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The Halle - Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker

Live from Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Andrew Gourlay conducts the Halle Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's ballet score The Nutcracker. Presented by Stuart Flinders.

Live from Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Presented by Stuart Flinders

The Hall茅, conducted by Andrew Gourlay play Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker complete

Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker

The Hall茅

Andrew Gourlay conductor

'Astonishingly rich in detailed inspiration and from beginning to end, beautiful, melodious, original' was how one contemporary judged Tchaikovsky's enchanting seasonal ballet, The Nutcracker. Tonight Andrew Gourlay and the Hall茅 give an early Christmas treat by performing this masterly score in its glorious entirety.
From its wonderfully bustling opening bars to the 'Waltz of the Flowers', the 'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy' and its magnificent finale, the ballet takes us to the Kingdom of Sweets and back.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Jean鈥怓茅ry Rebel

    Les El茅mens

    Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Director: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet)

    Conductor: Andrew Gourlay. Orchestra: Hall茅.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet)

    Conductor: Andrew Gourlay. Orchestra: Hall茅.

Broadcast

  • Sun 14 Dec 2014 19:30

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