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  • And while energetic Andrew Veyette portrayed the beleaguered husband in Jerome Robbins's "The Concert" 1956 with real humor and subtlety of timing, his overly brash account of the virtuoso demands of Balanchine's "Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux" pummeled the choreography's classical niceties.

    With Little to Cheer Besides Balanchine Robert Greskovic 2012

  • Tall, blond Teresa Reichlen seemed over-parted in Stars and Stripes — the best thing about the performance I saw was the spirited playing of the orchestra under Paul Mann — but she was very persuasive in Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, a.k.a. Ballet Imperial, in fascinating contrast to powerhouse Ashley Bouder.

    Vishneva Stretches���As Far as She Can; City Ballet Up, Down in Perma-Crisis 2008

  • Tall, blond Teresa Reichlen seemed over-parted in Stars and Stripes — the best thing about the performance I saw was the spirited playing of the orchestra under Paul Mann — but she was very persuasive in Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, a.k.a. Ballet Imperial, in fascinating contrast to powerhouse Ashley Bouder.

    Vishneva Stretches���As Far as She Can; City Ballet Up, Down in Perma-Crisis 2008

  • So last night it was Tschaikovsky, tonight Angus Young.

    The Hardcore Diaries Mick Foley 2007

  • So last night it was Tschaikovsky, tonight Angus Young.

    The Hardcore Diaries Mick Foley 2007

  • She was enchanted by the incredibly savage, yet culturally rich heritage of the land and the romantic figures it had produced: geniuses like Tschaikovsky and Dostoevski, conquerors like Peter the Great and Ivan the Terrible.

    Dance Of Desire Lisa, Leonore 1982

  • The lyrical rousing melody of the Tschaikovsky score filled the old ballet studio - only now it no longer came from the battered tape recorder.

    Dance Of Desire Lisa, Leonore 1982

  • According to the original scheme, as noted on the 1891 MS., they were to be drawn from the works of Glinka and Tschaikovsky; those of

    Principles of orchestration 1923

  • When the piano forms part of an orchestra, not as a solo instrument, an upright is preferable to a grand, but today the piano it is gradually being superseded by the celesta, first used by Tschaikovsky.

    Principles of orchestration 1923

  • Glazounov and Tschaikovsky — have brought this side of musical art to its zenith; the have eclipsed, as colourists, their predecessors,

    Principles of orchestration 1923

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