This music, unlike the piece he chose for the first segment, bachs tocatta and fugue in d minor, does have a program. Tchaikovskys nutcracker suite and ponchiellis dance of the hours as performed in walt disneys fantasia. Connecting the nutcracker and the four realms to walt. The mushroom dance from fantasia 1940 w the nutcracker suite. The nutcracker suite dancers are characters who appear in the nutcracker suite segment of the film, fantasia. Tchaikovsky, leopold stokowski and the philadelphia. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. Oct 30, 2018 alex traces the connection between walt disney s fantasia in 1940 and the american debut of the classic ballet in 1954 to disney s new fantasy adventure, the nutcracker and the four realms. Vinyl see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. It was the only one of his three ballet suites to have been compiled an published during the composers lifetime. Complete your tchaikovsky leopold stokowski and the philadelphia orchestra collection. The night on bald mountain segment was reported in 2015 as being in development by disney productions for a featurelength liveaction film with a treatment written by matt sazama and burk sharpless.
Fantasia faries dance of the sugar plum fairy youtube. The failure of fantasia would remain a sore spot with disney for the rest of his life. Nutcracker suite is the second installment in fantasia. In 1969, however, the 18 to 30yearolds finally discovered. Fantasia merely makes our other pictures look immature and suggests for the first time what the future of. In the nutcracker suite segment of the film, the fairies appear to perform the dance of the sugar plum fairies.
Tchaikovsky from walt disneys fantasia tchaikovsky. Tchaikovskys nutcracker suite and ponchiellis dance of the hours as performed in walt disney s fantasia. Nutcracker suite simple english wikipedia, the free. This version was also included both as part of the 3lp soundtrack album of fantasia since released as a 2cd set, and as a single lp, with dance of the hours, another fantasia segment, on the reverse side. Remastered original soundtrack edition disc 1 track 7. May 12, 20 fantasia disney nutcracker suite tchaikovsky.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The fairies are tiny creatures that have control over nature. Described as being recorded from the original soundtrack, the music in the film was composed by the philadelphia orchestra and leopold stokowski. The first road show of fantasia opened on november, 1940 over four years before san francisco ballet presented the american premiere of the nutcracker ballet, on christmas eve 1944, at the war. Alex traces the connection between walt disneys fantasia in 1940 and. In 1939, walt disney colaborated with leopold stokowski to create a new marvel of sight and sound. Fantasia is a 1940 american animated film produced by walt disney and released by walt disney productions. Fantasia 1940 the nutracker suite video dailymotion. This section excludes toccata and fugue in d minor, as no characters actually appear in that segment. Mar 30, 2015 four years after fantasia was released, the san francisco ballet staged the u. Disc 1 toccata and fugue in d minor, nutcracker suite, the sorcerers apprentice, the rite of spring. Suggested by disney enterprises fantasia coming soon.
When they are done, they are followed by the summer fairies, who change the season to summer. As master of ceremonies deems taylor points out, there is no nutcracker on the screen. The nutcracker suite, a selection of pieces from tchaikovskys nowclassic christmas ballet the nutcracker, is a personified depiction of the changing of the seasons. The nutcracker suite should not be mistaken for the complete ballet.
Dec 16, 20 dec 16, 20 fantasia 1982 nutcracker suite deems taylor replaced stay safe and healthy. Dec 16, 20 fantasia 1982 nutcracker suite deems taylor replaced stay safe and healthy. In the nutcracker suite, animator art babbitt is said to have credited the three stooges as a guide for animating the dancing mushrooms in the. Her body turns green and melts the snow away for the coming of the spring season, covering the forest in fresh foliage. Nov 12, 2015 the failure of fantasia would remain a sore spot with disney for the rest of his life. Disney turns you into a pagan, hence the charm of fantasia for the lsd neoaborigines of the 1960s. Tchaikovsky waltz of the flowers from disneys with love youtube.
Nov 16, 2009 the nutcracker suite is a personified depiction of the changing of the seasons. Incidentally, you wont see any nutcracker on the screen. Fantasia is the soundtrack to the 1940 film of the same name which was first released on january 6, 1942 by walt disney records. The nutcracker suite is a personified depiction of the changing of the seasons. The nutcracker suite was not one of tchaikovskys favourite pieces of his work but it is definitely one of the most popular ballets around the world. Fantasia 1940 the sorcerers apprentice walt disney cartoon movie. Fantasia 1982 nutcracker suite deems taylor replaced. The nutcracker suite features a selection of pieces from tchaikovskys classic ballet the nutcracker. Connecting the nutcracker and the four realms to walt disneys. Fantasia merely makes our other pictures look immature. With story direction by joe grant and dick huemer, and production supervision by ben sharpsteen, it is the third feature in the disney animated features canon. But when walt disneys animated interpretation of the nutcracker suite made its debut in 1940 as one of fantasias eight musical episodes. The nutcracker suite is the second segment of the 1940 disney film fantasia.
It features a number of different scenes within, with their own music respectively. Music by leopold stokowski and the philadelphia orchestra. Tchaikovsky, ponchielli leopold stokowski and the philadelphia orchestra the nutcracker suite from walt disneys fantasia dance of the hours. Fantasia is a 1940 american animated film, produced by walt disney productions and given a wide release by rko radio pictures. The nutcracker suite segment serves as a partial inspiration for the featurelength movie, the nutcracker and the four realms 2018. The walt disney records legacy collection version of fantasia gives the deluxe audio treatment to the legendary 1940 animated film, offering up a collectable, handsomely packaged fourdisc set that includes twodisc versions of both the original leopold stokowskiconducted soundtrack and the 1982 rerecording by famed arranger and orchestrator irwin kostal. Unlike the original ballet, this fantasia adaptation has no real plot. I had no idea it was from fantasia but now i will cherish it. Surprisingly, the nutcracker suite section of fantasia was not directly inspired by the now famous christmastime ballet, the nutcracker.
Disney piano collectionthe best of disney piano music 4 hours long 85 songspiano covered by kno duration. There are different types of them to control over each season. Fantasia is a 1940 american animated film produced by walt disney and released by walt. How disney turned tchaikovskys nutcracker into a ballet of. Fantasia dance of the sugarplum fairy tchaikovsky disney. It was also unique in that it was the first film to feature multichannel stereo sound fantasound for the lack of a better word. Tchaikovsky, ponchielli leopold stokowski and the philadelphia orchestra. It wasnt much of a success and nobody performs it nowadays, but im pretty sure youll recognize the music of the suite when you hear it.
In 1980, disney legend irving ludwig, who had managed fantasias 1940 roadshow engagements and returned to disney to become president of buena vista distribution in 1959, remarked. The 1940 disney animated film fantasia features a segment using the nutcracker suite. The film consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music conducted by leopold stokowski. The firebird suite written by igor stravinsky is the eighth and final segment in fantasia 2000. After a long winter, in the form of water, the spring sprite emerges from the pool to meet the elk and he leads her out of the hidden alcove for her to get to work. I went to disney yesterday and one the pins i traded for was that little baby mushroom.
Hawkins for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of fantasia and leopold stokowski for their unique achievement in the creation of a new form of visualized music in walt disney s production fantasia, thereby widening the. The arrangement known as the nutcracker suite is made up of. When they are done, they are followed by the summer fairies, who change the season to. Walt was at least 25 years ahead of his time and the public wasnt ready for fantasia just yet. Tchaikovsky compiled his suite from the ballet the nutcracker, op. However, disneys interpretation for fantasia does not contain any actual nutcrackers. Its a series of dances taken out of a fulllength ballet called the nutcracker that he once composed for the st. With story direction by joe grant and dick huemer and production supervision by ben sharpsteen, it is the third feature in the disney animated canon. But also personified depictions of other naturalistic or animalistic beings. Medieval theologians would have had him burnt at the stake. But when walt disneys animated interpretation of the nutcracker suite made its debut in 1940 as one of fantasia s eight musical episodes, there had yet to be a complete production of the nutcracker in the united states. The numbers chosen by tchaikovsky for the nutcracker suite and their sequence within the suite are as follows.
Cw 32, popularly known as the nutcracker suite, in january and february 1892. Dec 28, 2010 disney chose tchaikovskys nutcracker suite for fantasias second segment. It wasnt until christmas eve of 1944 that the san francisco ballet produced the work in its entirety. The first to perform are the dewdrop fairies, who make dewdrops in flowers and webs. Awords in 1941 fantasia won two special academy awards. The resulting film fantasia is for many the zenith of disney s film output in the early forties. Alex traces the connection between walt disneys fantasia in 1940 and the american debut of the classic ballet in 1954 to disneys new fantasy adventure, the. Watch fantasia nutcracker suite music by pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky, section of fantasia 1940 movie with a selection of pieces from tchaikovskys nowclassic. Tchaikovsky waltz of the flowers nutcracker disney animation no.