• The Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, for cello and orchestra was the closest Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ever came to writing a full concerto for cello...
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  • Rococo Variations may refer to: Variations on a Rococo Theme by Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations (ballet) by Christopher Wheeldon made to the Tchaikovsky...
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  • to Tschaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme for violoncello and orchestra in A major Op. 33 (1876–77). The premiere took place on Thursday, 7 February...
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    wrote The Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, for cello and orchestra in 1877. Although the theme is not Rococo in origin, it is written in Rococo style...
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    fantasia in E minor, after Dante Alighieri (1876) Op. 33 Variations on a Rococo Theme in A, for cello and orchestra (1876) Op. 34 Valse-scherzo in C...
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  • The best known piece is the "James Bond Theme" composed by Monty Norman. Other instrumentals, such as "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", and various...
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  • pizzeria chain "Rocky Rococo", a supporting character in the Nick Danger sketches by the Firesign Theatre Variations on a Rococo Theme, a cello piece by Tchaikovsky...
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    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    displayed a wide stylistic and emotional range, from light salon works to grand symphonies. Some of his works, such as the Variations on a Rococo Theme, employ...
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  • Porto Casa da Música, she performed Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme in 2015. She performed with Lynn Harrell at the Adelaide International...
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    recordings include: A. Arutunian: Trumpet Concerto (15'52") G. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (12'00") P. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme (18'40") J. Haydn:...
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    1890) was a German cellist, composer and teacher, best known today as the dedicatee of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme. Fitzenhagen...
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    written as a conscious homage to the music of an earlier age. Some of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's works, such as his Variations on a Rococo Theme and Serenade...
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    perform Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme to rapturous applause. The Prince and Princess of Wales attended the film's premiere on 29 June 1987 at the...
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    main theme in D major. A slightly calmer section (Poco meno mosso) in A major introduces the second theme, which is processed in a series of variations. The...
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    her studies at that institution, probably as a result of financial troubles. She wrote to Tchaikovsky on at least two occasions in 1877, two years after...
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  • grace he found in 18th century classical music, as shown in his Variations on a Rococo Theme. He became increasingly attracted to French music. This attraction...
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    Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme op.33 (arr. Rysanov). Bruch: Romance in F major op.85". The Strad. Archived from the original on 2018-02-24....
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    playing Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme. As a soloist she has performed with a number of other major orchestras on four continents. She also...
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  • Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello, and then proceeds with an assured set of variations, also like the Rococo Variations. After working...
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  • Kobekina has performed since 2021 on the 1698 'De Kermadec-Bläss' cello by Antonio Stradivari, having previously played a 1743 cello by Giovanni Battista...
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    Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No. 1 (1990) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme (1991) Nikolai Myaskovsky – Cello Concerto (1991) Gustav Holst...
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    Orchestra, Op. 68 1993: Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante/Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme 1995: The New York Album – Works of Albert, Bartók & Bloch 1998:...
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    certain themes with certain characters or moods, a technique he would use in Swan Lake and, later, The Sleeping Beauty. Tchaikovsky drew on previous...
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  • however, Davydov decided on a military career and joined the Preobrazhensky Lifeguard regiment. He resigned his commission as a lieutenant in 1897 and moved...
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    concertos by Haydn, Saint-Saëns, Dvořák and Walton, Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme, Beethoven's complete works for cello and piano with Éric Heidsieck...
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    Symphony No. 5. BSO, 1977 – DG Symphonie No. 6. BSO, 1986 – Erato Variations on a Rococo Theme. BSO, 1987 – Erato Vivaldi: The Four Seasons. BSO, 1982 – Telarc...
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    Rysanov performed his own transcription of Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, at the last night of the BBC Proms in 2010. Rysanov has recorded...
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    Training uses a portion of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. Also, the movie's theme song, James Rolleston's "Life is Lookin' Good," uses a variation of the music...
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    A theme (the start of the recapitulation), on an F♯ bass pedal. The music fades into a single, unique strike of a tam-tam; this quietly introduces a funereal...
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    a common chord modulation leads to a D major theme first introduced by a solo horn. Theme A1 (1st horn): Theme A2 (oboe/horn): Theme B (clarinet in A):...
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