Romeo & Juliet Fantasy-Overture (Tchaikovsky)

Tchaikovsky wrote this symphonic poem based on William Shakespeare's play of tragic romance, Romeo & Juliet. This is one of my all-time favorite pieces of classical music, and it is the music that introduced me to my all-time favorite composer Tchaikovsky, and well as the music that got me hooked on classical music just two years ago.
While making the video to go with this music, I was trying to decide on what to tell the story with picture-wise since good pictures of the Romeo and Juliet plot-line didn't seem to fit with the music that well. After listening to the music a few times through, I discovered that during the length of the piece I could see roses representing the famous love theme and fire representing the turbulent fight scenes between the battling families.
In order to tell a story through the music and pictures, I began with the sun rising on peaceful springtime scenes, and the looming foreshadowing of death for the two star-crossed lovers. Then as the strife continues with the Capulets and Montagues, fire is sparked and burns through the rest of the video. As the lovers meet and fall deeply in love, pink, white, and red roses tell their story of bliss. In the end, the lovers meet their deaths; however, their burning love never meets its end. Thus, the story ends with the remaining red rose and the sun setting in the never-ending horizon.
Enjoy!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Romeo
• and
• Juliet
• Fantasy
• Overture
• Tchaikovsky
• Classical
• Music
• Love
• theme
• Romance

[SingAllNightAndDay]

For those of you doing this for an exam piece here's the themes & times;

Friar LawrenceTheme - @00:00

Strife Theme - @06:29

Love Theme - @08:46

Vote up for others to see!! :)

[chaines1186]

Anyone else hear that note at 14:39 ?

[mrsbrownandhercat]

Thank you for a great video, to one of the greatest pieces of music ever. Some of the subtelty is lost in this recording, but the visual glory makes up for it. You can understand where Rachmaninov got his inspiration from. An amazing and complete audio/visual experience.

[eijilover18]

for all my fellow Doctor Who fans, I think that every time the melody gets really intense and bursts out really loudly a weeping angel should show up. Just momentarily. :)

[Rkerekes13]

The theme I've been waiting for all my life!

[dutchtuba]

Enjoyed this very much as I listened to it several times to practice my tuba part with the Inland valley symphony. Perfect. Thanks.

[mjsk8er90]

18:58 - end is my entire reason for listening to this song. it has so much closure, i feel.

[mjsk8er90]

@chaines1186

ha! oops, wrong note

[narcyz323]

from 9:58 to 10:07 -> the sims 2 when the pair is kissing :D

[Laparanoicafierita]

I am hearing this 16:34 part, while reading Bertrand Russell's "Marriage and MoralS", try it.

[wizcadillackid]

The trumpet solo at 14:24

[wizcadillackid]

My favorite part is the Trumpit solo over the rest of the orchestra beatung down the front door of a castle