For 10 points, name this Russian composer of the 1812 Overture as well as the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker.
One of this composer's virtuosic pieces is a work for solo cello titled Rococo Variations. His fourth symphony has a movement where the strings play entirely in pizzicato, and is followed by his Manfred Symphony. Though not a member of The Five, one of this composer's works was commissioned to commemorate Russia successfully rebuffing an invasion by Napoleon and includes cannon fire as part of the score. For 10 points, name this Russian composer of the 1812 Overture as well as the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker.
One of this composer's virtuosic pieces is a work for solo cello titled Rococo Variations.
Pyotr Ilyich {Tchaikovsky}