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 Hallé, conducted by Andrew Gourlay play Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker complete
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker
The Hallé
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 Hallé 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.
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