Swan Lake

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

In B minor, range D4 to C♯6

Moonlight on a lake, and a line of swans gliding across it. They are a princess and her friends, turned into swans by a sorcerer and human again only at night. The first production in 1877 was not a success; the ballet only became famous after Tchaikovsky’s 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 flute, kept Thompson’s key, B minor, wrote out the tremolos and set our own dynamics.