The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
This guide follows Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (1892) in two parts: Miniature Overture and Waltz of the Flowers.
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Follow all 19 sections as they play
- IMiniature
- II of the Flowers
IMiniature 0:05–3:19
In B-flat major and marked . The violins play the (A1): light staccato notes and leaps that suggest playful children, in a bright sound without cellos and basses. Two short transitions lead to the (B1). The pattern then repeats: A2, the two transitions again, and B2. Then a and begin.
- A1
- 1
II of the Flowers16:39–23:44
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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