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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