Tchaikovsky Portrait?!

Tchaikovsky Portrait?

I remember when I was in band, we played a piece called Tchaikovsky Portrait and it was basically a collection of excerpts from Tchaikovsky pieces. I was wondering if anyone knew which pieces were included - the only one I really remember was the last one, which was the Nutcracker.

You answered your own question. a portrait can be considered as a collection of music pieces like a medley. the contents of it can vary strongly, so one can create a bunch of different portraits.