#tschaikovsky

[lonelylittledot]

so I'm watching a recording of "The Nutcracker" and it's all very nice except that I'm so uncomfortable with the general ballet standards for the male dancers' costumes

it's not called The Nutcracker for nothing, those nuts do be crackin' and i don't love seeing that

[septembergold]

[voidsentprinces]

Good evening, on this November 5th. It seems only fitting that we have a piece of the 1812 Overture's Finale by Pitor Ilich Tschaikovsky...with cannon, of course.

Classical pieces don’t exactly have lyrics, so I thought I’d post some pieces and make a poll to help this super niche set of people maybe find the music they have been looking for one day.

This is an extra little tidbit to our usual weekly Sunday Classical Search because it is appropriate. While the Finale is the most popular and heard piece of this entire Overture. It is an entire performance, stretching an entire 15 minutes and some change, which was named: The Solemn Overture or the Year 1812 Overture. Made to commerate Russia's successful defense against French Invasion. Celebrated by the Russians but infamously lauded as Napoleon's defeat and indeed, some may argue, the beginning of his fall from grace.

In modern times, you might recognize it as a point of triumph or to get the blood truly flowing from movie trailers to car commercials, this piece is used to great effect. But, arguably the most famous use of this piece was in the 2005 film, taking inspiration in adaption from the Alan Moore graphic novel of the same name: V for Vendetta, starring Hugo Weaving and Natalie Portman. As both are forced to navigate a dystopian fascist state London. And in doing so raising the banner of revolution while using the failed Catholic Terrorist, Guy Fawkes, as inspiration for such acts.

[eternitas]

hi lou!! 2, 8, 9 for rena!

Send me a character and a number to see how they accesoirize

This was sooo fun to do and also agravating due to a certain someone COUGH Hayato COUGH anyway! I hope you enjoy the answers! and again thank you thank you thank you for sending something in!

TW: OC x CANON (aka HayaRena)

2- Renas phone with screensaver and background

Rena always has notifications for her theater groupchat and an app that alerts her of planetary alignments. Girl is someone who always has 19 notifications and popups but rarely deals with all of them because she keeps them up as a reminder. I didn't wanna draw it but she also has her homescreen set to a big calender where she keeps track of rehersals and performances.

8- Renas favourite item

A musicbox her grandmother gifted her before she passed. It plays two tunes. Tschaikovskies Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies and Tschaikovskies Swan Lake theme that can be switched between by pushing one of two buttons. She keeps it hidden in a box, but sometimes when she is alone takes it out. Dimitri used to sometimes wind up the musicbox when he noticed she couldn't sleep and it always helped her calm down.

9- One of Renas jewelery

A small pendant Hayato bought for her at the culture festival when she noticed she was too short on cash. Since it was also the night they had their first kiss and began dating she holds it very dear, even if technically she gave him the money back. The thought counts.

[ineffable-cats]

Classical songs and how i associate them with Hannibal Lecter: a thread Little disclaimer: I'm not associating the actual meanings or names of these songs to Hannibal, only my judgement of the sound itself. It can sound different to anyone so its completely understandable that you don't agree with my view. I will also not be doing an analysis on Love Crime by Siouxsie since I think it's rather obvious what I would associate it to, and the place where you do hear the song will cloud my judgement too much to give it any other meaning.

The songs are all in a playlist I made on Spotify

Liebestraum - Franz Liszt

None but the lonely heart - Pyotr. I. Tschaikovsky

Requiem: II. "Dies irae" - Giuseppe Verdi

Lacrimosa - Wolfgang A. Mozart

The Four Seasions: "Winter" - Antonio Vivaldi

Dining with Lecter - Peter Gundry

Dark Cello - Maurizio Bignone

taking a small break again, hopefully ill finish this soon as i have 6 more songs to go (ALSO whenever i update the playlist ill update this thread too :))

[blumarinelily]

backstage at laura andraschko aw23 ‘tschaikovsky’s bitch’

[mademoiselle-red]

Charioteer Ask - 3, 8 and 29!

3 Favourite literary reference.

Tschaikovsky’s Swan Lake 

In the 1953 edition of The Charioteer, Laurie hums the enchanter’s theme when meeting Andrew for the first time. In Swan Lake, the Enchanter is the villain who turns a young maiden named Odette into a white swan. The spell can only be broken if one who has never loved before swears to love Odette forever. In the ballet, the prince first sees and falls in love with Odette, but when he returns to his castle for a ball, the enchanter turns the black swan Odile into Odette’s form, and introduces her to the prince. The prince believes Odile is his beloved and promises his love to her in front of the entire court. When the prince realizes his mistake, he rushes back to the lake to find Odette, but since he has already promised his love to Odile, the curse cannot be broken. Rather than remain a swan forever, Odette commits suicide, and the prince follows her into death. 

In TC, as Laurie hums the enchanter’s theme, he falls under the spell of his fantasies and projects his love for Ralph onto someone else. Like the prince mistaking Odile for Odette, Laurie sees a boy who resembles Ralph and projects his feelings and fantasies about 19 year old Ralph onto this boy. The Swan Lake reference also highlights Laurie’s struggle to truly see and recognize Ralph. He mistakes Ralph for someone else three times: at Dunkirk a delirious Laurie mistakes him for a “tart”, Laurie has a sense of deja vu upon seeing the 19 year old Andrew and later realizes that it was because of his resemblance to 19 year old Ralph, Laurie is misled into believing that Ralph confronted Andrew when it was in fact Bunny who assumed Ralph’s identity. 

Furthermore, by viewing Ralph and Andrew as manifestations of the black and white horses from the charioteer metaphor in The Phaedrus, Laurie unintentionally reduces their multifaceted personalities to one-dimensional analogies, robbing them of their full humanity as the enchanter does to Odette in Swan Lake. She must spend her days as a swan, only turning back into a human at night and only by the lake, never able to leave. Like Odette, Ralph is not allowed to live his full humanity by day, only at night, and only in private queer spaces, is he allowed to be himself. 

Like the prince in Swan Lake, Laurie falls under a fantasy and fails to recognize his beloved until it is almost too late. In the ballet, a case of mistaken identity leads to the prince’s betrayal of Odette, which destroys her hopes of living a human life beyond the confines of the lake, and she’d rather die than lose her humanity. Likewise, a case of mistaken identity leads Laurie to reject Ralph and betray the trust they’ve established, which destroys Ralph’s last hopes of living a life where he can be his full human self outside the confines of the queer party scene, and if he can’t “make it out as a human being”, then he’d rather die. 

Unlike Swan Lake, however, TC avoids the depressing ending –it may be too late for Odette and the prince, but it is not too late for Ralph and Laurie. Laurie returns just in time to promise his love to his true beloved, and saves his life.

8 If you could add one school scene to the book, what would it be?

The first time Laurie and Ralph saw each other! Their first ever interaction! 

29 Charioteer-ism you have adopted into your everyday vocabulary.

Answered here.

[polysprachig]

31.10.2023 | Claudia, the child vampire, immortal diarist

Currently eating macarons at the piano with The Ruthless Pursuit of Annoying Lestat with All a Child's Demanding

Technically my Halloween costume is a piano medley of Tschaikovsky's The Doll's Funeral (played avec l'esprit de la liberté) and Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (irreverently gespielt), as I imagine Claudia would play them after The Thing Lay Still, but I haven't had a chance to finish the transitions yet.

Oíche Shamhna ag cách!

[miss-miaumiau]

TAG GAME - FAVOURITES

Colours

black, grey pastel black, bordeaux, purple, violet, navy, teal, dark green, antique silver, antique gold

Gemstones

emerald, malachite, lapislazuli, amethyst, ruby, garnet, rose-quartz, moonstone, opal, amber

Flowers

rose, lily, lavander, orchids, sunflower

Animals

felines, wolves, spitz dogs, birds of prey, corvides, cetaceans, cephalopods, tube worms, tardigrades

Mythical Creatures

Ainur, Elves, Sphinxes, Phoenixes, Mermaids

Food

asian & mediterranean cuisine, spicy food

Beverage

still water, tea (preferably green), coconut juice

Music

Don’t take the listed “genres” too seriously. All those categories, sub-categories and sub-sub-categories seem quite redundant to me - imho, they’re just unnecessarily confusing … but, then again, I’m no music-nerd, after all.

Actually, there is just “Like” or “Don’t Like”, but this list might give you an idea:

Medieval, Renaissance & “Classical”

Walther von der Vogelweide, Guillaume de Machaut, Cantigas, John Dowland,Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi, Rachmaninov, Tschaikovsky, Smetana, Schubert, Chopin, Rossini, Wagner, Sissel Kyrkjebo, Hayley Westenra, Sarah Brightman, Sumi Jo, Vanessa Mae, Thomas Bergersen, Two Steps from Hell, Audiomachine, Howard Shore, Soundtracks, …

(Neo-)Folk

Joan Baez, Esther Ofarim, Ofra Haza, Loreena McKennit, Nolwenn Leroy, Eivør Pálsdóttir, Gudrid Hansdóttir, Cecile Corbel, Enya, Celtic Women, Blackmore’s Night, Versengold, Sumerluft, Annwn, Anois, Garmarna, Arany Zoltan, Noel McLoughlin, Luc Arbogast, Patty Gurdy, Psalteria, Estampie, Dead Can Dance, Faun, Omnia, Skáld, Wardruna, Heilung, Vàli, In Gowan Ring, Hagalaz’ Runedance, Sonne Hagal, Of the Wand & the Moon, Gae Bolg & the Church of Fand, …

“Goth”

Sopor Aeternus, Helium Vola, Qntal, Dargaard, Arcana, Artésia, Ataraxia, Die Verbannten Kinder Evas, Trobar De Morte, Triarii, Wolfsheim, Deine Lakaien, Faith & the Muse, In my Rosary, Kirlian Camera, The Frozen Autumn, The Crüxshadows, VNV Nation, She Past Away, Lebanon Hanover, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Joy Division, The Cure, Clan of Xymox, The Sisters of Mercy, AlienSexFiend, Bauhaus, Lene Lovich, Depeche Mode, …

Metal & Rock

Van Canto, Blind Guardian, Rhapsody, Wisdom, Therion, Nightwish, Edenbridge, Within Temptation, Apocalyptica, Equilibrium, Kamelot, Sabaton, Finntroll, Dimmu Borgir, Ghost, Metallica, HIM, The 69 Eyes, Mono Inc, Subway to Sally, Evanescence, Garbage, Muse, …

Other

Kanon Wakeshima, The Brilliant Green, Onmyou-za, Rin’, Kalafina, Yuki Kajiura, Akiko Shikata, Kokia, Alan Dawa Dolma, Malukah, ShadowCa7, Erutan, Alina Gingertail, Karliene, Peter Hollens, Andra Ariadna, Minniva, Aurora, Lana Del Rey, Cher, The Doors, The Beatles, The Seekers, ABBA, ...

Literature

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, etc.

M.Z. Bradley’s Avalon-Novels & Firebrand

J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter

Medieval & Antique Literature, Myth & Folklore

Ovid’s Metamorphoses

The Edda

Nibelungenlied

works of Walther von der Vogelweide

Arthurian Romances (like Erec, Iwein, Parzival, etc.)

Gregorius

Aeneasroman

Iliad & Odyssee

Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (the language is really beautiful, but I can’t stand the protagonist)

some Classics

Pride & Prejudice

Wuthering Heights

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders

The Picture of Dorian Grey

Dracula

Faust I+II

Macbeth

The Life and Opinions of Tomcat Murr

works of the Brothers Grimm

Siddharta

some "regular" novels

Paulo Coelho’s “The Alchemist”, “Brida”

Nobara Takemoto’s “Shimotsuma Monogatari”

some fanfiction

“Father’s Heart” & “Process of Elimination” by Fern Withy

“Antiquity’s Corollary” by gonnabefamous

biographical books

Mineko Iwasaki’s “Geisha of Gion”

Paramahansa Yogananda’s “Autobiography of a Yogi”

Baird T. Spalding’s “Life and Teachings of the Masters of the East”

interesting non-fiction

such as science-related books / websites

those of a more metaphysical & occult subject matter

or those about more controversial topics, such as Extraterrestrials, so-called “conspiracy theories”, and the like (Problem!? Your loss. I don’t see why I shouldn’t look into these topics. It certainly is interesting, and it’s quite arrogant to assume we have it all figured out. Besides, no one says you have to believe anything you read, but it sure can’t hurt to approach things with a more open mind, and to just look where evidence leads us, when it presents itself.)

~*~

I'm tagging:

@aikoiya, @monkey-li, @mikeilo & @chattegeorgiana

[sunshine304]

As the link doesn't work anymore:

Symphony No. 5 - Beethoven

Additonally:

Symphony No. 9 (Ode an die Freude) - Beethoven

Jupiter (from the Planet Suite) - Gustav Holst

Swan Theme (from SwanLake) - Tschaikovsky

Peter and the Wolf - Prokofjev

Classical Pieces You've Probably Heard but Might Not Remember the Name

William Tell Overture- Rossini (Most famous part at 8:45, but why not listen to the whole thing?)

Also Sprach Zarathustra- Strauss

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik- Mozart

Symphony 94, Mvt. 2 “Surprise Symphony”- Haydn 

Toccata and Fugue in d Minor-Bach

Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2- Chopin

Rondo alla Turca- Mozart

Sinfonie de Fanfares: Rondeau- Jean-Joseph Mouret

The Four Seasons: Spring- Vivaldi (I just linked to the whole thing because it’s great)

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring- Bach

O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)- Carl Orff

Funeral March- Chopin

Orpheus in the Underworld: Infernal Galop (A.K.A. Can Can)- Offenbach

Pomp and Circumstance (You probably graduated to this)- Elgar

Gayane: Sabre Dance- Aram Khachaturian

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March- Mendelssohn

Carmen: Les Toreadors- Bizet

The Ride of the Valkyries- Wagner

Für Elise- Beethoven

Dance of the Hours- Ponchielli

Rigotello: La Donna e Mobile- Verdi

Night on Bald Mountain- Mussorgsky

Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme- Tchaikovsky

Entry of the Gladiators- Julius Fucik

Lakmé: Flower Duet- Delibes

Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King- Greig

Rodeo: Hoedown- Copland

Peer Gynt: Morning Mood- Greig

New World Symphony Mov. [2][4]- Dvorak

Ave Maria (You knew this, but did you know that it was by Schubert?)

Canon in D- Pachelbel

Add others if you want! Have fun!

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 5.7

Beer Birthdays

Anton Dreher (1810)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Gary Cooper; actor (1901)

David Hume; Scottish philosopher (1711)

Traci Lords; actress, singer (1968)

Pytor Ilyich Tschaikovsky; composer (1840)

Johnny Unitas; Baltimore Colts QB (1933)

Famous Birthdays

Anne Baxter; actor (1923)

Johannes Brahms; composer (1833)

Teresa Brewer; country singer (1931)

Robert Browning; English writer (1812)

Deborah Butterfield; sculptor (1949)

Peter Carey; Australian writer (1943)

Angela Carter; writer (1940)

"Tex" Cobb, American boxer and actor (1950)

Olympe de Gouges; French playwright and philosopher (1748)

Willem Elsschot; Belgian author (1882)

Totie Fields; actor (1930)

Gabby Hayes; actor (1885)

Amy Heckerling; film director (1954)

Thelma Houston; R&B/disco singer (1946)

Janis Ian; pop singer (1951)

Joseph Joubert; French writer (1754)

Bill Kreutzmann; rock drummer (1946)

Edwin H. Land; inventor, photography pioneer (1909)

Archibald MacLeish; writer (1892)

Gavin McGavin; actor (1922)

Brecklin Meyer; actor (1974)

Eva Peron; Argentine royalty (1919)

Thomas Reid; Scottish philosopher (1710)

Tim Russert; television host (1950)

Rabindranath Tagore; Indian author (1861)

Jimmy Ruffin; soul singer (1936)

Gene Wolfe; author (1931)

[princesssarisa]

I wonder what Anna Anderson means?

Anna means "grace" or "favor," although she chose the name not for its meaning, but because it sounded similar to "Anastasia."

Anderson means "son of Andrew." She allegedly chose that name to avoid the press, having previously gone by the name "Anna Tschaikovsky."

Her real name was Franziska Schanzkowska. I don't know the meaning of that surname, but Franziska means "Frenchwoman."

[voidsentprinces]

Good Evening, now that December has arrived. Let us get the basics out of the way. This is, of course, a piece of Трепак (русский танец, карамельная трость), translated into Trepak, Tempo di Trepak, Presto or perhaps Trepak (Dance Russe) or...quite simply, the Russian Dance from the Ballet, the Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Classical pieces don’t exactly have lyrics, so I thought I’d post some pieces and make a poll to help this super niche set of people maybe find the music they have been looking for one day.

A man known for his military celebratory pieces with their bombastic use of cannons or other such "instruments". One would think him equal to any task. But, by specializing in one field, you might find that you are forced to do something you dislike. Taking this man and putting him in the world of ballet infamously soured his mood. Though the Nutcracker has long become a beloved Christmas production. Tschaikovsky famously hated the work.

One particular rumored story goes, that, before conducting the ballet before a live audience in a park, he turned to the audience and said, quote: "Gentlemen--if I have to play this ballet one more time, I am going to kill myself."

[doeyedeath]

my must listens (aka my fav albums atm)

friction baby - better than ezra

maroon - barenaked ladies

midnights - taylor swift

short n sweet - sabrina carpenter

fleet foxes - fleet foxes

pure heroine - lorde

christopher tracys parade - prince

norman fucking rockwell! - lana del rey

did you know theres a tunnel under ocean blvd - lana del rey

my maudlin career - camera obscura

fetch the bolt cutters - fiona apple

tidal - fiona apple

suite bergamasque - claude debussy (specifically jean yves thibaudets version for piano and orchestre national de lyon for orchestra)

the nutcracker - tschaikovsky (specifically the royal philharmonic orchestras version)

sunburn - dominic fike

reachin (new refutations of time and space) - digable planets

[ouroboros-hideout]

🌧 😷 🎺 🧋for both Aon and Vlad ❤️

Thanks for the asks friend! Aon is taking you out for some hot chocolate after the short interview. Vlad can fuck off KEK

🌧 When outside during the rain, do you use a raincoat, an umbrella, or something else? Do you enjoy rain?

Aon: I love rain, it’s really soothing. The sound of it, the smell of it in the forest or on the concrete in the city. I don’t think I even own an umbrella, at least never saw one lying around and I know myself - I would forget about it anyway. Hands full with other things and end up soaked anyway. 

Vlad: I can’t really say I like or hate it. Sometimes rain comes in handy, sometimes it is a nuisance. I’d prefer an umbrella, if the circumstances require more haste some water falling from the sky won’t stop me in my doings. 

😷 How often do you get sick? Do you stay at home when sick or do you end up going outside to, say, get some groceries? If you go outside, would you wear a mask?

Aon: Thankfully I don’t get sick too often. Maybe twice a year. Change of seasons is a bitch and always gets me no matter what I do. I try to ignore it, as best as I can and keep up with whatever drives me at the time. Until I get my sermon from Anna that I need to rest and all her yada yada and she commands me to bed.

Vlad: Does an engine get sick? Or the circuit boards in a computer? No, I require some physical and psychological check ups from time to time…maintenance work, if you like. Even though I hate that term. 

🎺 What kind of music do you mostly listen to? Do you know how to play an instrument, and if not, which one would you want to learn to play?

Aon: Rock ‘n’ Roll, some Country, Classic rock, basically everything from the 60s to 80s mostly, some newer stuff from the early two thousands that Greg recommended to me too. Yes, I am talking about the 1960 and so on. I didn’t have the privilege to learn an instrument like others did in their youth but to be honest I never was that much interested in it either. I enjoy listening to it and others playing instruments. If I had to choose I’d go for the drums I think. 

Vlad: Classical music, the German masters are undisputedly at the top, although of course I wouldn't disdain the works of Tschaikovsky or Stravinsky either. I would also count Vivaldi and Dvořák among my favorites. *he sighs slightly* Quite difficult to decide actually. If I could, I would want to learn to play the piano. I can play a very few tunes but I am lacking the time to invest myself into it.  

🧋What's your go-to thing to drink? Do you prefer cold or hot drinks?

Aon: Black hot coffee is my favorite, it’s like my morning ritual to get a big cup of it to start the day. Besides that you can bribe me with a lot of things, hot and cold. 

Vlad: Depends on the occasion. A drink can mean or say many things in a given situation. If I am free to choose it’s always a french red, preferably Cabernet Sauvignon.