The right music at the right time can do anything for the soul.

Tchaikovsky is my "soul" composer. The Nutcracker will always have a personal connection with me, including my performance as a party boy in Act I in the 1999 Alberta Ballet production (that was 10 years ago!). Act II of the ballet is just so mesmerizing for me (the music anyway), including the selection in the video below.

Enjoy Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers, from the Nutcracker ballet performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.


1:41 is a smile breaking moment!