Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
The Nutcracker
Short instrumentation: 1 1 2 1 - 1 1 1 0 - timp (ad lib.), perc, hp (ad lib.), pno, str (single or multiple players)
Duration: 90'
Dichter der Textvorlage: E. T. A. Hoffmann
Bearbeitet von: Ronald Kornfeil
Choir: SA (ad lib.)
Roles:
President Silberhaus / the President‘s wife / Clara
the President‘s daughter / Fritz
the President‘s son / Drosselmayer
Clara’s and Fritz’s godfather / Big Doll / Soldier / a Devil (Harlequin) / a Deviless (Columbina) / Nutcracker / Mouse King / Sugar Plum Fairy / Prince Orgeat / Mother Gigogne / Relatives and other guests with their children
servants
mice
dolls
drummer rabbits
gingerbread soldiers
gnomes
snowflakes
entourage of the Sugar Plum Fairy
sweets
the Master of Ceremonies
pages
princesses
shepherds
clowns
flowers etc.
Instrumentation details:
flute (+picc)
oboe (+c.a)
1st clarinet in Bb, A, Eb
2nd clarinet in Bb, A (+bass cl(Bb))
bassoon
horn in F
trumpet in Bb
trombone
timpani (ad lib.)
percussion (1-2)
harp (ad lib.)
piano (+cel ad lib.)
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
double bass
(strings: single or multiple players)
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - ballet - arranged for ensemble or chamber orchestra (and choir ad lib.)
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Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
Bd. 1/2 (Nussknacker)Orchestration: for ensemble or chamber orchestra (and choir ad lib.)
Type: Studienpartitur (Sonderanfertigung)
Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
Bd. 2/2 (Nussknacker)Orchestration: for ensemble or chamber orchestra (and choir ad lib.)
Type: Studienpartitur (Sonderanfertigung)
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Work introduction
My aim with this new arrangement was to present a balanced reduction of the orchestral score, for ensemble up to chamber orchestra instrumentation. Great importance was attached to the practicability of the performance material. The composer’s original manuscript and the original libretto were used as a basis. Even where the reduction meant that major changes had to be made in the instrumentation of the arrangement, the acoustic result was to come as close as possible to the original, in order to preserve the specific sound of the Nutcracker.
(Ronald Kornfeil)