Anna Karenina (Eifman)
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The ballet Anna Karenina was choreographed by Boris Eifman
Boris Eifman
Boris Eifman is a prolific choreographer associated with the Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg. He is known for his dark portrayals of anguished sexuality and extreme psychological states. The company frequently tours abroad, and has been economically successful...

 and had its world première in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

 on Saturday, April 2nd, 2005. Its plot was based on the novel Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger...

by Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist...

.The music is by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...

 and included excerpts from:
  • Symphony No. 2
    Symphony No. 2 (Tchaikovsky)
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed his Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 in 1872. One of Tchaikovsky's very joyous compositions, it was successful upon its premiere; it also won the favor of the group of nationalistic Russian composers known as "The Five", led by Mily Balakirev...

     in C minor Little Russian, Op. 17
  • The Tempest
    The Tempest (Tchaikovsky)
    The Tempest , Symphonic Fantasia after Shakespeare, Op. 18, is a symphonic poem in F minor by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed in 1873. It was premiered in December 1873, conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein....

     symphonic fantasy, Op. 18
  • Francesca da Rimini
    Francesca da Rimini (Tchaikovsky)
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's symphonic poem Francesca da Rimini: Symphonic Fantasy after Dante, Op. 32, was composed in less than three weeks during his visit to Bayreuth in the autumn of 1876....

    symphonic fantasy, Op. 32
  • Souvenir d'un lieu cher
    Souvenir d'un lieu cher
    Souvenir d’un lieu cher , Op. 42, for violin and piano, was written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between March and May 1878...

    , Op. 42
    • Scherzo. Presto giocoso
  • Suite No. 1 in D major
    Orchestral Suite No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)
    Orchestral Suite No. 1 in D minor is an orchestral suite, Op. 43, written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1878 and 1879. It was premiered on December 20, 1879 at a Russian Musical Society concert in Moscow, conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein...

    , Op. 43
    • Andante sostenuto, moderato e con anima
    • Intermezzo: part 3. Andante semplice
  • Serenade for Strings
    Serenade for Strings (Tchaikovsky)
    Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48, premiered in 1880. It remains one of the late Romantic era's most definitive compositions.-Form:Serenade for Strings has 4 movements:...

     in C, Op. 48
    • Andante non troppo. Allegro moderato.
  • Suite No. 3 in G
    Orchestral Suite No. 3 (Tchaikovsky)
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed his Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55 in 1884, writing it concurrently with his Concert Fantasia in G, Op. 56, for piano and orchestra. Its first performance was in St. Petersburg on January 24, 1885, under the direction of Hans von Bülow...

    , Op. 55
  • Manfred Symphony
    Manfred Symphony
    The Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58, is a programmatic symphony composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between May and September 1885. It is based on the poem "Manfred" written by Lord Byron in 1817...

     in B minor, Op. 58
  • Hamlet
    Hamlet (Tchaikovsky)
    Hamlet provided material for two works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, his fantasy overture after Shakespeare Hamlet, Op. 67a, and the incidental music he composed for Shakespeare's Hamlet, Op. 67b.-Overture-Fantasia, Op. 67a:...

    , overture-fantasy, Op. 67a
  • Souvenir de Florence
    Souvenir de Florence
    The String Sextet in D minor "Souvenir de Florence", Op. 70, is a string sextet scored for 2 violins, 2 violas, and 2 cellos composed in the European summer of 1890 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky dedicated the work to the St. Petersburg Chamber Music Society in response to his becoming an...

    , string sextet in D minor, Op. 70
    • Adagio cantabile e con moto
  • Symphony No. 6
    Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)
    The Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétique is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's final completed symphony, written between February and the end of August 1893. The composer led the first performance in Saint Petersburg on 16/28 October of that year, nine days before his death...

     in B minor Pathetique, Op. 74
  • The Voyevoda
    The Voyevoda (symphonic ballad)
    The Voyevoda, Op. 78, is a "symphonic ballad" for orchestra, written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1891. It is based on Alexander Pushkin's translation of Adam Mickiewicz's poem of that name....

     symphonic ballad, Op. 78
  • Romeo and Juliet
    Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky)
    Romeo and Juliet is an orchestral work composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It is styled an Overture-Fantasy, and is based on Shakespeare's play of the same name. Like other composers such as Berlioz and Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky was deeply inspired by Shakespeare and wrote works based on The...

    fantasy-overture
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