Ask anyone to hum a bit of Swan Lake, and they'll give you that heart-wrenching Tchaikovsky theme we all know so well. It's the epitome of classical ballet music and, arguably, one of the most recognizable scores in the entire classical music repertoire.
One of the most undervalued features of Swan Lake are Peter Tchaikovsky's violin solos. These gems are not your run-of-the-mill solos. Instead of the usual brief dances that can be as short as 47 seconds, the three violin pieces in Swan Lake are, on average, about six minutes. They are very similar to operatic arias and duets. Tchaikovsky's solos are lyrical, technically difficult, and melodically complex — only they're just sung by violins rather than sopranos.
BOSTON (AP) — More shots have been fired in the war of words between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Donald Trump.
The Massachusetts Democrat called the Republican presidential candidate a "small, insecure moneygrubber" who doesn't care whom he hurts, as long as he can make money.
