Episode 35: See the Music: George Balanchine's The Nutcracker
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City Ballet the Podcast is back for a special edition of See the Music. Music Director Andrew Litton hosts a tour through the musical delights of the Tschaikovsky score to George Balanchine\\u2019s The Nutcracker\\xae, from the ballet\\u2019s ignominious beginnings to the composer\\u2019s felicitous discovery of the celesta\\u2014the renowned accompaniment to the Sugarplum Fairy\\u2019s introduction in Act II. Litton is joined by Concertmaster Kurt Nikkanen, who performs the lilting violin solo Balanchine borrowed from the rarely-played Entr\\u2019acte of Tschaikovsky\\u2019s The Sleeping Beauty for inclusion in his version of this classic holiday tale. (23:44)
Music:
The Nutcracker (1892) by Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky