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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23

1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito

2. Andantino semplice – Prestissimo

3. Allegro con fuoco

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky/Sergei Rachmaninov, Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky/Patrice Bart, The Nutcracker, Op. 71

II: Introduction; Confiturembürg's scene

II: Arrival of Clara and the Prince

II: Character Dances: Chocolate (Spanish Dance)

II: Character Dances: Coffee (Arabian Dance)

II: Character Dances: Tea (Chinese Dance)

II: Character Dances: Trépak (Russian Dance)

II: Character Dances: Dance of the Reed Pipes

II: Character Dances: Mother Cigogne & the Clowns

II: Waltz of the Flowers

II: The Prince & the Sugar-Plum Fairy. Andante maestoso

II : Tarantella

II: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy.

II: Pas de Deux Coda

II: Final Waltz and Apotheosis

Vasily Petrenko conducts Tchaikovsky — With Nikolai Lugansky

Verbier Festival 2024

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Cast

Nikolai Lugansky — Pianist

Verbier Festival Orchestra

Vasily Petrenko — Conductor

Program notes

Maestro Vasily Petrenko leads the Verbier Festival Orchestra in an all-Tchaikovsky programme brimming with romantic splendor. Superstar pianist Nikolai Lugansky showcases Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, a masterpiece recognizable by its opening horn call that introduces a sequence of dramatic piano chords underlining a lyrical orchestral melody. The magic continues with Act II of Tchaikovsky’s iconic ballet, The Nutcracker, where protagonist Clara and the Nutcracker Prince arrive at the extraordinary Land of the Sweets. The second act includes the glorious Waltz of the Flowers, whimsical Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and poignant Pas de Deux: some of Tchaikovsky’s most beautiful and emotive music.

Nikolai Lugansky appears courtesy of Harmonia Mundi.
medici.tv’s studio features and broadcasts from the 2024 Verbier Festival are produced with the support of Madame Aline Foriel-Destezet.

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