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Tchaikovsky – Chinese Dance from The Nutcracker Suite

…and princes whisk girls away to a magical realm. Tchaikovsky’s enchanting music has played a significant role in the ballet’s enduring popularity. The Nutcracker Suite, in its shortened orchestral version,…
Erik Satie

…1915 when he met Jean Cocteau, a meeting that led to the creation of the ballet Parade in 1917 for Serge Diaghilev. This ballet featured music by Satie, sets and…
Alexander Glazunov

…studied composition with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, under whose guidance he flourished as a composer and orchestral conductor. Works and Accomplishments Glazunov’s compositions, which spanned various genres including symphonies, ballets, operas, chamber…
Fernando Sor

…build a stronger musical career. His stay in London till 1823 was marked by considerable fame as a classical guitarist. Since ballet was more popular than opera in London, Sor…
Classical Clips Top 10: Classical Music for Kids

…Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Typically associated with the holidays, this ballet music is magical and has delighted kids for over a hundred years. The full ballet can be viewed…
Listening Forward Without Letting Go

…the orchestra, sit with his ballet world and its satellites, like Petrushka or the fierce lyricism of his “Elegy for Solo Viola”. Schoenberg took courage to the edge, then designed…
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Cellists Play Excerpts from Carmen by Bizet

Cellists Josep Castanyer Alonso, Peter Volpert, Beate Lemke, Malin Mertens, and Hanna Dahlkvist perform a fragment from Bizet’s “Carmen” arranged by Werner Thomas-Mifune….
The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart – Complete Opera, Presented by Royal College of Music

Esteemed baritone and RCM alumnus Sir Thomas Allen directs Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, a classic opera filled with love, revenge, and deception….
Royal Fireworks Overture – Handel
Edward Elgar – Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15, No. 1 – Performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Elgar tribute.
Hauser performs Shostakovich’s Waltz No. 2

HAUSER in a live performance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s 2nd Waltz at the Royal Albert Hall with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra….
George Frideric Handel

…of Handel’s long and fruitful association with the British capital. Handel and the Royal Academy of Music Handel served as the music director of the newly-established Royal Academy of Music…