One orchestral work by this composer opens with a "piece in the form of a sonatina" and imitates the style of Mozart.
One orchestral work by this composer opens with a "piece in the form of a sonatina" and imitates the style of Mozart. The soloist of another of his works in B-flat minor enters with crashing D-flat major chords, and Van Cliburn's performance of that piece won him the piano competition named for this composer. Those pieces are his Serenade for Strings and his first piano concerto. A waltz-like movement in 5/4 time appears in his sixth and final symphony in B minor, and his best-known stage work includes the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy." For 10 points, name this Russian composer of the "Pathétique" Symphony, as well as the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker.
One orchestral work by this composer opens with a "piece in the form of a sonatina" and imitates the style of Mozart.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky