Program
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- Overture to The Nutcracker
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- ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN (arr. TYZIK)
- Peanut Brittle Brigade
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- No. 14c: Pas de deux. The Prince and the Sugar Plum Fairy: Variation II (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
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- ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN (arr. TYZIK)
- Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
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- ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN (arr. TYZIK)
- Dance of the Floreadors (Waltz of the Flowers)
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- No. 12d: Divertissement: Trepak
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- No. 12c: Divertissement: Tea
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- ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN (arr. TYZIK)
- Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed Pipes)
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- No. 8: A Pine Forest in Winter
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- No. 7: The Nutcracker Battles the Army of the Mouse King
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- No. 2: March
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- No. 1: Decoration and Illumination of the Christmas Tree
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- ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN (arr. TYZIK)
- Overture from The Nutcracker Suite
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- No Intermission
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Debbie Devine, director
- Lesley Gonzalez, stage manager
- Azra King-Abadi, lighting designer
- Kitty McNamee, Choreographer
- Rasta Thomas, Choreographer
- Jessica Gadzinski, dancer
- Jalyn Flowers, dancer
About this Performance
Gustavo Dudamel hosts and conducts this holiday favorite with a twist. Leading selections from both Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker as well as Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington’s The Nutcracker Suite, a swinging reimagination of the many colors and drama of the original.
This concert is recommended for children ages 5 to 11.
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Event starts at 10:00AM
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