Swan Lake Scene Duet
 

The "Swan Lake" ballet was written by Peter Ilytch Tchaikovsky in the 1875–1876 time frame. This Swan Lake Scene Duet is a reduction of one of the opening scenes and is perhaps an intermediate level for playing. I have cryptically named it scene because the online information I can find does not give names to the various sections.

Phrasing is always a problem in a reduction of pieces written for strings, so I have added several breath marks (large commas between slurs) to emphasize that a quick breath should be taken before the next phrase. You may find that you can cover longer phrases with one breath, which would be fine.

I hope you enjoy playing this. My wife and I are having a ball with it.

Ralph Rayner