Swan Lake

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The swans’ theme from Tchaikovsky’s ballet: a princess turned into a swan by a sorcerer, human only at night. The first production in 1877 flopped; the ballet only became famous after his death.

Arranged by Noah JohnKarl Thompson, used under CC BY 4.0. Original parts on IMSLP. The original is for oboe and piano. We gave the oboe part to the tuba, moved everything from B minor to G minor, wrote out the tremolos and set our own dynamics.