“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 conductor

Tickets

FREE
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Part of TŌN’s Free Concerts series

The Orchestra Now presents a free holiday season concert at the Talent Unlimited High School for the performing arts 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

The concert will last approximately one hour and 45 minutes.

Brief remarks by a TŌN musician

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite
30 min
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Johann Strauss II Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
3 min
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Intermission
20 min

Brief remarks by a TŌN musician

Alexander Borodin “Polovtsian Dances” from Prince Igor
with the All-City High School Orchestra
14 min
Listen

Gustav Holst “Mars” and “Jupiter” from The Planets
with the All-City High School Orchestra
16 min
Listen

All timings are approximate. Program and artists subject to change.

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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