Richard Gill and the Sydney Sinfonia reveal the lyrical impulse of Tchaikovsky’s ballet music in three exquisite moments from Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker.
Tchaikovsky’s greatest masterpieces were written for the theatre. Discover the lyrical impulse of his music when Richard Gill unpacks three scenes from his ballets Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker.
Inspired by the Benedictine Abbey of New Norcia in Western Australia, Peter Sculthorpe’s tiny piece for brass and percussion joins the chanting refrains of a Latin hymn with tribal drumming.
Discover Tchaikovsky then join us for Russian Rococo (November) and our Tchaikovsky Spectacular (December). There’s more Tchaikovsky earlier in the year with Serenade for Strings (June) and the First Piano Concerto (October).
SCULTHORPE New Norcia
TCHAIKOVSKY Sleeping Beauty: Panorama
TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker: Arabian Dance and Pas de deux
Richard Gill conductor