Via Nag on the Lake, here's a very different rendition of the Nutcracker Suite. Indeed, who needs a glockenspiel?
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December 12, 2006
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Nobody needs a glockenspiel, which is why there isn't one in the score for the Nutcracker; on the other hand, everyone needs a celeste, which is why there IS one of those in the ballet's orchestra.
Anal-retentiveness: when being merely OCD isn't enough!
Posted by: Anthony | December 12, 2006 at 08:02 AM
We've come to expect it of you, sweetie!
Posted by: pam | December 12, 2006 at 08:44 AM
Mea Culpa:
My good friend Gregg, who works for the Kansas City Ballet (and so knows way too much about the Nutcracker) haughtily informed me yesterday that there is in fact a glockenspiel part in the ballet score. So I owe Erisian Pam an apology, and while we're at it, I owe Tchaikovski an apology as well for casting aspersions on his ability to orchestrate for bells. So I guess my next question is WHY ARE THERE VIOLAS IN THE ORCHESTRA? What POSSIBLE use is the viola, certainly the world's most corrupt instrument?
Paperless office, viola-less orchestra: things we want our children to inherit!
Posted by: Anthony | December 14, 2006 at 06:32 AM