Swingin ’ Nutcracker à la Ellington featuring Step Afrika !
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Swingin ’ Nutcracker à la Ellington featuring Step Afrika !
Music Center At Strathmore Thursday , December 8 , 2016 — 8pm
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Friday , December 9 , 2016 — 7:30 pm Saturday , December 10 , 2016 — 2pm Saturday , December 10 , 2016 — 7:30 pm Sunday , December 11 , 2016 — 2pm
Nicholas Hersh , Conductor Step Afrika ! — Jakari Sherman , Choreographer
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Piotr Ilyich |
A Swingin ’ Nutcracker ! |
Tchaikovsky |
Act I |
Arranged by |
Overture * |
Paul Murtha |
No . 1 — The Piney Pine Pine ( Decoration and Lighting of the Christmas Tree ) |
* Arranged by Duke Ellington &
Billy Strayhorn . Orchestration by
Paul Murtha .
No . 2 — Peanut Brittle Brigade ( March )* No . 3 — House Party ( Childrens Gallop and Dance of the Parents ) No . 4 — Mack Daddy in the House ( Arrival of Drosselmeyer ) No . 5 — Pop ’ s Gonna Bust a Move ( Grandfather Waltz ) No . 6 — T . P . O . ( Clara and the Nutcracker ) No . 7 — Time to Chuck-Em ! ( The Battle ) No . 8 — The Piney Pine Chillin ’ ( A Pine Forest in Winter ) No . 9 — Frosty Flakes ( Waltz of the Snowflakes )
INTERMISSION
Act II Entr ’ acte * No . 10 — Sugar Shack ( The Magic Castle in the Land of Sweets ) No . 11 — Lil ’ E and the Nizzy Pizzy
Divertissement No . 12A — El Choc Olé ( Spanish Dance ) No . 12B — Arabesque Cookie ( Arabian Dance )* No . 12C — Chinoiserie ( Chinese Dance )* No . 12D — Volga Vouty ( Russian Dance )* No . 12E — Toot Toot Tootie Toot ( Dance of the Reed-Pipes )* No . 12F — Mama G & The Clowns ( Mother Ginger and the Polichinelles ) No . 13 — Dance of the Floreadores ( Waltz of the Flowers )*
Pas de Deux No . 14A — A Party of 2 ( Intrada Sugar Plum Fairy and Her Cavalier ) No . 14B — Tricky T ( Variation I : Tarantella ) No . 14C — Sugar Rum Cherry ( Variation II : Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy )* No . 14D — DC ( Coda ) No . 15 — Wrap it Up ( Final Waltz and Apotheosis )
STEP AFRIKA !
The concert will end at approximately 10pm on Thursday , 9:30pm on Friday and Saturday , and 4pm on Saturday and Sunday .
Commissioning Sponsor : Charlotte Cameron & the Dan Cameron Family Foundation Diamond Sponsor : Dr . Gary Mather and Ms . Christina Co Mather Platinum Sponsor : Reginald Van Lee
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