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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12c, Divertissement. Tea, Chinese Dance
by André Previn
About This Song
About "Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12c, Divertissement. Tea, Chinese Dance" by André Previn
The Chinese Dance snaps to life with piccolo flourishes and staccato strings, a miniature tea ceremony of bright, brittle energy. Previn shapes it as a jewel-box divertissement—exotic in Tchaikovsky's nineteenth-century imagination, yet precise and playful, all porcelain delicacy and sudden spark.