Program
- TCHAIKOVSKY Overture to The Nutcracker
- ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN (arr. TYZIK) Overture from The Nutcracker Suite
- TCHAIKOVSKY No. 1: Decoration and Illumination of the Christmas Tree
- TCHAIKOVSKY No. 2: March
- TCHAIKOVSKY No. 7: The Nutcracker Battles the Army of the Mouse King
- TCHAIKOVSKY No. 8: A Pine Forest in Winter
- ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN (arr. TYZIK) Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed Pipes)
- TCHAIKOVSKY No. 12c: Divertissement: Tea
- TCHAIKOVSKY No. 12d: Divertissement: Trepak
- ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN (arr. TYZIK) Dance of the Floreadors (Waltz of the Flowers)
- ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN (arr. TYZIK) Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
- TCHAIKOVSKY No. 14c: Pas de deux. The Prince and the Sugar Plum Fairy: Variation II (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
- ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN (arr. TYZIK) Peanut Brittle Brigade
- 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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