@@Ludwig1625 I agree with you, the divine Mark did not approve of my phrase, and even I, as a modest follower of stoicism, I understand that this is not entirely good. But it was just a stereotypical joke.
@@jarthurpaxton9223 Thank you for your recommendation, i really liked, it is indeed very sophisticated and complex. I didn't knew this Rachmaninov composition. But I still prefer the feeling and intensity that pas de deux conveys to me, so it is a personal opinion and it's not an incontestable truth. So to me pas de deux is the best composition ever made :)
@@helenaaa7711 glad you enjoyed it! And glad that the whole world doesn't have the same opinion about these things! Would be awfully boring if we did 🙂
I remember when I was 4, listening to this song on vinyl with my dad and he would tell me all the Nutcracker story. I was in my little warm dress and we always waited for 3:30 for me to run in his arms from across the living room so he can lift me high to the roof like a ballerina. I'm 29 now and this memory still brings me happy tears listening to this masterpiece.
But seeing colors, and nature is also beautiful and breath taking, especially when you see the face of your beloved, just like hearing your most favorite music that makes your heart feels love.
As a person who has been blind since infancy, may I speak? I would like to agree with your sentiment. That’s why I keep coming back to the song over and over and over and over again.
Little fun fact, but very much is tragic: this was written after his sister Alexandra passed away and while he was on his way back to Russia, Tchaikovsky used his grief to write, as one could put it “a song for which she could dance her farewell to the world.” Tchaikovsky imagined this song as the song his sister and him would dance to before she left him. And thus the rest was history.
Dude this is litturally the last song at the end before the finale (I have preformed it before), it is in my opinion the best dance and song out of the whole nutcracker and even I want to cry while preforming because this song just is so much energy and emotions, it's a whole other level if u listen to the whole nutcracker, trust me
I can't understand how a theme that basically consists of a descending major scale can be so powerful. That requires the perfect implementation of harmony, rythm, dynamic, orchestration and context. Tchaikovsky was truly a genius.
Tchaikovsky expressed his musical ideas with emotion, without which the music becomes boring. It isn't just about playing the notes: when the orchestra play with emotion then the listener just might get to feel the soulfulness of the music. And when the feelings are expressed in performance, and the listening audience connects with those feelings, wow 💣💥😍
First heard this song while driving. Just looked up Nutcracker and let it play. Really amazed this song is not more well known. But that goes for a lot of this type of music. Most people dont know Moonlight Sonata has three movements.
Ouch. I felt this pain and longing as I read this comment and listened to the music simultaneously. I was about to say, this sounds like something a Florence and the Machine fan would say...then I realized that your username is possibly based on "Strangeness and Charm" by Florence and the Machine. As a fellow fan, I approve.
@@dancingheart6224 oh, you're very attentive! Yes I'm a huge FATM fan and I named my blog (and afterwards my RUclips account after Strangeness and Charm). I'm glad to meet a fellow FATM fan.
Love that hurts... the beauty of This Music renders the Heart of the believer of newfound love impervious to the fact that you must Lose your loved-one sometime... thank you for This comment!
Desiree Debose had always been a force to be reckoned with on the dance floor. Born and raised in Chicago, she had grown up surrounded by the city's vibrant music scene and had honed her skills as a dancer in the clubs and bars of the Windy City. But despite her talent and passion, she had always felt like something was missing. That all changed when she met Jerome Washington, a black man with a dream of starting his own record label. Jerome was immediately taken with Desiree's energy and spirit, and he saw in her the perfect partner to help him launch his label. Together, they began to work on a new sound that blended elements of pop, easy listening, worldbeat, and EDM to create a unique and infectious style. As they worked, Desiree's desire to leave Chicago and see the world grew stronger, and she began to dream of a life beyond the city limits. Enter Jack Lee, a white dancer from Freeman Country, Virginia. Jack had been traveling the world, performing in clubs and bars and honing his own unique style. When he met Desiree and Jerome, he was immediately drawn to their energy and their music. The three of them began to dance together, and as they did, something magical happened. The music they created together was unlike anything anyone had ever heard before, a fusion of styles and rhythms that seemed to transcend borders and boundaries. As they performed together, Desiree's desire to leave Chicago began to fade, replaced by a newfound love for the music and the people she had found in Jerome and Jack. She knew that she had found her place in the world, and that she would never be content to stay in one place for too long. The thrill of the road and the rush of the stage were her home now, and she knew that she would always be a wanderer at heart. And so, Desiree, Jerome, and Jack set out on a journey to leave Chicago behind and take their music to the world. They danced through the nightclubs and waltzed through the trips, spreading their unique sound and their message of love and unity wherever they went. And as they did, they knew that they were changing the world, one dance at a time.
This is Tchaikovsky at his most lyrical, heartbroken, despairing peak. My heart cries for him each time I listen to The Nutcracker, his fairytale fantasy of a happy life. Keep resting in peace and power, Pëtr.
you put it so well. I cry rivers everytime i hear this piece. If I try to put what i feel listening to this piece, it would be smth like this: a purity, a dream, a hope, admiration, devotion, love. But then...disappointment, sadness, anger, hopelessness, being hit by the reality (multiple times), again a tiny piece of hope, and then final and utter disappointment... and death. This piece precisely describes (without a word) something grand and essential which started so beautifully and ended with heartbreaking disappointment. I dont know.. I think this piece is very tragical, considering that this is actually a duet of the Prince and Sugar Plum Fairy.
@ClandestineOstrich Tbh I was obsessed trying to find a partner. All feelings you mentioned was the daily mood. But for the time I decided to switch to improve myself, and I was full focused on building my careers and find a way to enjoy my work. The way I found happiness was hard because you must feel happy with your own to be happy with your partner. Then move on be confident with your personality, share time with people who add positive value to your life and avoid toxic relationships. Once you get there, you will find a supportive partner, but never forget you must be happy with or without him/her. TDLR focus on build your happiness on your own, eventually you will find the right partner.
@ClandestineOstrich you must build your self-confidence and happiness on your own. Support from a partner is a gift, it should make you happier because it is a fulfill experience. But you can't rely on people support, you can't "need" someone's support because that is not healthy. You can build your energy from doing workout and working on your art daily will make you more attractive and self-confident. Eventually you will feel stronger mentally as you feel fit. And that will help you to find someone with no extra effort. Healthy body, healty brain. Hope it helps you
People can mock barbie movies as much as they want, but they introduced me to classical music, and I’ll be ever thankful for that edit: btw it's very nice to hear y'all in the comments say the tv shows and movies that introduced you to classical music!
I don't understand what it is about 19th century Russia that made it so outstanding. It's almost an age that deserves recognition in the history books.
I usually hear little of Russia, but when I started reading classicals I find Russian to be my favourite. Not even French literature with all their glamour could compare to my first Russian classical novel, the one that immediately settled Russian literature in my heart : Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Still haven't read a book that could leave an impression as strong on me as that one.
I was expecting a nice waltz or something easy in the background, I wasn't ready to be lifted from my seat into the stars on a journey of transcendent magnificence.
O.K. yesyes talent you can prepare for your self God give you healthy faces and bodys that is talent God give you You can prepare a lot yesyes for yourself
Yes Gen, I feel you. I have listened to this so many times yet it has ahold of me once again and the tears won’t stop flowing and my entire body is in spasmodic mode in response to Pyotr.
Mr. Tchaikovsky, you sadly did not receive the recognition you deserved while alive. But there are millions whom you have touched with your gift. Wherever you are, I hope you are at peace and in eternal happiness. Thank you for this amazing work of art. I cry every single time.
it’s literally 3am right now, and i’m staring at the moon and listening to this beautiful work and i just, wow it felt like the moon was brighter at the crescendo and now tears are streaming down my face
It's even more magical when you're dancing the pas de deux with a close friend and you just get wrapped up in the music and the story. It's hard not to cry on stage :)
I'm French and we have some of the greatest composers of all time in classical music, yet in my opinion none reaches the greatness of the Russian composer, Tchaikovsky.
Sometimes I ask myself, how is it possible to create such a masterpiece? Painters, musicians, poets: how can they do this? How can they catch these emotions, these feelings so accurate? How can they express them so clearly? I am crying right now because I am happy that such humans existed. I am crying because this is my inner response to this masterpiece. I am crying because I am happy.
Even i was a boy i watched those barbie movies, and these classics have a special place in my heart (don’t tell me only girls watched those barbie movies)
Dude you're so cool for saying it. And no, you're not alone, a lot of guys I know have watched Barbie movies. It's not a big deal they never said Barbie was just for girls.
As a dancer who does the nutcracker every year, this brings back so many amazing memories of waiting backstage while the snow queen and prince do their dance. It is such a magical thing, and when the crowd cheers so loudly before every comes on for the last part...... I love it so much. It truly is the most magical time of the year.
I do the Nutcracker myself every year too, And this year I got the honor of playing the role of Clara in this year’s Nutcracker production! I’m so excited, Whenever I listen to the soundtrack, I keep thinking I need to be on stage what am I doing- Haha
I read that he composed this as an elegy for his beloved sister after she passed away. I did always think this piece felt like a lament, haunting and full of grief. I always want to cry when I listen to it.
It feels like a wounded soul that’s finally blossoming, driven and stirred by feelings of joy and love, perhaps for the first time ever, until it’s so overwhelmed with emotion that it gives in and completely embraces it.
If you subscribe to the idea this entire piece was written by Tchaikovsky as both a musical memorial to his dead sister and as a personal expression of his own grief and acceptance then yeah...
i completely felt this way too. regardless of what others here reply to you. what lies in the subconscious is something else. also i am a believer that music speaks of and reflects our own experiences. this is probably what we are going through right now.
лучший комментарий, который я когда-либо читал по поводу этого произведения был от девушки на испанском языке - Господи, я благодарю и преклоняюсь перед тобой, за то, что ты послал на землю Чайковского...
First time I heard this I cried like I've never cried before 😭 how can something so beautiful exist. Perfectly encapsulated within the notes is love, longing, beauty, sadness, regret, pity, oh God!
I was two when I heard this for the fist time and I erupted into inconsolable bawling for no apparent reason, that's how deep it touched me even before I had any idea about the pain life can bring. I am 32 now and it still affects me the same way.
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the story behind it it's even sadder. Tchaikovsky wasn't really sure how to approach the Nutcracker, since he worked in more somber and dignified ballets before (the sleeping beauty and the swan lake) but this was commissioned and he couldn't say no, so there he was, uninspired. The Nutcracker's joyful and dreamlike story wasn't his forte, not when the man battled with depression for so long. He went to visit his family to soothe his mind, but a tragic event happened and his brother didn't have the heart to tell him, so Tchaikovsky heard the news when he came back to Moscow. His sister, the person he loved the most, passed away. It was then when he composed this piece as he imagined his sister dancing to it, maybe he remembered the days where they were younger and united as family, playing and opening gifts in Christmas just like Clara at the beginning of the story, maybe that was what made him realize how important this ballet was. A fun time for the family, a story of hope that in the end was just a mere dream. He really put his heart into this piece and the sorrowful acceptance is so vivid in it!
i dont know anything about ballet or classical music, i'm a hiphop dancer. but this is the most beautiful thing i've ever heard and i'm sobbing listening to it. i can't even put the emotion this song represents into words--it's almost like a bittersweet feeling, a tragic love. i have never heard of this composer in my life, but some people's talents are truly a gift to the world and this man's was one of them.
Se mi permetti vorrei suggerirti di ascoltare il primo movimento della 6 Sinfonia di Tckaikoski travolgerà le tue emozioni. E ancora il 2 movimento della 5 Sinfonia. Ascoltali e i tuoi sentimenti saranno elevati e ti pentirai di non avere conosciuto prima questo grande Autore. Cordiali saluti
To me, this song is like all your suppressed feelings; confusion, sadness,anger and feeling conflicted while so many things are happening around you. Everything is going by quickly. Life's nothing but a beautiful disaster. This song gives me solace and washes my worries away. Something ethereal and inspiring. All you can do is smile and move on while still having these feelings rooted inside. This is what the song is to me.
The three Tchaikovsky ballets are, in my opinion, at the summit of human artistic creation. I don't think anything surpasses the immense creative genius of these masterworks.
@@DTJKS Agreed, #TchaikovskySymphonyNo5, and 6, are more condensed brilliance, as are the #TchaikovskyViolinConcerto, and #TchaikovskyPianoConcertoNo1. Symphony No.5 is his best, although some say 6, but all his famous pieces are great.
Beethoven was at the same level, and in some ways surpasses Tchaikovsky (and in some ways Tchaikovsky surpasses). In terms of raw emotion, they are both par IMHO. Of course this is just re: music. If speaking of painting or sculpture, the conversation goes in a very different direction.
As a ballerina, I can think of when I hear this piece is backstage at my favorite old theater, it’s a week before Christmas. The whole cast is waiting in the wings for finale, silently shuffling around while watching this beautiful dance take place. There’s a revered silence and energy in the air, like everyone’s holding their breath, a brief moment of calm in the storm. The beautiful music coming through the speakers so loud and reverbing off of the high domed ceiling you can feel it in your bones. Time warps, going so fast while going so slow. I can’t even begin to describe the feeling when the audience erupts into applause at the end and everyone backstage is cheering and clapping too, and listening to this piece without it just feels so empty. 2020 was the first time in 10 years I went without it. I know someday I will be the sugar plum fairy and have the honor of performing this dance, but for now I just get to sit here and cry, reminiscing on some of the best times of my life, and how much I’ve missed out on.
I love you, you're amazing. Don't worry, it'll be back to normal someday. Please make sure to post a recording of your performance when you get that part and do this dance.
Wow. You have the most elegant way of putting things. As a writer and a ballerina, I support you and hope that one day it will get back to normal. ❤❤❤ hope you get this and just remember, patience is key.
As a guy who has seen all the original old school Barbie movies, the nutcracker was the most awesome of them, easy top two right behind princess and the pauper
I can name several people in my life who can't stand to hear classical music.. I try to play 1 round of Nutcracker during Christmas and they beg me to turn it off.. I will never understand it. To hate the sound of art, carved from the face of heaven..it's like a curse, to hear something so resplendent, so beautiful, and not love it.
Otherwise known as my brother. I always say “Alexa play Tchaikovsky’s the nutcracker” and my brother begs me he’s like “TURN IT OFF THIS IS SO ANNOYING!” so I always say “annoying to you, art to everyone else in the world” (an exaggeration, not everyone thinks it as art)
@@stevetutty2818 But at least they need to respect other person's taste. Not everyone has an attention span longer than 8 seconds. Sorry if that was overheated.
This is simultaneously triumphant and melancholic. it's like catching the eye of a brother over a battlefield in chaos and taking a moment to revel in that at whatever may happen, victory or defeat, you were with them
I play this in my classroom for 4th grade and even some of the kids cry... I choke back tears when I hear it too. It's always a beautiful experience everytime I listen.
My Mom's favorite piece on The Nutcracker...she passed away in 2018, and when I hear it I can't stop crying because I miss her so...thanks for giving me beautiful music Mom!
Sascha Shingles It gets me too. I was that wrestler jock in high school that got asked to be the prince in our local Nutcracker production, and I fell in love with this piece. Every time it would begin playing while I was on the throne, I'd subtly tear up...
Sasha, as I wrote above: Is this the most intense passionate piece of music ever written? (This is quite an intense rendition in my opinion) Like his Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza from Symphony No. 5 (second movement).
To me, this is one of the most heartbreaking songs ive ever heard. Apparently Tchaikovsky wrote this score during the news that his sister had died, and it truly sounds like all of that grief was poured into the music. It sounds like the fleeting, desperate, but ultimately futile grasps for something you're destined to lose. It makes me think, loving someone is the saddest thing a person can do.
If God gave the gift of Melody to any one composer in abundance, it was to Tchaikovsky. I have carried such thoughts for him in my heart since I was a child to this day. And, for almost 50 years, his framed photo has been on my desk. After all these years, he is still there ...
I thank you, my sweet Lord, for allowing a man named Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky to be born and to compose such beautiful heart-feeding music. Please keep his soul in the reign of wonders forever
I may be wrong, but I heard that much of the music we hear in the ballet and major parts of the plot were added in homage to Tchaikovsky's close sister, who died a year after the first version of it was performed. He had the music and plot rewritten so that Clara/Marie was the main character, that there was a Sugar Plum Fairy, and all the magical beauty that made the ballet what we know now is because of this newer version. It wasn't just to make the ballet more exciting or fun; it was Tchaikovsky's way of coping the lost of his sister. He kept her memory alive through the characters and music, and now I can't hear the music without my heart breaking.
When I listened to this my mouth flopped open, I smiled and I actually started crying and was still crying as I walked into school... I’ve never heard something so beautiful in my life..
Almost every time I listen to this, tears come to my eyes. So beautiful and dramatic✨... I've heard that the whole Nutcracker was planned by Tchaikovsky as a farewell to childhood or something like that. Brilliant! 👏
This melody was always associated for me with a feeling of pain of loss.. I don't know why. This sounds so tragic, yet beautiful. Just like I felt this in childhood, when I first came to ballet in Moscow with my sister and dad. Now my dad is gone.. Mother is ill and I feel this again... It helps me now very much to go through harsh times... Now, knowing the history if this melody I once again understood, why I feel exactly like this while listening to this. Music is cure and Tchaikovsky is genius..
Im dumbfounded why classical music is so underrated, like its the best why dont people listen to them? other than those mainstream ones...You know, Canon in D, Flight of the bumblebee, Summer, Fur elise, etc.
there was a time where the music mentioned was mainstream. It's just been.. kinda forgotten about, for the world and media changed and thus this basically drowned with the other mentioned music tracks.
Because today in a digital era at the same time that everyone can listen to classical music, most people just what listen to song with catchy lyrics and 3 minutes long. I'm not against that type of music, but because of it people aren't usually patient enough to truly stop and listen a classical instrumental piece like this one.
Obviously the whole thing's not a scale: I mean those first eight notes on the strings, after the harp has set the scene. That phrase, which appears again and again through the piece in various musical costumes (e.g. relative minor at 0:30), is a downward scale, isn't it, surely? I'll concede he does sprinkle a little rhythmical change on it to turn it into a tune - you'd get a frown from your music examiner playing one in that rhythm - but that's the wonder of it: with a touch of creativity a great composer can turn something basic into gold.
Try listning to "Aase's Death" from the Peer Gynt suite. It's a musical portrait of an old, seriously ill woman seemingly getting better followed by a downward motif indicating she's not getting better after all. I will never understand how orchestra members can stay dry eyed while performing it.
I play the cello. I played this piece in my freshman year of high school, and am currently at the end of my junior year. This is probably the piece that made me realize my dream of becoming a professional musician, and most likely my favorite piece of music of all time. Thank you so much, Mr. Tchaikovsky.
I'm neither a cello player nor professional musician, just an amateur piano player who's majoring mechanical engineering in uni. but this piece always motivates me every time and i hope that i can play this sheet with piano someday. Hope you can make your dream come true to be a professional musician.
My dear friend had this playing at his funeral, along with Piano Trio (Shostakovich), and Piano Concerto No.2 (Rachmaninoff). He had a full orchestra in a cathedral, even though he wasn't religious. He likes these three Russians, as he would call them. "The golden trio." He was an exceptional young fellow, a gentleman. Always dapper, always spoke well, and read a lot too. He was 19 at the age of death, and he knew it was about to happen. Handled it very stoic. When people came around, he asked "Have they swept away the gravel?" (After winter). Or "Did the postman come as usual today?" He knew we all were in grief, but somehow I think he enjoyed it. But the funeral was beautiful, he had structured the songs in a particular order, first the Piano Trio (haunting violin tragedy), then this, and lastly Piano Concerto. He made someone read from the Illiad and some own poems. One of them was: We leave nothing to this world. Our life is for ourselves. And another one about a love of his, I don't know whom: So you look out for the stars Pay attention to the birds And the oceans And hope to glimpse her there And that constant hope Becomes you very reality. He had so many friends you never thought about. It was us at his age, from school and childhood. But then there were people all around the world. Young as old. Men, women. He had a dozen people flying in from Italy that I never knew existed. And they all had such beautiful stories about him. There was a girl too, from the west coast. She loved him uncontrollably, and I knew this would never end for her. For me, the whole thing was so beautiful I wanted to die too.
this was so beautifully written. the last line hits so hard. seriously you should write poetry or something. i'm sorry about the loss of your friend. he sounds like an incredible guy. i would have loved to be at his funeral
@@katthew4458 I didn't think anyone would really read this. Thanks for your concern. If you think I wrote this well, you should just seen this man. Incredible in every aspect. But you were right though, I do write poetry - some habit I've picked up from him, and currently try to write a structured, long novel where the character is somewhat portrayed as him.
To me, it feels like loss... Like the loss of something that was beautiful and sweet but was destined to ephemerality. Like someone, who is usually kind and calm-mannered, is simultaneously remembering and reliving the joyful, and grieving its loss, being driven to a height of emotionality. This music is beautiful wow.
Spivakov and the National Philharmonic of Russia! I just learned the source of this the absolute best version of the Nutcracker Pas de Deux. It seems to stand out more than all the other pieces in Nutcracker. There is a sense of tragedy, loss, and fatalism which would mark the last music Tchaikovsky ever composed. The thrilling climaxes and crescendos. This is so moving. I can hear the heartache. It's a winter ballad. It's falling snow deep snow on the ground in the forest a snow storm keeping lovers apart from each other. Absolutely shattering and amazing. At least in this pas de deux Spivakov truly 'got' Tchaikovsky and understood everything. I am in tears.
Not at all. I'm always in tears at this scene. The last three years I've watched St Louis Ballet's rendition of it, (I'm their company-class pianist,) and from the first time, first year, I was in tears. These days I'm smart enough to bring tissues!
Такое удушающее, тошнотворное, но и тёплое и далекое чувство детской ностальгии от этой музыки… исполнение шедевральное. Как же я люблю этот отрывок. Люблю до слез.
Когда он писал эту музыку, то пришло известие о смерти его младшей сестры от передозировки морфия(если я правильно помню). Думаю, вы услышали именно то, что он хотел сказать, ностальгия за детством со своей маленькой сестрёнкой и прощание с ней. Ведь эта музыка на самом деле несёт в себе очень глубокую и глубоко заложенную грусть...
@@rhomai не полностью горькое, есть в нём и немного сладкого в чем то далёком, в памяти, навсегда в прошлом... И от этой сладости горечи ещё больше. Сколько сложных эмоций, Чайковский был гением в том, как рассказывал свои чувства музыкой
I hope this doesn't sound weird but this music makes me feel like I'm drowning yet floating, I'm falling and gasping for my breath and control against the tides but just when I've lost hope I'm lifting up into the clouds (this feeling the music evokes also matches the thumbnail)
I'm italian and my country have great composers like Verdi, Vivaldi, Puccini and Rossini, but nobody for me (also sacred monsters like Mozart and Beethoven) can give to me the same intense feeling as Tchaikovskj (perhaps only Bach). He can shape the melodies like few artists. His music is the only that can destroy my bad feelings, bring me in another dimension. It thanks to him that I'm interested in Russian culture (art, music, literature, science). I would like to visit Moscow and St.Petersburg also for seeing the most important places of his life (like Marinsky Theatre) Unfortunatly in my country lots of people see Russia only as the country of stupid gopniks, shitty communism, soviet blocks and gulags (as lots of foreign people see my Italy as mafia and corruption). True Russia is not awful URSS!
this song brings me to tears everytime i listen to it. All i can picture is my mom, she was a ballet dancer growing up en pointe. She was truly incredible at it. It was her only escape from an abusive household, her true love. Unfortunately she had scoliosis and once she got the surgery to fix her back, it became infected. Leaving her heartbroken and never able to dance again. All she wanted was to be a dancer, to take her pain and make art.
i don't listen to Pas de deux often, but when I do, so do my neighbors
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Good lad....
🤣 hahaha
Well done. I would happily have you as a neighbour if this is the quality of your musical taste
I just don't understand how can people not enjoy classical music
story of my life
@@eline8087 you are so deep. inspiring. misunderstood. don't worry i see you
it's such a pleasure to watch pure talent react to pure talent
Because there is something dearly wrong with them in the head.
They not spend life much
How was he able to compose something like this? It's just unreal.
Only gay, my friend. Tchaikovsky was gay.
Marcus Aurelius uh
@@nik2513 my friends, who are gey, are not briliant artists. I think the magic is in something else.
@@nik2513 This sounds so weird coming from Marcus Aurelius lmao, considering he was a philosopher, and I still live by his quotes to this day
@@Ludwig1625 I agree with you, the divine Mark did not approve of my phrase, and even I, as a modest follower of stoicism, I understand that this is not entirely good. But it was just a stereotypical joke.
The most beautiful composition ever created in the entire history of humanity. Tchaikovsky is an absolute genius.
And it feels timeless
@7711 it's a ballet , better if you see it on stage with two dancers ; j saw at Paris-Opera unforgetable very far from to day
I can respect your opinion. But to me it's probably Rachmaninov piano concerto no. 2
@@jarthurpaxton9223 Thank you for your recommendation, i really liked, it is indeed very sophisticated and complex. I didn't knew this Rachmaninov composition. But I still prefer the feeling and intensity that pas de deux conveys to me, so it is a personal opinion and it's not an incontestable truth. So to me pas de deux is the best composition ever made :)
@@helenaaa7711 glad you enjoyed it! And glad that the whole world doesn't have the same opinion about these things! Would be awfully boring if we did 🙂
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”
― Victor hugo
Possibile traduzione italiana o francese? Grazie
@@idacaggiano8396 La musique exprime ce qui ne peut pas s’exprimer avec des mots et sur quoi il est impossible de se taire.
@@idacaggiano8396 La musica esprime quello che non si può mettere in parole ma che non può rimanere in silenzio.
Sorry I'm not a native speaker 😂
I think this is Shakespeare...
I love this
Tchaikovsky: setting impossible boyfriend standards since the composition of this piece.
and what's most unfair, he himself was quite happy with his boyfriends!
@@MrLacian true that :/
not the happiest person considering how he died tho :(
@@MrLacian and he had no boyfriends. He was just gay in Russia
Lol. Tchaikovsky wasn't gay, that's an exposed fake already.
3:15 that buildup... this guy was a real genius
Hey, Beethoven to Beethoven, do you know the name of the painting?
One legend to another, nice👌
@@i.pezzotti853 Is it, is it .. Amadeus? Amadeus Mozart?
yo, when's your next piece be on air
@@kentmacalalad new album out on 11th of jan, with the merch
I remember when I was 4, listening to this song on vinyl with my dad and he would tell me all the Nutcracker story. I was in my little warm dress and we always waited for 3:30 for me to run in his arms from across the living room so he can lift me high to the roof like a ballerina. I'm 29 now and this memory still brings me happy tears listening to this masterpiece.
чудесное и тёплое воспоминание)
This is a memory you will never forget
And in 2022 I’m creating the same memory for my 5year old on Christmas eve
😭🥺🥰
Oh my goodness such a lovely story, brought tears
And this is why I’d rather go blind than deaf
Good point
But seeing colors, and nature is also beautiful and breath taking, especially when you see the face of your beloved, just like hearing your most favorite music that makes your heart feels love.
Be careful what you wish for!
@@stevetutty2818 dude ain't wishing tho, it was if he had to choose between the two
As a person who has been blind since infancy, may I speak? I would like to agree with your sentiment. That’s why I keep coming back to the song over and over and over and over again.
The fact that this is available for me to play whenever I feel like is absolutely insane. Thank you
Agreed!
Agreed!
You're welcome.
@@okyouknowwhatever Who are you to tell her who she is
its crazy to think about it
Tchaikovsky is a gift to humanity
@@piotrilitchtchaikovsky2314 np my man just keep what you're doing
@@piotrilitchtchaikovsky2314 can decompose and compose at the same time
I Totally agree. His music is perfection
Hyden 啦 idiot ！ 哈哈哈 you 短音 顫音人生
Right. As you say "humanity", not nation or culture. His work is proof that genius and innovation is a province of all races..
Little fun fact, but very much is tragic: this was written after his sister Alexandra passed away and while he was on his way back to Russia, Tchaikovsky used his grief to write, as one could put it “a song for which she could dance her farewell to the world.” Tchaikovsky imagined this song as the song his sister and him would dance to before she left him. And thus the rest was history.
Well now I'm crying in my daughter's garage... Because i can understand every note perfectly now
Now i'm in tears. It's so sad
That moment when you don't know anything about The Nutcracker, ballet, or Tchaikovsky and this *still* puts tears in your eyes.
Dude this is litturally the last song at the end before the finale (I have preformed it before), it is in my opinion the best dance and song out of the whole nutcracker and even I want to cry while preforming because this song just is so much energy and emotions, it's a whole other level if u listen to the whole nutcracker, trust me
Person its piece* and aren’t you a musician yourself?
@@matthewgonzalez2040 it is "it's" and he already stated that.
Flexxkii lol
@@matthewgonzalez2040 ;P
I can't understand how a theme that basically consists of a descending major scale can be so powerful. That requires the perfect implementation of harmony, rythm, dynamic, orchestration and context.
Tchaikovsky was truly a genius.
I have no idea what this means but i'm nodding my head yes. Shout out to all musically knowledgable people
Tchaikovsky expressed his musical ideas with emotion, without which the music becomes boring. It isn't just about playing the notes: when the orchestra play with emotion then the listener just might get to feel the soulfulness of the music.
And when the feelings are expressed in performance, and the listening audience connects with those feelings, wow 💣💥😍
I somewhat completely understand this and at the same time would love somebody to deep dive in explaining it.
Не выебывайся братишка
First heard this song while driving. Just looked up Nutcracker and let it play. Really amazed this song is not more well known. But that goes for a lot of this type of music. Most people dont know Moonlight Sonata has three movements.
This is the sound of loving someone you know you will lose.
Ouch. I felt this pain and longing as I read this comment and listened to the music simultaneously. I was about to say, this sounds like something a Florence and the Machine fan would say...then I realized that your username is possibly based on "Strangeness and Charm" by Florence and the Machine. As a fellow fan, I approve.
@@dancingheart6224 oh, you're very attentive! Yes I'm a huge FATM fan and I named my blog (and afterwards my RUclips account after Strangeness and Charm). I'm glad to meet a fellow FATM fan.
Yes
Love that hurts... the beauty of This Music renders the Heart of the believer of newfound love impervious to the fact that you must Lose your loved-one sometime... thank you for This comment!
And it hurts like hell...
Only Tchaikovsky could have taken a G major and E Minor scale and make them shine like this, true masterpiece.
Absolutely 💯💯🎻🎻
😍😍
Desiree Debose had always been a force to be reckoned with on the dance floor. Born and raised in Chicago, she had grown up surrounded by the city's vibrant music scene and had honed her skills as a dancer in the clubs and bars of the Windy City. But despite her talent and passion, she had always felt like something was missing. That all changed when she met Jerome Washington, a black man with a dream of starting his own record label.
Jerome was immediately taken with Desiree's energy and spirit, and he saw in her the perfect partner to help him launch his label. Together, they began to work on a new sound that blended elements of pop, easy listening, worldbeat, and EDM to create a unique and infectious style. As they worked, Desiree's desire to leave Chicago and see the world grew stronger, and she began to dream of a life beyond the city limits.
Enter Jack Lee, a white dancer from Freeman Country, Virginia. Jack had been traveling the world, performing in clubs and bars and honing his own unique style. When he met Desiree and Jerome, he was immediately drawn to their energy and their music. The three of them began to dance together, and as they did, something magical happened. The music they created together was unlike anything anyone had ever heard before, a fusion of styles and rhythms that seemed to transcend borders and boundaries.
As they performed together, Desiree's desire to leave Chicago began to fade, replaced by a newfound love for the music and the people she had found in Jerome and Jack. She knew that she had found her place in the world, and that she would never be content to stay in one place for too long. The thrill of the road and the rush of the stage were her home now, and she knew that she would always be a wanderer at heart.
And so, Desiree, Jerome, and Jack set out on a journey to leave Chicago behind and take their music to the world. They danced through the nightclubs and waltzed through the trips, spreading their unique sound and their message of love and unity wherever they went. And as they did, they knew that they were changing the world, one dance at a time.
Oh yeah he sure knew how to milk it- best diva ever😂
This is Tchaikovsky at his most lyrical, heartbroken, despairing peak. My heart cries for him each time I listen to The Nutcracker, his fairytale fantasy of a happy life. Keep resting in peace and power, Pëtr.
Caro Roberto, la penso come te, sono una romantica ottocentesca❤️❤️
Ascolto questo brano e lo schiaccianoci, fin da piccolissima
you put it so well.
I cry rivers everytime i hear this piece. If I try to put what i feel listening to this piece, it would be smth like this: a purity, a dream, a hope, admiration, devotion, love. But then...disappointment, sadness, anger, hopelessness, being hit by the reality (multiple times), again a tiny piece of hope, and then final and utter disappointment... and death.
This piece precisely describes (without a word) something grand and essential which started so beautifully and ended with heartbreaking disappointment.
I dont know.. I think this piece is very tragical, considering that this is actually a duet of the Prince and Sugar Plum Fairy.
He was in love with his nephew. Reminder.
@JM 9 everything is cringe nowadays..
God: how many Feelings do you want to express in your pieces?
Tchaikovsky: yes
Pieces
*your . You're welcome! 🙂
Thank you very much for the correction, my English is not perfect.
greetings from Mexico.
@@DannY-og8lv Viva Méxicoooooo!
খুব ভালো মন্তব্য
so is it talent or raw emotions?
tchaikovsky : *_yes_*
Army 😍
both. You need talent in order to properly convey raw emotions this strongly in music. So in other words, yes.
@@nasu8244 Don't forget Goya was a genius painter he got up early every day 6:00 to start painting
@ClandestineOstrich Tbh I was obsessed trying to find a partner. All feelings you mentioned was the daily mood. But for the time I decided to switch to improve myself, and I was full focused on building my careers and find a way to enjoy my work. The way I found happiness was hard because you must feel happy with your own to be happy with your partner. Then move on be confident with your personality, share time with people who add positive value to your life and avoid toxic relationships. Once you get there, you will find a supportive partner, but never forget you must be happy with or without him/her. TDLR focus on build your happiness on your own, eventually you will find the right partner.
@ClandestineOstrich you must build your self-confidence and happiness on your own. Support from a partner is a gift, it should make you happier because it is a fulfill experience. But you can't rely on people support, you can't "need" someone's support because that is not healthy. You can build your energy from doing workout and working on your art daily will make you more attractive and self-confident. Eventually you will feel stronger mentally as you feel fit. And that will help you to find someone with no extra effort. Healthy body, healty brain. Hope it helps you
People can mock barbie movies as much as they want, but they introduced me to classical music, and I’ll be ever thankful for that
edit: btw it's very nice to hear y'all in the comments say the tv shows and movies that introduced you to classical music!
Whatever it takes! The old, classic cartoons of Warner Bros., Hanna Barbara, and Disney did the same for millions of people.
Real
SAME 😭 the best thing ever from barbie
FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR BARBIE MOVIES INTRODUCING ME TO COOL CLASSICAL SONGS
Wat? •_•
Tchaikovsky touches the deep sorrow within our hearts with this masterpiece
NO QUESTION.
A myriad of emotions... HOPE. Wanting to LIVE!♥️ 🎶
Indeed.
On one visit, when Schubert called with Anselm Hüttenbrenner, Beethoven remarked, "You, Anselm have my mind, but Franz has my soul."
lies
It's so hard not to admire Russian culture. Both in literature and Classic, their achievement is like a myth.
I don't understand what it is about 19th century Russia that made it so outstanding. It's almost an age that deserves recognition in the history books.
Its russ Per Gunt, ok?
Truly nothing hard at all. Russian culture is as beautiful as it’s amazing.
I usually hear little of Russia, but when I started reading classicals I find Russian to be my favourite. Not even French literature with all their glamour could compare to my first Russian classical novel, the one that immediately settled Russian literature in my heart : Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Still haven't read a book that could leave an impression as strong on me as that one.
@@mattakubodimasen10 I relate to you. I can hardly find more deeply telling stories of the human condition than from that period.
Others: Pass the aux
Me an intellectual: *PAS DE DEUX*
Abd Rauf Bin Ahmad I laughed a lot longer than I should have at that
Darn, you beat me to it
once upon a midnight bleary omg same
You’re not like others are you?
Geeezz
I was expecting a nice waltz or something easy in the background, I wasn't ready to be lifted from my seat into the stars on a journey of transcendent magnificence.
Same
Yeah it happens
So true
That's the problem with putting on music! lol
neither did i
God: "So how much talent do you want?"
Tchaikovsky: "Yes"
O.K. yesyes talent you can prepare for your self
God give you healthy faces and bodys
that is talent God give you
You can prepare a lot yesyes for yourself
so bored of this joke
the fact that this has been posted 3weeks ago and already has more than 600 likes just means that at least 660 people still listen it. warms my heart
@@williamtoner8674 I find the fact that it's now being used in the context of classical composers to be hilarious.
X,D
*Tchaikovsky in heaven*
Tchaikovsky: was I a good composer?
God: No
God: I was told you were the best
They are playing his music up there i bet
Apparently, God failed English 101.
@@lecobra418 God also failed to give you a respectful personality i see.
@@gvantsa4403 He probably had some difficulties typing that correctly into my bios.
@@lecobra418 you said it
I can't stop crying. It is just so beautiful and elegant
Yes Gen, I feel you. I have listened to this so many times yet it has ahold of me once again and the tears won’t stop flowing and my entire body is in spasmodic mode in response to Pyotr.
sameeee
❤❤❤
😅😅😅
Mr. Tchaikovsky, you sadly did not receive the recognition you deserved while alive. But there are millions whom you have touched with your gift. Wherever you are, I hope you are at peace and in eternal happiness. Thank you for this amazing work of art. I cry every single time.
He was pretty celebrated in his lifetime in Europe ans especially in America.
Why wish him all the best just because he was gifted, maybe he was an absolute asshole
@@Ali_esam.нет, он был прекрасным человеком во всех смыслах, бог рано забирает лучших
@user-1g6hfpy4y. он умер в 50 лет, и имел много планов, а седина совсем не показатель возраста если что, у меня все родственники до 30 уже седые были
@user-1g6hfpy4y. Reakcja daltonisty... 🤗 Nie współczuję. 👎
The sound of falling in love for the first time.
Yes
The sound of falling in love, in general.
That’s exactly what it reminded me of ❤️💔
best description ever
I want this sound forever in my head tho lol
A message to the future generations. Don't let this song die.
piece
Please 🥺
No bro we are all ready dead.
No hate but don't call it a song. It's called piece
@@bait5257 bait, you are right.
Please reply to this. I'd like to get a notification from time to time to remind me this masterpiece exists. Thanks in advice.
Listen to this
Seems like you will come and listen every week
I’m sure you listened to it yesterday, but today is a fine day to do it again.
My reminder man!!!!
As you wish, my friend
Anyone here shed a tear for how beautiful this song is?
Me right now! 😥😥😥🎻
So many times. The last one tonight in a theatre were I saw The Nutcraker for the first time live. Too beautiful for words.
Me when conducts
This is a piece. A song is music with words
Me
it’s literally 3am right now, and i’m staring at the moon and listening to this beautiful work and i just, wow it felt like the moon was brighter at the crescendo and now tears are streaming down my face
life is magical, huh?
Twinsies
Very beautiful
mi channnal same here
Same. Except no moon here but my imagination.
2:58 - 3:46 is surely one of the most amazing moments in the history of music. it brings such an ethereal feeling.
honestly
right ? its just perfection at its best
Thanks for the comment. Now I now how to describe the feeling
It's even more magical when you're dancing the pas de deux with a close friend and you just get wrapped up in the music and the story. It's hard not to cry on stage :)
tokyo inn most definitely
God: Yo bring this guy up here this is fire
LMAO
😂
If I were God, I would've done the same thing lmao 🤣
😂😂🤣
*all hail to Tchaikovsky*
I'm French and we have some of the greatest composers of all time in classical music, yet in my opinion none reaches the greatness of the Russian composer, Tchaikovsky.
you know grandma Pyotr Ilyich would not approve the Z stuff if you knew his bio...
Из России с благодарностью.
@@extrasystole ты тем более не достоин даже слушать его
Палишся
@@extrasystole I don't think you realize how much of a nationalist Tchaikovsky was.
Sometimes I ask myself, how is it possible to create such a masterpiece? Painters, musicians, poets: how can they do this? How can they catch these emotions, these feelings so accurate? How can they express them so clearly? I am crying right now because I am happy that such humans existed. I am crying because this is my inner response to this masterpiece. I am crying because I am happy.
🙏 Bless you.
Pain and sadness, Tchaikovskys sister passed away so he created this
It was love. Go read about his story of live. Bless you all ❤
Because they are human!
i know the answear , you should suffer enough and be almost crazy and of course love what you are doing
Even i was a boy i watched those barbie movies, and these classics have a special place in my heart (don’t tell me only girls watched those barbie movies)
This is the first time that I've heard that they had been made. You might be alone! lol
Dude you're so cool for saying it. And no, you're not alone, a lot of guys I know have watched Barbie movies. It's not a big deal they never said Barbie was just for girls.
I’m also a guy and i used to be obsessed with barbie.
The movies you watch don’t define you as a person.
@@antgreen3254 takes one to know one. Are you coming out to us, 😉😉?
@@antgreen3254 If you wanna talk about witless, your own comment is a good start.
Doctor: I'm sorry. You only have 4 minutes left to live.
Me: I want to listen to Tchaïkovsky pas de deux
Doctor: But it's 5 min long
God: It's ok
BreakerofHope underrated comment
Sorry but I can't stop thinking about the ads in the beginning and there you are dying sad
@@andrea22jre wouldn't happen if you have RUclips® PREMIUM™
@@el_teodoro or adblock?
@@infectedmushroom3488 I recommend ublock origin since adblock is bought by a company who will share your data and still show you ads :c
0:13 there's only one person in this world could make a Gmaj scale sound so soul-soothing
As a dancer who does the nutcracker every year, this brings back so many amazing memories of waiting backstage while the snow queen and prince do their dance. It is such a magical thing, and when the crowd cheers so loudly before every comes on for the last part......
I love it so much. It truly is the most magical time of the year.
Thank you so much for bringing joy on stage ❤
I do the Nutcracker myself every year too, And this year I got the honor of playing the role of Clara in this year’s Nutcracker production! I’m so excited, Whenever I listen to the soundtrack, I keep thinking I need to be on stage what am I doing- Haha
This is from act 2.
This is not the snow queen's pdd.
@@sonyawalker9212 I mean the final one
I read that he composed this as an elegy for his beloved sister after she passed away. I did always think this piece felt like a lament, haunting and full of grief. I always want to cry when I listen to it.
I feel the same way. I know, it's the love song of the nutcracker, but it sounds so bittersweet and melancholic.
Kinda feels like he's remembering and how he felt over all those times
I can literally hear it in the music. It gives me chills.
It's impossible to listen to Tchaikovsky without having immense goosebumps I mean listen to that man , from 2:58 on it's purely heavenly, so epic
to me it starts at 2:15. I don’t know why but i can’t hold my tears from that moment.
Yes, exactly in 2:58 I felt goosebumps!
For me its after 1 min
But 3:15 is definitely my favorite part
ikr, im listening to this (for the first time) nd get chills all thw time
It feels like a wounded soul that’s finally blossoming, driven and stirred by feelings of joy and love, perhaps for the first time ever, until it’s so overwhelmed with emotion that it gives in and completely embraces it.
Yes, I interpreted it the same. :)❤
If you subscribe to the idea this entire piece was written by Tchaikovsky as both a musical memorial to his dead sister and as a personal expression of his own grief and acceptance then yeah...
Well no... He was in despair.
i completely felt this way too. regardless of what others here reply to you. what lies in the subconscious is something else. also i am a believer that music speaks of and reflects our own experiences. this is probably what we are going through right now.
I wish he knew that people would cry listening to this again and again in 2018.
He does know...through his work of art.
Андрей frrrrrr that’s me rn 😭😭
"If it weren't for you, I never would have danced at all."
Robby wrong song dumbahh
@@Prince-wi5sp Ass.
Ahhh Us....
“You felt it too”
US. AN US REFERENCE YAAAS
Showed this to my girlfriend, she my wife now.
Nice
Showed this to my crush. He didn't like it so I rejected him.
Congrats dude! 😍👍🏻
lol
Congrats 👍
лучший комментарий, который я когда-либо читал по поводу этого произведения был от девушки на испанском языке - Господи, я благодарю и преклоняюсь перед тобой, за то, что ты послал на землю Чайковского...
Me, an intellectual: it reminds me one of Barbie's movie
AHAHAH same here!!! We are intellectuals, but we had a great childhood too
The older Barbie movies had such amazing music and over all my favorites.
Yup, all I can think of when seeing and hearing this song is barbies the nutcracker
Great minds think alike homie
Me too😂😂😂 I watched all the films and I love Tchaikovsky due to these cartoons ❤️✌🏻
I'd like to introduce you to my religion.
Tchaikovskism.
😭😭😭😭
I'm interested
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
im your follower
May I join?
First time I heard this I cried like I've never cried before 😭 how can something so beautiful exist. Perfectly encapsulated within the notes is love, longing, beauty, sadness, regret, pity, oh God!
I was two when I heard this for the fist time and I erupted into inconsolable bawling for no apparent reason, that's how deep it touched me even before I had any idea about the pain life can bring. I am 32 now and it still affects me the same way.
Тоже самое😭😭😭
Xshut up you utter nonce
Russian folk music can also make you cry
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the story behind it it's even sadder.
Tchaikovsky wasn't really sure how to approach the Nutcracker, since he worked in more somber and dignified ballets before (the sleeping beauty and the swan lake) but this was commissioned and he couldn't say no, so there he was, uninspired. The Nutcracker's joyful and dreamlike story wasn't his forte, not when the man battled with depression for so long. He went to visit his family to soothe his mind, but a tragic event happened and his brother didn't have the heart to tell him, so Tchaikovsky heard the news when he came back to Moscow. His sister, the person he loved the most, passed away. It was then when he composed this piece as he imagined his sister dancing to it, maybe he remembered the days where they were younger and united as family, playing and opening gifts in Christmas just like Clara at the beginning of the story, maybe that was what made him realize how important this ballet was. A fun time for the family, a story of hope that in the end was just a mere dream. He really put his heart into this piece and the sorrowful acceptance is so vivid in it!
i dont know anything about ballet or classical music, i'm a hiphop dancer. but this is the most beautiful thing i've ever heard and i'm sobbing listening to it. i can't even put the emotion this song represents into words--it's almost like a bittersweet feeling, a tragic love. i have never heard of this composer in my life, but some people's talents are truly a gift to the world and this man's was one of them.
just listen to the classical russian composers Tchaikovsky Schostakovich, Prokofiev, Mussorgsky maybe even Borodin
God is good! What a song!
Try this. Greatest symphony. #RachmaninovSymphonyNo2: ruclips.net/p/PLlwGHNQ81SnqiGiQJ_Ahx2584epGcDM5n
Se mi permetti vorrei suggerirti di ascoltare il primo movimento della 6 Sinfonia di Tckaikoski travolgerà le tue emozioni.
E ancora il 2 movimento della 5 Sinfonia. Ascoltali e i tuoi sentimenti saranno elevati e ti pentirai di non avere conosciuto prima questo grande Autore.
Cordiali saluti
And this isn't even the most moving performance of it! Beautiful words, thank you for sharing.
To me, this song is like all your suppressed feelings; confusion, sadness,anger and feeling conflicted while so many things are happening around you. Everything is going by quickly. Life's nothing but a beautiful disaster. This song gives me solace and washes my worries away. Something ethereal and inspiring. All you can do is smile and move on while still having these feelings rooted inside. This is what the song is to me.
rach I feel the same.
Хорошо сказал
Every time I listen to this music ..I feel that my fantasy world of dreams ....of hope ...of love is falling apart forever
Eloquently put
I remember dancing to this and almost crying on stage from how everything was hitting me so hard with the music and the dancing. It’s beautiful
The three Tchaikovsky ballets are, in my opinion, at the summit of human artistic creation. I don't think anything surpasses the immense creative genius of these masterworks.
I bet you’d enjoy his Symphonies #5 and 6. The whole Human Condition is in them.
ruclips.net/p/PLlwGHNQ81SnqiGiQJ_Ahx2584epGcDM5n
@@DTJKS Agreed, #TchaikovskySymphonyNo5, and 6, are more condensed brilliance, as are the #TchaikovskyViolinConcerto, and #TchaikovskyPianoConcertoNo1. Symphony No.5 is his best, although some say 6, but all his famous pieces are great.
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Beethoven was at the same level, and in some ways surpasses Tchaikovsky (and in some ways Tchaikovsky surpasses). In terms of raw emotion, they are both par IMHO. Of course this is just re: music. If speaking of painting or sculpture, the conversation goes in a very different direction.
As a ballerina, I can think of when I hear this piece is backstage at my favorite old theater, it’s a week before Christmas. The whole cast is waiting in the wings for finale, silently shuffling around while watching this beautiful dance take place. There’s a revered silence and energy in the air, like everyone’s holding their breath, a brief moment of calm in the storm. The beautiful music coming through the speakers so loud and reverbing off of the high domed ceiling you can feel it in your bones. Time warps, going so fast while going so slow. I can’t even begin to describe the feeling when the audience erupts into applause at the end and everyone backstage is cheering and clapping too, and listening to this piece without it just feels so empty. 2020 was the first time in 10 years I went without it. I know someday I will be the sugar plum fairy and have the honor of performing this dance, but for now I just get to sit here and cry, reminiscing on some of the best times of my life, and how much I’ve missed out on.
I love you, you're amazing. Don't worry, it'll be back to normal someday. Please make sure to post a recording of your performance when you get that part and do this dance.
incredibly worded
this was beautiful, thank you for sharing
Beautifully described the feelings. Merry Christmas
Wow. You have the most elegant way of putting things. As a writer and a ballerina, I support you and hope that one day it will get back to normal. ❤❤❤ hope you get this and just remember, patience is key.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who cries over the absolute Heavenly beauty of this piece. 😭🎻😭🎻
Ayo any of you cool kids watch the Barbie version of the Nutcracker when you were a kid? That shit was great man
Jo O'Cleary YES!
jackier132 Ayyyyyyyyyyyyy
No I was busy in ballet class rehearsing for the Nutcracker👌
As a guy who has seen all the original old school Barbie movies, the nutcracker was the most awesome of them, easy top two right behind princess and the pauper
Bro yes I've watched all of them up to pink shoes
I can name several people in my life who can't stand to hear classical music.. I try to play 1 round of Nutcracker during Christmas and they beg me to turn it off.. I will never understand it. To hate the sound of art, carved from the face of heaven..it's like a curse, to hear something so resplendent, so beautiful, and not love it.
Even my friend, who can't sit for more than a 1minute to classical music, thought this piece was amazing
man thats sad, as a ballerina classical music is the best
Otherwise known as my brother. I always say “Alexa play Tchaikovsky’s the nutcracker” and my brother begs me he’s like “TURN IT OFF THIS IS SO ANNOYING!” so I always say “annoying to you, art to everyone else in the world” (an exaggeration, not everyone thinks it as art)
@@stevetutty2818 But at least they need to respect other person's taste. Not everyone has an attention span longer than 8 seconds.
Sorry if that was overheated.
Shut up you loser. Just enjoy the music jfc
This is simultaneously triumphant and melancholic. it's like catching the eye of a brother over a battlefield in chaos and taking a moment to revel in that at whatever may happen, victory or defeat, you were with them
Beautiful description 😍
That is such a pretty thing to imagine while listening to this
no - it's like catching the eye of a brother over a battlefield when he is fighting for the enemy.
3:30 gets me every time. Tears flow down my cheeks as if they were a stream. Absolutely beautiful
I play this in my classroom for 4th grade and even some of the kids cry... I choke back tears when I hear it too. It's always a beautiful experience everytime I listen.
oh my...what a lovely thing to share. thank you.
That's so sweet. I would be a mess when the babies start tearing up
@@annalucy53074th graders that know emotions in music? Dang.
R/YeahThatHappened and then everyone clapped
Katie Hughes Dang really? I think kids are more emotional these days. Don’t get me wrong the song is a masterpiece.
To me, this is the sound of being in a bittersweet relationship. Like breaking up with someone you're still in love with.
+GlassMufasa You just can't let go.
It's from a scene where two lovers are compelled to part with each other, isn't it? That would make the sad sound very appropriate.
+John Shaw from the nutcracker right??
GlassMufasa MY E M O T I O N S
GlassMufasa same feeling
People listen to songs about santa for Christmas,
I listen to Tchaikovsky.
Tchaikovsky rocks all year long, my friend ;-)
Christmas is unnecessary.
“Don’t worry guys, I’m not like other girls”
The Nutcracker is a classic at that time of year.
Multitask if you are able and enjoy both!
My Mom's favorite piece on The Nutcracker...she passed away in 2018, and when I hear it I can't stop crying because I miss her so...thanks for giving me beautiful music Mom!
😢
you're a very fortunate person.
@@jerrylyons9279 yes, very. Thank you 😇
Why do I burst into tears as soon as it hits that big note decline it's just so much emotion in the music
men don't cry Sanya calm down))
Sascha Shingles me, also. tear up every bloody time. exquisite.
I do, too.
Sascha Shingles It gets me too. I was that wrestler jock in high school that got asked to be the prince in our local Nutcracker production, and I fell in love with this piece. Every time it would begin playing while I was on the throne, I'd subtly tear up...
Sasha, as I wrote above: Is this the most intense passionate piece of music ever written? (This is quite an intense rendition in my opinion) Like his Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza from Symphony No. 5 (second movement).
Anyone else wish that at the end you could stand and give this piece the standing ovation it deserves every time it’s over!!!
Yes!!
Me! Me! I do!!!
tbh i just spam the replay button
Hit like, subscribe, and replay~
My legs would be so tired, because every time I listen to this I would be standing and clapping.
Tchaikovsky's music is purely magical
Indeed
That’s why he’s so well known in the ballet community
To me, this is one of the most heartbreaking songs ive ever heard. Apparently Tchaikovsky wrote this score during the news that his sister had died, and it truly sounds like all of that grief was poured into the music. It sounds like the fleeting, desperate, but ultimately futile grasps for something you're destined to lose. It makes me think, loving someone is the saddest thing a person can do.
How can someone put so much suffering, love, and sorrow into one piece? truly amazing
I listened to this every night of my son’s third deployment to Afghanistan. He’s home safe now.
He composed this for his deceased sister...and then there is my brother who doesn't even open my messages.😔🤦♀️
omg, this hit me so deep. Siblings need to appreciate each other more!
He loves you
😭😭😭
Ooh 😄
I mean- they don't really have smart phones in the 1900s😂
Siblings will be siblings, I guess.
сотый раз слушаю, Чайковский прекрасен и трагичен
If God gave the gift of Melody to any one composer in abundance, it was to Tchaikovsky. I have carried such thoughts for him in my heart since I was a child to this day. And, for almost 50 years, his framed photo has been on my desk. After all these years, he is still there ...
That's beautiful.
@@luckydoodle630 Blessings!
No composer churns out memorable melodies like Tchaikovsky.
@@zadaw7220 I agree with you!
Thank you Grandpa
I thank you, my sweet Lord, for allowing a man named Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky to be born and to compose such beautiful heart-feeding music. Please keep his soul in the reign of wonders forever
+Eloísa García Beautiful comment!
+Cedericoco Santorini well, I was inspired ;)
Eloísa García
and rightly so ;)
I agree with you!
You write such lovely words about the greatest composer who ever lived. I listen Tchaikovsky's music all day
I may be wrong, but I heard that much of the music we hear in the ballet and major parts of the plot were added in homage to Tchaikovsky's close sister, who died a year after the first version of it was performed. He had the music and plot rewritten so that Clara/Marie was the main character, that there was a Sugar Plum Fairy, and all the magical beauty that made the ballet what we know now is because of this newer version. It wasn't just to make the ballet more exciting or fun; it was Tchaikovsky's way of coping the lost of his sister. He kept her memory alive through the characters and music, and now I can't hear the music without my heart breaking.
I'm not crying, you're crying :(
One of the most beautiful pieces of music art, born from love and passion for music.
Musical magician, undoubtedly.
Thank you, Tchaikovsky ❤
When I listened to this my mouth flopped open, I smiled and I actually started crying and was still crying as I walked into school... I’ve never heard something so beautiful in my life..
I know, right??!!!
No you didn't
You must hear his Valse Sentimentale
Agree!!💜
literally me buit i was doing homework :(
3:30 does such a good job of holding the suspense and then releasing. No other version does that. This is why I keep going back to this one.
Me too
That's the best part of the whole song
You're right 💯🎻
Im crying of how beautiful this is
Me too
same
No jokes, this was one of the only songs that actually made me cry
Almost every time I listen to this, tears come to my eyes. So beautiful and dramatic✨... I've heard that the whole Nutcracker was planned by Tchaikovsky as a farewell to childhood or something like that. Brilliant! 👏
This melody was always associated for me with a feeling of pain of loss.. I don't know why. This sounds so tragic, yet beautiful. Just like I felt this in childhood, when I first came to ballet in Moscow with my sister and dad. Now my dad is gone.. Mother is ill and I feel this again... It helps me now very much to go through harsh times... Now, knowing the history if this melody I once again understood, why I feel exactly like this while listening to this. Music is cure and Tchaikovsky is genius..
I heard he wrote it for/about his dead sister so that follows
@@BatgirlStan Yeah, I know..(
Have courage and faith sister, you shall overcome all these feelings. Happiness will be yours!!!
Sending you lots of prayers and blessings. 🤗
@@0rhythm_divine0 Thanks so much for your support!
Hey, I hope you’re well!!
3:30 When Tchaikovsky decided to teach the lazy picolloist a lesson.
literally never noticed the crazy piccolo part until this comment and now it's all i hear 😀
God the piccolo part just tickles my senses. Out of this world!!!!
i am the lazy picolloist....
AhAhAh !!!
SCALES!!! PRACTICE YOUR SCALES!! AND THEN AGAIN!!
Im dumbfounded why classical music is so underrated, like its the best why dont people listen to them? other than those mainstream ones...You know, Canon in D, Flight of the bumblebee, Summer, Fur elise, etc.
this has 19m views and its from one of the most popular ballets lol but i see where your coming from
there was a time where the music mentioned was mainstream. It's just been.. kinda forgotten about, for the world and media changed and thus this basically drowned with the other mentioned music tracks.
Air on the g string is nice
Because today in a digital era at the same time that everyone can listen to classical music, most people just what listen to song with catchy lyrics and 3 minutes long. I'm not against that type of music, but because of it people aren't usually patient enough to truly stop and listen a classical instrumental piece like this one.
"Why can't people listen to classical other than the popular pieces?"
- Commented on a piece from the Nutcracker
this is how love feels like
The main part of the melody is a downward scale. A downward scale! Have you ever heard such an emotionally expressive downward scale in your life?
The Freckled Cormarant no its not a scale each note isnt a whole step down
Obviously the whole thing's not a scale: I mean those first eight notes on the strings, after the harp has set the scene. That phrase, which appears again and again through the piece in various musical costumes (e.g. relative minor at 0:30), is a downward scale, isn't it, surely? I'll concede he does sprinkle a little rhythmical change on it to turn it into a tune - you'd get a frown from your music examiner playing one in that rhythm - but that's the wonder of it: with a touch of creativity a great composer can turn something basic into gold.
Try listning to "Aase's Death" from the Peer Gynt suite. It's a musical portrait of an old, seriously ill woman seemingly getting better followed by a downward motif indicating she's not getting better after all. I will never understand how orchestra members can stay dry eyed while performing it.
Νο I have not listened such an emotionally expressive downward scale...you are absolutely right. So simple and so unique and amazing.
I have no idea what the fuck are you talking about.
I play the cello. I played this piece in my freshman year of high school, and am currently at the end of my junior year. This is probably the piece that made me realize my dream of becoming a professional musician, and most likely my favorite piece of music of all time. Thank you so much, Mr. Tchaikovsky.
I'm neither a cello player nor professional musician, just an amateur piano player who's majoring mechanical engineering in uni. but this piece always motivates me every time and i hope that i can play this sheet with piano someday. Hope you can make your dream come true to be a professional musician.
@@KHHVKimchicel thank you so much for your words. I wish you the best in your endeavors.
Hey, have you ever been interested in composing classical music? Just curious
@@Tchaikovsky391 it’d be cool but my main interest is playing
Should come with a warning label: "YOU ARE ABOUT TO FEEL ALL THE EMOTIONS".
What a beautiful masterpiece!
Accurate...
My dear friend had this playing at his funeral, along with Piano Trio (Shostakovich), and Piano Concerto No.2 (Rachmaninoff). He had a full orchestra in a cathedral, even though he wasn't religious. He likes these three Russians, as he would call them. "The golden trio." He was an exceptional young fellow, a gentleman. Always dapper, always spoke well, and read a lot too. He was 19 at the age of death, and he knew it was about to happen. Handled it very stoic. When people came around, he asked "Have they swept away the gravel?" (After winter). Or "Did the postman come as usual today?" He knew we all were in grief, but somehow I think he enjoyed it. But the funeral was beautiful, he had structured the songs in a particular order, first the Piano Trio (haunting violin tragedy), then this, and lastly Piano Concerto. He made someone read from the Illiad and some own poems. One of them was: We leave nothing to this world. Our life is for ourselves. And another one about a love of his, I don't know whom:
So you look out for the stars
Pay attention to the birds
And the oceans
And hope to glimpse her there
And that constant hope
Becomes you very reality.
He had so many friends you never thought about. It was us at his age, from school and childhood. But then there were people all around the world. Young as old. Men, women. He had a dozen people flying in from Italy that I never knew existed. And they all had such beautiful stories about him. There was a girl too, from the west coast. She loved him uncontrollably, and I knew this would never end for her. For me, the whole thing was so beautiful I wanted to die too.
this was so beautifully written. the last line hits so hard. seriously you should write poetry or something. i'm sorry about the loss of your friend. he sounds like an incredible guy. i would have loved to be at his funeral
@@katthew4458 I didn't think anyone would really read this. Thanks for your concern. If you think I wrote this well, you should just seen this man. Incredible in every aspect. But you were right though, I do write poetry - some habit I've picked up from him, and currently try to write a structured, long novel where the character is somewhat portrayed as him.
@@loewesandberg5033 I would really love to read about his story
Falling in love with this song while falling in love with a girl is something guys.
Try listening to his Romeo and Juliet fantasy overture and skip to 14:20
@@Skyro. It's good but it's WAAAY too over played, if I never heard of it it would be good.
❤❤❤ aw I never thought I would find another arctic monkeys fan in a tchaikovsky video hahah
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@@MrHioro yes!! 😊
can i just say that the artwork is also really pretty? like the music is godly, but the painting is also pretty cool
I agree!
Hopefully you have been well since you write that comment.
I found it!!
The painting/drawing is called "Lightness" it was done by Renata Brzozowska, a bstract painter.
ikr it’s like it’s sucking me in with the music, the patterned strokes around the dancer look like a flurry
To me, it feels like loss... Like the loss of something that was beautiful and sweet but was destined to ephemerality. Like someone, who is usually kind and calm-mannered, is simultaneously remembering and reliving the joyful, and grieving its loss, being driven to a height of emotionality. This music is beautiful wow.
Auva Stratos you're right. I have heard he composed this when he heard of his sister's death. I feel his grief
I love your description..I think this is how my heart would desire to explain the emotions I get but also it gives a kind of strength. Isn't it?
Auva Stratos it's strange how we all have a similar visual to this song. that's kind of how I feel when I listen to this
Is this......
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Spivakov and the National Philharmonic of Russia! I just learned the source of this the absolute best version of the Nutcracker Pas de Deux. It seems to stand out more than all the other pieces in Nutcracker. There is a sense of tragedy, loss, and fatalism which would mark the last music Tchaikovsky ever composed. The thrilling climaxes and crescendos. This is so moving. I can hear the heartache. It's a winter ballad. It's falling snow deep snow on the ground in the forest a snow storm keeping lovers apart from each other. Absolutely shattering and amazing. At least in this pas de deux Spivakov truly 'got' Tchaikovsky and understood everything. I am in tears.
Reading these comments is comforting. I'm not the only one who bawls from the minute I hear the harps first note
Not at all. I'm always in tears at this scene. The last three years I've watched St Louis Ballet's rendition of it, (I'm their company-class pianist,) and from the first time, first year, I was in tears. These days I'm smart enough to bring tissues!
Well it's an iconic piece from one of the greatest and most renowned composers, of course you're not the only one
Такое удушающее, тошнотворное, но и тёплое и далекое чувство детской ностальгии от этой музыки… исполнение шедевральное. Как же я люблю этот отрывок. Люблю до слез.
Когда он писал эту музыку, то пришло известие о смерти его младшей сестры от передозировки морфия(если я правильно помню). Думаю, вы услышали именно то, что он хотел сказать, ностальгия за детством со своей маленькой сестрёнкой и прощание с ней. Ведь эта музыка на самом деле несёт в себе очень глубокую и глубоко заложенную грусть...
ну не тошнотворное а скорее горькое
@@rhomai именно что тошнотворное))
@@rhomai не полностью горькое, есть в нём и немного сладкого в чем то далёком, в памяти, навсегда в прошлом... И от этой сладости горечи ещё больше. Сколько сложных эмоций, Чайковский был гением в том, как рассказывал свои чувства музыкой
тошнотворное...какое неприятное слово вы выбрали, оно никак не вяжется с этим шедевром
I hope this doesn't sound weird but this music makes me feel like I'm drowning yet floating, I'm falling and gasping for my breath and control against the tides but just when I've lost hope I'm lifting up into the clouds (this feeling the music evokes also matches the thumbnail)
i...i feel the same bro wtf
you just put my feelings into words
Maybe you shouldn't have sniffed that white powder, friend. :/
Lmao
tchaikovsky just hit different bro
How did Tchaikovsky manage to make A SCALE SOUND SO PRETTY
I'm italian and my country have great composers like Verdi, Vivaldi, Puccini and Rossini, but nobody for me (also sacred monsters like Mozart and Beethoven) can give to me the same intense feeling as Tchaikovskj (perhaps only Bach). He can shape the melodies like few artists. His music is the only that can destroy my bad feelings, bring me in another dimension. It thanks to him that I'm interested in Russian culture (art, music, literature, science). I would like to visit Moscow and St.Petersburg also for seeing the most important places of his life (like Marinsky Theatre) Unfortunatly in my country lots of people see Russia only as the country of stupid gopniks, shitty communism, soviet blocks and gulags (as lots of foreign people see my Italy as mafia and corruption). True Russia is not awful URSS!
I have the same feeling, this guy is a true genious. And Bach is also my favourite composer
Welcome, friend! That is all lies) Trust your heart..
THANK YOU from people of Russia! And I ADORE Vivaldi's winter. This is one of my most favourite melody ever! Italian culture is eternal
Not sure, that italians see russians as gopniks.
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This is one of those pieces you can accurately describe as "overflowing with beauty"
Utterly sublime. Fighting back tears. Thank you , Tchaikovsky.☺♥
Don't fight them! It is a beautiful thing to be so amazed by music. Let it happen. ☺
Depends the reason you cry dear.
this song brings me to tears everytime i listen to it. All i can picture is my mom, she was a ballet dancer growing up en pointe. She was truly incredible at it. It was her only escape from an abusive household, her true love. Unfortunately she had scoliosis and once she got the surgery to fix her back, it became infected. Leaving her heartbroken and never able to dance again. All she wanted was to be a dancer, to take her pain and make art.