such a wonderful person and mind go through all of that pain! You know when you wish you have met someone and talked to them and tried to help??? This is what I feel right now towards Tchaikovsky!!! He did so many beautiful things expressing all of his feelings in his compositions! I know too little about him, but after yesterday that I listened to an orchestra playing his 2nd symphony I just felt in love with his music and I feel more and more connected to his soul and I want to know everything that he did and all his story!!! Maybe one day I can talk to him, who knows huh? But dude... What a wonderful soul!!! I wish he had lived a happier life!!! ❤️
Brilliant video! Changed my perspective completelly about the nutcracker.
Beautiful scene beautiful presentation and beautiful original Tchaikovsky scores.