“The Nutcracker” & “The Planets”

Program & Artists

Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite
Johann Strauss II Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
Alexander Borodin
 “Polovtsian Dances” from Prince Igor
Holst “Mars” and “Jupiter” from The Planets

Leonardo Pineda conductor
Selections performed with the All-City High School Orchestra
David West
principal director

Tickets

FREE
Advance RSVP requested

Part of TŌN’s Free Concerts series

The Orchestra Now presents a free holiday season concert at the Julia Richman Educational Complex on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. TŌN Interim Assistant Conductor Leonardo Pineda leads a program of high-spirited audience favorites, which includes Tchaikovsky’s beloved Nutcracker Suite and Johann Strauss II’s Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka. TŌN is joined by NYC’s All-City High School Orchestra for Borodin’s evocative “Polovtsian Dances” and two movements from Holst’s iconic The Planets.

Concert Details

>Read the concert program

Brief remarks by TŌN flutist Chase McClung

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite
30 min
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>Read concert notes by TŌN keyboard player Neilson Chen

Johann Strauss II Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
3 min
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>Read concert notes by TŌN oboist Quinton Bodnár-Smith

Intermission
20 min

Brief remarks TŌN harpist Cheng Wei (Ashley) Lim and All-City High School Orchestra violinist Yuanming Zhao

Alexander Borodin “Polovtsian Dances” from Prince Igor
with the All-City High School Orchestra
14 min
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>Read concert notes by TŌN bassoonist Kylie Bartlett

Gustav Holst “Mars” and “Jupiter” from The Planets
with the All-City High School Orchestra
16 min
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>Read concert notes by TŌN violist Tania Ladino Ramírez

All timings are approximate.

Sample the Music

Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite

Johann Strauss II Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka

Alexander Borodin “Polovtsian Dances” from Prince Igor

Holst “Mars” from The Planets

Photo: The Orchestra Now by Patrick Arias

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