Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture)

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.
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[@chantolove]

0:00 Oh, this is a nice song. 14:20 Oh, this is *that* song.

[@lyrasyt]

It's IcOnIc

[@bethanyhicks7787]

EXACTLY

[@kriskkaebsong]

Ling Ling loves this part

[@maikellie9552]

Chatot Maestro it’s a piECe

[@neallo221]

Christine Estuaria ling ling loves all of it

[@alexreste1992]

I've been searching for this song for 6 years. Since I heard it on spongebob when I was 10. I have finally found it. Now I can Rest In Peace...

[@ategrass666]

Alex Reste this comment is on tumblr lol

[@amcecast629]

Duchess Catherine the Annoying lol this is the only reason why I came to check it out

[@Goldietopaz]

Alex Reste reste in peace

[@elisahernandez9787]

Alex Reste and also this song was in "Mickey, Donald, & Goofy in The Three Musketeers", "A Christmas Story", and "Wayne's World 1& 2".

[@surejanet6986]

I only went on this video in search of this comment, since I saw it on Tumblr.

[@calvin311222913]

14:21 I find it really mind-blowing that without knowing the context, you still know this part is about love and romance. Somehow, a composer knows how to put together some sound to represent love; and somehow, the audience will get it. We basically communicating with Tchaikovsky, even though he is long gone.

[@Dresdentrumpet]

Yep this form was labelled as a Tone Poem for a reason

[@daisy-bq8zq]

The Sims kiss background music ! 😙😙😙

[@kevintorres7042]

Some people have two brains instead one. Out of this world

[@Gossbert]

Can anyone list down the name of the movies or TV shows who used this song? Goosebumps everywhere man.

[@MsDudette21]

well cuz they use it for love scenes all the time youre not likely to associate it with anything else

[@cocogoat1111]

Wow I can't believe Tchaikovsky invented love.

[@GuilhermeMichel]

Shakespeare invented the love.

[@victorsamsung2921]

​@@GuilhermeMichelBut Tchaikovsky perfected it.👌

[@Therizinosaurus]

Wow, I can't believe people upvoted your CRINGE worthy comment

[@matthewhall7976]

​@@GuilhermeMichelyou are wrong and so is @victorsamsung2921 they only experienced it.. like any person be you my most hated enemy I still wish that in life you feel love and being loved.. but here you are wrong.. neither Tchaikovsky or shakespeare invented love.. it is just that they could best describe a small circumstance or situation In which love, is the only reasoning.. and because it resonates with the many it may be seen as such but the few.. those who truly know.. see beyond the thens, ifs and buts.. all can see but most dont want too.. then there's some.. we've seen and we only live to see that day again.. that which we left or lost.. that, one love.. again.. Yeah I'm out, too depressing to even try to think on this.. I hope you're well, God bless you and your loved ones and see you on the otherside brother..👍👋

[@Nowhereman-dk6ew]

@@matthewhall7976 Spongebob invented love

[@emmapuds13]

Tchaikovsky is an absolute genius

[@DWSully14]

Tenners bet the leaving cert brought you here

[@emmapuds13]

+DylFTWynne lol I've been playing the cello for 10 years now honey, heard this one a long time before the LC was even mentioned to me

[@agestatsega]

Indeed He Is!

[@philippaharris8951]

@@DWSully14 I did the LC 3 years ago and it has very little to do with why I came here

[@oscarmcmahon6887]

@@DWSully14 brought me here at a fifth year 6 years later! Here’s your tenner! Good luck in 4 years time mr 2016 👀

[@gkaplan2000]

I'm always amazed that music this good came from a human mind.

[@1pink2pink3pink]

+George Kaplan just another reason to believe Tchaikovsky was an alien

[@Getoffmearse]

Well just because the media likes to highlight itself on snookies and pauli d's, doesn't mean that the great minds have died, they just haven't gotten the recognition which even god himself would owe homage.

[@plips456]

Me too!

[@mydogskips2]

+Organist I really wish that were true, but I highly doubt it. Many of us have "really tried," but learned the hard way that they are not a genius the likes of Tchaikovsky.

[@ilhanmansiz5614]

this good Came from a human soul

[@hestiaaster]

INTRO A1 Friar Laurence theme + chorale: 0:00 A2: 2:06 A3: 4:15 Transition 1: 5:24 EXPOSITION Primary theme - Capulet & Montague STRIFE theme: 5:36 Transition 2: 5:53 Canon in D minor: 6:00 Canon in G minor: 6:06 Transition 2: 6:14 Dominant preparation for b minor: 6:28 Primary theme restated: 6:40 Transition 2 expanded: 7:02 Secondary theme - Love theme: 7:45 (Lightly orchestrated) Transition 3 - 8:04 Secondary theme restated: 8:55 Transition 4: 9:59 DEVELOPMENT Primary theme + Friar Laurence theme developed: 11:05 Dominant preparation for b minor: 13:07 RECAPITULATION Primary theme restated STRIFE: 13:20 Transition 5: 13:42 Secondary theme: 14:24 (Full orchestration) Secondary theme restated: 15:54 Primary theme derived interruption: 16:03 Primary theme: 16:12 Love theme lament: 17:27 Friar Laurence chorale: 18:12 Secondary theme derived coda: 19:13 Ending: 19:44

[@countiblis1246]

Well the menu looks nice but where's the fucking wine list?

[@jospenner9503]

Amazing.

[@carlanovatchkov8205]

Cool

[@Cinnamororolly]

THANK YOU ❤

[@ignatkulikov2622]

u’re awesome

[@rajaorrsfcm6591]

INTRO (Completely rewritten by Tchaikovsky in 1872) A1 Friar Laurence theme + chorale: 0:00 A2: 2:06 A3: 4:15 Transition 1: 5:24 EXPOSITION Primary theme - Capulet & Montague fight theme: 5:36 Transition 2: 5:53 Canon in D minor: 6:00 Canon in G minor: 6:06 Transition 2: 6:14 Dominant preparation for b minor: 6:28 Primary theme restated: 6:40 Transition 2 expanded: 7:02 Secondary theme - Love theme: 7:45 (Lightly orchestrated) Transition 3 - 8:04 Secondary theme restated: 8:55 Transition 4: 9:59 DEVELOPMENT (Completely rewritten in 1872) Primary theme + Friar Laurence theme developed: 11:05 Dominant preparation for b minor: 13:07 RECAPITULATION (Mostly rewritten 1872 then revised 1880) Primary theme restated: 13:20 Transition 5: 13:42 Secondary theme: 14:24 (Full orchestration) Secondary theme restated: 15:54 Primary theme derived interruption: 16:03 Primary theme: 16:12 Love theme lament: 17:27 Friar Laurence chorale: 18:12 Secondary theme derived coda: 19:13 Ending: 19:44

[@r3gum]

Thanks for sharing this

[@rajaorrsfcm6591]

Abdias Foxworth I have a complete LeRue analysis of this piece on my channel 😉

[@julianajohnson4767]

I needed this thanks

[@bulentuludag4348]

Thank you.

[@duncanmccaulkiner378]

tchaikovsky bummed his nephew

[@freaxlover]

This music scares the shit out of me and I don't know why. It's beautiful and scary. Tchaikovsky was one hell of a genius.

[@plips456]

Never thought of that but it is scary. Ominous even. Thanx for the enlightenment. Dark clouds forming.

[@plips456]

But redemption a the end This carries you away. alternates between the uplifting and the dangerous.

[@Music_Lover0612]

He Russian, masters if beauty and fear.

[@plips456]

Love is great till you get scared.

[@plips456]

Emotions good and bad. come out

[@JoseMartinezLV]

Without music, life would be a mistake. Without love, life would be an even bigger mistake.

[@itsfine...3654]

I know most people's favorite is 14:20 But, 5:31 - 6:57 is probably my favorite most of all in my opinion. It has better intensity than most Hollywood scores nowadays.

[@Sarah-bu1pi]

my music class is studying this and everyone is saying they love 14.20 and all im thinking is but what about the antiphonal dialogue into the exposition. Like it's scratches something in my brain

[@giasifman9050]

Well my favorite part is 00:00 to 20:55

[@jamespeterson1630]

Me when my favorite part of Akrillic from the Plok soundtrack isn't that one part thats most peoples favorite

[@kiaraeijo]

What I love most about this piece is that it’s very Woodwind Heavy; I love the opening Clarinet Chorale which that chorale comes back towards the end but with all the Woodwinds. I also read and love how he uses the English Horn to represent Romeo and the Flute to represent Juliet.

[@bobajob13]

When the horn comes in with its soaring counter melody over the theme at 14:22 I always get goosebumps.

[@MiloMcCarthyMusic]

The horn doesn’t have the melody there

[@bobajob13]

@@MiloMcCarthyMusic no it doesn’t, which is why I said “counter melody” which is what it does have.

[@MiloMcCarthyMusic]

@@bobajob13 must’ve read the comment wrong

[@dooglassdorenal7875]

Hornist spotted?

[@caretaker1200]

It's so nostalgic, idk why , but we all probably heard some something like that in moves or Disney moves

[@Aquarithyst]

14:21 - 14:40 I think everyone recognizes these specific measures from TV shows XD.

[@LeonardoSantoro64]

When Jaws met Dolly ... :-)

[@085262801335]

The Sims when kissing

[@ekaa96]

In which movie ?

[@LeonardoSantoro64]

007 Moonraker

[@fyin5868]

spongebob ftw

[@friesandpizza8244]

When you're listening to this while studying for your physics exam and now I'm staring at my notes thinking how beautiful this piece is while trying not to cry.

[@user-tz6ti7ey6m]

Go to hell Ur study is more important

[@diegocarrillo2360]

@@user-tz6ti7ey6m Tchaikovsky is more important than everything

[@diegocarrillo2360]

@Cem Doğan They're crying because it's Tchaikovsky

[@prs_81]

funny how that's exactly my circumstance. a ton left to study... and tchaikovsky

[@diegocarrillo2360]

@Cem Doğan If you listen to Tchaikovsky and don't cry that' weird

[@thesilvershining]

18:10 - 19:45 is some of the most beautiful music in all the classical repertoire. Such haunting anguish and regret--the realization (too late) of two families who had to suffer through the tragedy of their children falling in love and dying for that love to put their petty quarrels behind them.

[@mikabellstarfall7584]

I love finding a Kylo Ren pfp twice while I am here in the comments to a great composition

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

I love how this really does capture Romeo and Juliet very well. Super intense, super up and down crazy and very romantic. Tchaikovsky was truly a genius composer. He didn’t write a bad thing.

[@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks]

Have you listened to every piece of Tchaikovsky? I mean, literally from the first one to the last one? IMO there are a lot of mediocre pieces.

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

@@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks I probably haven't heard every piece he's made but I have heard a whole lot. Enough to have like my top 20 favorite Tchaikovsky pieces

[@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks]

​@@rubygracemoseley8144 You are probably cherry-picking the best pieces of Tchaikovsky. I think he was not gifted as much as Mozart, who could produce a good melody even by walking on a piano like a cat.

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

@@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks Well then Mozart can be your favorite and Tchaikovsky can be mine. I do like Mozart for sure. I think pretty much all of these classical music artists were insanely talented. But unlike most classical artists I've heard Tchaikovsky my entire life. So he holds some nostalgia that other artists don't.

[@michaelgranger7113]

@@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks He had enough great compositions that nobody but a snooty classical musical scholar would care about his mediocre ones.

[@jordymayjump7494]

is it okay to cry during this? It's too beautiful not to cry to.

[@punkqueentheresa]

+Michael Jackson Of course it is! XD

[@popechadwickbongwaterfortn5668]

M1ChA3L_ JaCk50N shut yo weak ass up

[@popechadwickbongwaterfortn5668]

M1ChA3L_ JaCk50N nevermind, I just cried

[@tonylouis4907]

This was made just to express feelings, romanticism was about that.

[@The22on]

I was NOT crying! It was those damn invisible ninjas slicing onions in the room!

[@danswarbrick6657]

I love the way the theme evolves. The first time you hear it it's delicate enough to be snuffed out by a breeze. By the last time, 15:41, out of control and powerful enough to rip apart a continent. I always get my cheeks flushing in those last two minutes. Love is strong stuff indeed.

[@armandotomlinson4541]

I love the way you put it. Gotta love the romantic period and all its beauty

[@The22on]

Love and Death. The ultimate human emotion and fear.

[@georgiakate6985]

it follows the story exactly if Romeo and Juliet. Constantly evolving.But even at the beginning we hear a timid(in comprasin)version of the friar lawrence theme where as at the end we hear it as a full bodied piece , as a definite part,like it is now it’s reality.Just liek the start of Shakespeare he tells the story as it is,that two lovers die and tells the story at the beginning,but even in his play, he uses dark humour to refrence and forbods the lover death throughout till eventually he perfectly describes the encounter as it has acc HAPPENED now. Which is why i believe the themes evolve,esp friar lawrence,parts are heard through out the composition as it grows closer to its fate and it’s reality.

[@windstorm1000]

Read my comment above

[@DeepCrossing1]

You can hear Tchaikovsky's gentle and caring personality in his treatment of melody, and every musical gesture, he takes his time, every musical thread carefully considered

[@thesilvershining]

Absolutely. It’s just so lovely ♥️

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

Super-tight composition, by someone that knows how...

[@georgiakate6985]

ik!!it took him 11 years to compose

[@DeepCrossing1]

@@georgiakate6985 wow

[@user-so2tj5bl7o]

Пётр Чайковский бесконечен, как Космос!

[@ascenbach1]

There are musical snobs out there who call this hackneyed and cliched, a war horse that should be retired. But one has to be made of stone not to respond emotionally to the beauty, drama and pathos that made this such a popular and beloved work of music.

[@Kettz]

ascenbach1 I really could say the same for a lot of music, including many of Chopin's pieces. I hear you there.

[@Boccaccio1811]

+ascenbach1 musical snobs can criticize Tchaikovsky all they want for being too dramatic or whatever... but his music will always stand the test of time!

[@tacosmexicanstyle7846]

+Boccaccio1811 It's funny how many levels of snob there are though - the hipster snobs who hate on pop music, some for objective reasons and subjective ones too, the ones that hate on those snobs for liking Stravinsky, the ones who hate on THOSE snobs for liking Tchaikovsky and then finally the ones who hate on them for not appreciating Bach...

[@Boccaccio1811]

tacos mexicanstyle - Haha true. Nowadays I try to appreciate a little bit of everything... but I tend to like a lot of popular classical music that the music snobs look down on because it's "silly" or "not intellectual enough"

[@tacosmexicanstyle7846]

Boccaccio1811 That's a good approach. Snobs are not right about pop being "silly", but there is reason to the claim that musical structure and complexity is much higher in orchestral music... for me that doesn't really matter though - just because pop uses simpler structures and 4 chords doesn't make it less able to do what it's meant to do though, which I think is what snobs should realise

[@Parasmunt]

Tchaikovsky was master of both the largest (orchestral) forms and the smallest (ballet)... Musical genius.

[@Zeitiah]

I thought opera was the largest form

[@leonardobarba5304]

Don´t forget his string works!

[@stephenpowstinger733]

Well, in ballet he had to think of the dancers - what they were doing and how they would elaborate on the simultaneous visual art form unfolding.

[@dingus_doofus]

Ballet is far from the smallest... still requires a full orchestra and a stage.

[@jonahnichols2158]

@@Zeitiah I thought cannons were.

[@RJLKMRD]

Tchaikovsky was sort of like Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Brahms all rolled into one... A tour-de-force of a composer of the likes we've never seen, this is one of the most stunning pieces of westernized music ever to have existed!! Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky is a masterpiece!!

[@windstorm1000]

He was amazing and the musical gift that keeps on giving

[@user-qc6cv9eb8w]

кстати, он был большим поклонником Моцарта и остался верен ему до конца своих дней, в качестве слушателя конечно же

[@montymonto6430]

@@user-qc6cv9eb8wwe probably love Tchaikovsky the way he loved Mozart, may be more.

[@dianadixon1840]

You don’t need to know the story, the music tells it all.

[@bernipalomino55]

Exactamente

[@terrybenedict1]

Yes !!!!

[@Omaryyo]

The word '' sad''.' ' tragic' ' can' t explain

[@TheAllyGD]

the melody at 19:14 sounds like love, amazement, wonder, and disbelief all at the same time. the crescendo into 19:14 makes my heart swell as if it's going to burst out of my chest any minute. you expect the melody to be the theme from earlier but it isn't and Tchaikovsky keeps you on your toes. This sounds like the way you feel when you wake up with the warmth of the sun shining on your face after a good night's sleep. I could write a whole paper about this one piece. Tchaikovsky will always be my favorite composer.

[@anmolgrewal9011]

I love you

[@Chimalli2000]

It’s used by Tchaikovsky to represent the peace the lovers find in death and that the 2 families are no longer enemies but the drums and hint of the strife theme right after it at the end symbolize that while the families are reconciled they have both lost children

[@britishgymlad5474]

Please do

[@thesilvershining]

Well said!! This piece is perfect from beginning to end, I never tire of it. I hope you do get to write that paper someday ;)

[@kngiht84]

@@Chimalli2000 same motif as the end of swan lake.

[@gradenineartsedband3593]

Nobody can compose an overture like Tchaikovsky can

[@dap4699]

@Rovshan Alizade I was thinking the same.

[@janouglaeser8049]

Wagner 😏

[@camilomoreno2545]

@@janouglaeser8049 i was goning to say the same.

[@catholiccrusader5328]

@@janouglaeser8049 Wagner can.

[@arontesfay2520]

Can't disagree with that. 1812, Slavic march, Capriccio Italien and this to mention a few.

[@vivelafrance6314]

Reading Romeo and Juliet in English right now, and my teacher always puts the part of this overture that matches with the scenes or act we're covering for the day at the beginning of class.

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

That’s such a cool, fun idea!

[@holocronology]

19 years on this planet, hearing this everywhere. I FINALLY FOUND IT

[@mikabellstarfall7584]

Classical music does that lol. Love the Kylo Ren profile picture by the way

[@digyourowngrave666]

I always drank a giant cup of coffee before playing this on cello because 6:30 was always so insane.

[@deejy232]

Im doing the cello part in March

[@jimicusjolcen9460]

I hope you did well, @@deejy232, or good luck! :)

[@deejy232]

@@jimicusjolcen9460 Thanks its on Saturday with Harrogate Symphony Orchestra

[@myapologiesmsgirl]

@@deejy232 Good luck!

[@elizabethkim1504]

Omg this seriously made me laugh; I know how crazy that run is because I practiced it for hours trying to get it clean and had to carry my entire viola section during our rehearsals and final concert before this whole thing blew up. Thank God for musical geniuses in times like these

[@MarcelloACG]

You came for these : 7:45 8:52 14:20 (Especially this) 15:54

[@nadia-bg5uy]

i’m playing this right now in a high school all-county festival and i’m absolutely obsessed with it! so hard to believe a human could create something so beautiful and express so much emotion through sounds. tchaikovsky is a legend

[@thesilvershining]

Nice! I never got to play this in my high school band and I’m sad 😞

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

Man…those violins at the end are so beautiful…it makes me think of Romeo and Juliet finally being happy together gracefully floating away in the air together to live happily ever after…

[@juleb.9530]

i always nearly loved that part starting at 11:05 more than the actual love theme. The way it's building up, it sends a shiver down your spine.

[@thesilvershining]

Yes! Isn’t it amazing?

[@sebastian9445]

That’s what I call ✨drama✨

[@Docbyday]

I used to listen to this again and again for days as a kid and your comment gave me goosebumps cos that was my exact experience! That strife theme, fully developed and building up to those majestic trumpets… It still makes me stand in awe

[@berend4983]

I actually cried. It is so beautiful. It is just perfect!

[@Ccyy9696]

Tchaikovsky's melody is very beautiful. Not only this piece. In his violin concerto first movement the tutti part plays by violins is also very beautiful. His sym 5 is also a good choice

[@SevenEllen]

*beautiful

[@vishnuhalikere2151]

The second movement of the violin concerto is also beautiful.

[@diegocarrillo2360]

@@vishnuhalikere2151 Everything of Tchaikovsky is beautiful

[@vishnuhalikere2151]

@@diegocarrillo2360 i wholeheartedly agree lol

[@giuseppeagresta1425]

Listening to this alone in my bed on St. Valentine's day is such a mood

[@user-ps5zj7wk5x]

🤭 You love the pain.

[@goodchessactor]

Tchaikovsky, king of melody, orchestration, and pizzicato. I heard my first classical piece in 1962, it was the Nutcracker Suite. And Tchaikovsky is still my favorite.

[@oliviav2425]

the ending gives me chills

[@missychrissy060]

played this in my youth orchestra last year and i totally forgot about it until i heard it on a playlist someone sent me... it's easy to forget how beautiful it is when you can barely play it, but hearing it again... god, it takes my breath away...

[@chrismaxwell1328]

Were you in Garcia's OYO?

[@missychrissy060]

haha no, sorry! this is probably a pretty common piece for youth orchestras, though, especially ones like the one i went to where the symphony played higher level pieces.

[@Sopdarity]

Vv

[@plarnuvius]

this melody has been parodied endlessly in cartoonsand films precisely because it IS such a perfect expression of love, but it is still one of the most beautiful melodies (and orchestral pieces) ever. He made the orchestra SING...

[@bloke372]

This has to be the pinnacle of beautiful music. No one but no one can capture romance and tragedy like Tchaikovsky. Thank you for down loading this most hauntingly wonderful piece.

[@alan1963]

This work "Romeo & Juliet Fantasy-Overture" of Peter Tchaikovsky was performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Georg Solti.

[@Time2Live.online]

Sir Georg's and the Chicago Symphony's version of Tchaikovsky's 1812 is also the best I've ever heard. It's also the version I grew up on, so I guess I'm a little prejudiced. Can you imagine the incredible music Tchaikovsky would be producing if he were still alive today?

[@tobiolopainto]

@@Time2Live.online You should try Toscanini with the La Scala Orchestra 9/16/48.At 18'27" It's the most hysterical perf of this piece. I don't think hysteria is out of place in this music. Also please remember that the Orchestra's instruments were destroyed during the war, so the sound is a little raw. But the acoustics of La Scala are pretty amazing and the perf is wonderful. This is excellent, too.

[@janouglaeser8049]

I was looking for this, thanks!

[@josepablo1514]

Tchaikovsky.. A true music treasure.

[@stephenpowstinger733]

At 12:48 it really gets rolling. He builds and builds the intensity, drops back softly for awhile then comes at you strongly with beautiful stirring melody.

[@windstorm1000]

Happy Birthday Dear Peter --- thank you for all the musical gifts you gave us. You made world better place w your beautiful music.

[@isabelg.2450]

This is one of the few pieces that even if I am rehearsing it to preform, I still actively want to listen to it

[@isabelg.2450]

Such drama and sadness, oh and it is a blast to play

[@braydenhood1321]

R.I.P Violinists

[@sea5078]

The Shock3r it's pretty bad...

[@jen.rodrigues]

I am a violinist 😵 R.I.P me

[@msj879]

For real though, this music can be hard! I playing this on violin in late middle school. I practiced a whole bunch, and really thought I had it down. Then our conductor said "At full tempo now" X_X It was definitely worth it though! Once we got it up to tempo, performing it felt amazing. Like the strings were on fire. I loved it, will never forget that feeling!

[@fandelaberenjena6281]

I played this as 1st violin at my orchestra. I died.

[@weasellikesnoodles]

I know I'm late, but I'm a violist and WE ACTUALLY HAVE NOTES =(

[@jelacernanova5939]

One hell of a legend, I absolutely adore Tchaikovsky.

[@michaelbrandenburg9278]

Was, is, and always will be my favorite composer.

[@MrERICTHEDOG]

One of the few pieces of music that cover me in goosepimples. No-one could write such spine tingling stuff as Tchaikovsky. Pure genius!

[@nano_nogueira_chorinho]

Have you ever tried Rachmaninoff?...

[@andrewfortmusic]

@@CanalDeMusicaMusicChannel Oh Ravel-my favorite! I love Tchaikovsky dearly but there’s something about Ravel that compels me to return to him regardless of what I’ve listened to recently. What a delicate orchestrator he was, and his musical ideas were astonishing then and continue to be astonishing now. I get goosebumps from nearly every one of his pieces. Ma Mère l’Oye, La Valse, Rapsodie Espagnole, Piano Concerto in G minor, Piano Trio in A minor-among others. Absolutely lovely.

[@windstorm1000]

​@@andrewfortmusicyeah he's fabulous

[@mattfaile5426]

So beautiful, so passionate, so emotional, and so moving; This is how music was intended to be!

[@youpiano5972]

Tchaikovsky's pieces have the most EPIC endings ever! Also think about the Waltz of the Flowers. So MAJESTIC and BEAUTIFUL

[@ericsep3102]

I'VE FINALLY FOUND IT. After all these years. This really takes me back when I was a kid listening to these pieces of art that are deeply engrained into my mind. I missed those sweet and simple times that I experienced like no other. This is where all the magic happens.

[@danharrison6438]

it bothers me that the repeating theme in this is used so much in movies, ads, tv shows etc.. i really wish i could have experienced this as purely as possible. its still amazing, but the fact that it gets reduced to "generic love music in non dairy coffee cream commercial" in my memory is a real travesty.

[@beccat430]

+Dan Harrison If you never watch TV then the whole world is so much more pure.

[@dave0mary]

+Dan Harrison There's medicine for that. It's called Growacet. Seriously, there are literally tons of complaints about classical music being used in cartoons/etc. Bigger problems in the world dude.

[@truly7305]

+dave0mary chill lol

[@char7945]

Chill...

[@fuzzytractor90]

Who cares Dan Harrison? It's a great song nonetheless and you should be able to appreciate it either way.

[@erikavagnons8669]

This masterpiece always makes me cry, it is the first piece of classical music I ever played in an orchestra and brings me back so many beautiful memories to my mind.

[@alanisam4608]

Finally after 7 years of searching, I found it. Now I can rest in peace :)

[@peterwyatt3254]

Shakespeare plus Tchaikovsky. That really is a ridiculous amount of genius and understanding of human nature at work.

[@fritzhamster2506]

From 18:11 to19:45 is some of the most beautiful music ever written.

[@Stuugie.]

You mean from 0:00 to 20:25?

[@jesusdaniel.6845]

Her sixth symphony is the best of all the history of music.

[@vegancheese2999]

@@Stuugie. well said

[@ddevo2943]

Great Russian composer Tchaikovsky and his music it's a classic!

[@dannythomas417]

Russia has its ups and downs, but they’ll live on forever.

[@onelastniceguy]

Possibly the greatest piece of music ever composed. He wrote this with such emotion leading the listener into the Journey of his heart and soul. You don't have to read Romeo and Juliet you know the story all you have to do is listen!

[@cyanpunch6140]

The crescendo starting at around 14:10 is almost psychedelic in its technicolor vividness. I'm happy I'm able to feel that way even given how its been watered down by pop culture. Now only imagine if you were hearing it for the first time.

[@agnivabanerjee3983]

Yup!

[@met-andre6007]

Yeah and tbh, it's a stunning melody and i can't believe there's someone that couldn't like that: it's emotion, goosebumpy, utterly beatiful

[@francoisrodewald9868]

The bassoon solo at 10:00 is so beautiful..

[@SNMarisol]

Yes!! 🙌🏼

[@SNMarisol]

Sounds like the movie "the hunger games"

[@tiagobrandao6588]

I dont if its just me, but I love the 1:20 to 2:07 section, especially when the flutes play those high notes and the harp those beautiful chords. It works so well in such a weird way

[@gwennapirozzi9126]

well let me tell you it's hecka hard to hit those notes without being out of tune but yeah when it's done well it's a mind-explosion

[@claradeusviolinus5080]

it's such a beautiful piece, but this part is indeed divine

[@jomet9019]

I know this is a 5 year old comment but yes that part doesn't get as much recognition as it should. Everyone always talks about 14:20

[@strawbebby7092]

I started playing flute because of this piece

[@marissamanley1218]

@@gwennapirozzi9126 Most relatable statement ever, those three Ab's were the scariest notes in the whole piece LOL but hitting them right gave me goosebumps as I played them, genuinely my favorite part of the piece as well

[@johnlorenzen4633]

THE greatest love theme in all classical music-- for lovers everywhere-their anthem. Embraces then shatters our hearts. Musical dramatic Genius. Cuts to the core of the famous lovers ecstasy and tragedy- and as in all great art makes universal.

[@heatherhoepsintuitiveart]

This music will never stop giving me goosebumps

[@andybowkerhere]

I love this piece of music sooooooo much. Can't believe it took me so long to find out how brilliant Tchaikovsky's music is!

[@Credibleb]

I wish the melody at 19:15 was longer. It's my favorite part of the whole piece.

[@badkitty0in0a0corset]

+Squatsnotshots Cruising Seriously! That part gives me such strong goosebumps, no matter how many times I hear it! It's so devastating. We studied this for about 4 months straight in music class back at school and I used to tear up every time!!

[@Ivy94F]

Omg. Its the most awesome part of the piece. How can you NOT get goosebumps at that part?! I sooooo wish we had gotten just one more measure of that epic sadness.

[@ryanhunter226]

although than is a love story that part seems Villainous and I do LOVE my villains! it makes me think of Tybalt!

[@franzliszt6244]

+Squatsnotshots Cruising seriously gives me feels

[@sophiawilliams1408]

+Ryan Hunter Well, so I'm Rosaline, Tybalt. Nice to meet you!

[@BoustoTV]

Tchaikovsky was a pure genius. The moment at 14:21 captivates exactly the feeling of being in love with someone. It reminds me of all the good times with my ex, who I may hate now, but I'll never forget how much I used to be in love with her.

[@user-cm6hj3xe1b]

I'm always amazed that music this good came from a human mind.. Nobody can compose an overture like Tchaikovsky can.

[@noahscahill8902]

This music has and will stand the test of time.

[@abbyag]

This song makes me feel like I'm in a fairy tale or something, it's awesome!!!!

[@Josemarcabal]

I've always loved Tchaikosvky and when I was little I never realized that The Sims 1 kissing theme was from this piece until years later ...

[@user-wd8gm3qi9c]

Благодарю ! Великий Русский Композитор! Прекрасной Души Человек! Музыка Необыкновенная!

[@Boccaccio1811]

15:05 always gives me goosebumps

[@GiganticPyro]

Same.

[@prestonbradley7411]

Umm

[@ragnhildklette186]

Boccaccio1812 iii

[@sadielewis3136]

Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death! Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide! Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on The dashing rocks thy sea-sick weary bark! Here's to my love! (drinks) O true apothecary! They drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.

[@divyap4357]

Who quoted that? Edit: BTW nice pfp. Love Harry Potter!

[@frossplays3539]

@@divyap4357 dunno but its kind of good

[@divyap4357]

@@frossplays3539 I think that's Romeo's line

[@mclee0905]

@@divyap4357 romeo's line as he commits suicide next to juliet's body

[@SonicFan25]

The anticipation in this piece gets me on edge and every instrument hits me with passion. Now that's what I call romantic

[@LS-oq3qh]

Jamais dans ma vie, je n'ai pleure en ecoutant a la musique. Mais, cette fois-ci, j'ai pleure. Je peux sentir la douleur et la passion que Romeo et Juliette sentent tout au long de cette piece. La douleur causee par l'amour impossible qui n'est realisable que par leur mort.

[@mayfrasonsier]

I tear up every time I listen to this

[@montysoto8393]

I just love the trumpets at 12:50

[@fatpurp4041]

I am lucky I grew up didn't watching tv so this piece isnt overplayed in my head

[@philippaharris8951]

Like you I didn't have a tv growing up so I agree that this isn't overplayed for me although that said, I have listened to it quite a bit.

[@valeriechapman1612]

Tchaikovsky. - Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture. This is a beautiful romantic piece of music composed by a genius Composer. From the beginning it builds up to this romantic melody coming through and then its full on with emotion. There is such a wonderful feeling, the power in the music comes through right up to the finale. That was fantastic. I could live through this fantasy again. Many times over. I believe in Fantasies !!! ... Why not, no harm in dreaming is there??? ...

[@isabelg.2450]

When I play this I can truly feel it deep inside my soul. It gets through my hard shell and leaves me absolutely breathless and exposed. I love it.

[@alonso1398]

Recuerdo lo que esta obertura significó para mí durante muchos años. Si relacionas en tu corazón a una persona con cierta melodía, la una te hará evocar a la otra. Al escucharla lloraba de felicidad y de amor y hoy en día todavía hace resurgir parte de aquellos sentimientos. Gracias Tchaikovsky.

[@pierresudrie2487]

Quels volumes de Musique ! Une profondeur allant au fond des tripes : sacré Monsieur !!!

[@moisiiconstantin6812]

One of the most beautiful performing of Tchaikowsky , a masterpiece in classical music, i love this , it is got everything from adagio,grave to presto , sounds for soul

[@salvatoremessina1294]

Tchaikovsky, grazie Maestro R.I.P. :(

[@stephenmessick6619]

I love the way they hold the last note. It's like no one wants the piece to end!

[@skippysmom]

i have this on vinyl from 1960. it belonged to my grandparents, who loved ballets. listening to it moves me to tears, thinking of them. i love it so much.

[@johnkla7866]

The full genius that is Tchaikovsky at its display in this work! The ending to me especially from around Minute 19 is underapreciated, how he resumes the secondary theme before the culmination that leaves the listener to wonder which one is the finale fanfare...

[@aaronjwoolley]

wonderful - one man created this inside his head - truly puts everything into perspective

[@jazztrumpet87]

Not just in his head. He put it to paper. Everyone around you is creating wonderful things in their head. It's must rarer that a person will take the time and effort to make something of their ideas. To painstakingly write them down so they can be shared with the world.

[@benflint]

BOOM

[@user-ps5zj7wk5x]

Yes, how dumb the majority of the population actually is.

[@BuddyBoy600alt]

This song was used on an animated Sesame Street insert where an acorn falls off an oak tree and grows into another oak tree.

[@nikitajakunin6571]

The overture has became the first composition by Tchaikóvsky that made me exactly fascinated

[@windstorm1000]

The whole plays in the music. Pure genius. Breathtaking heart ride for us

[@apphappy3796]

I've heard this piece (and loved it) by Tchaikovsky for such a long time and its still one of a kind beautiful sorrowful and dramatic this piece is one of my favorites and it never gets old to me. Its one of his best compositions.

[@sarahmcdonnell1755]

Timestamps for comparing themes Friar Lawerence: Intro 0:00 , 2:10 FL semitone lower offbeat pizzicato quavers (still intro) 11:17 development FL in horns, 11:25 FL motif in antiphany/Q&A development, 11:39 FL in development, (lots of FL repeats in development, only need to know that that's where they are) 11:55 FL in development same as 11.17 and followed by another motif Q&A, 12:50 trumpet FL with tutti strife in rest of orchestra, 16:19 very short FL between strife in recap 1a strife: 5:36 1st Subject in exposition, 6:00 Cannonic version of strife 1st subject exposition, 6:40 strife returns after rushing quavers, shorter and louder with percussion, 11:04 strife rhythm strings and woodwind start of exposition, short, 12:25 development strife broken between instruments in antiphany/Q&A, 12:50 tutti strife with FL in trumpet, 13:20 strife in recap louder and with percussion, 16:12 1a strife in recap tutti, 16:25 strife semitone higher tutti, increased tension, 16:58 fff climax instruments start to drop out 2a Love theme: 7:45 2nd subject exposition, 8:54 higher pitch 2a repeat still 2nd subject expo, 14:23 in recap famous love theme fuller and in D maj with piccolo, 15:54 2a again in recap gets interrupted by strife, 17:32 coda death march variation of 2a 2b Juliet's theme: 8:04 2nd subject development, 13:44 2b in recap more stressed played by oboe

[@janisoncaetanodasilva1487]

Tchaikovsky gênio! Meu compositor clássico predileto!

[@victorzaak]

Não existe outro como ele

[@Phlexstone]

I feel such a connection to the masterpieces he created...I just cannot explain why. So beautiful and fragile yet so strong and powerful.

[@manoelacordeiro7844]

Tchaikovsky, você mora na minha alma

[@jacobopper4091]

Tchaikovsky's best composition.

[@jawadhaddad99]

Jacob Opper Ever heard his 6th Symphony ? I think you might change your mind. I'm not saying that Romeo and Juliet is not good; it is genius. But his sixth.....is incomparable to any piece of music....it's just from another world!

[@raymonddooley2623]

Best Composition? Don't think so.

[@benjaminhondorp8593]

​@@jawadhaddad99 yeeesss!! the 6th is amazing! I already loved it, but when had to analyse it for conservatory it became my absolute favourite piece ever!

[@MilkeyMilksCorner]

I love this you can feel the emotion in the music and the mood he’s trying to set as if I’m watching the play

[@lparthatguy3964]

14:15 the famous part sounds like the theme of when the bikes in ET go off the ground. It's awesome

[@johndoherty487]

Likely what influenced John Williams.