Viennese Christmas by Candlelight at Bristol Cathedral, Bristol on Saturday 4th December 2021

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Viennese Christmas by Candlelight

Add to my Calendar 04-12-2021 19:30 04-12-2021 21:30 36 Viennese Christmas by Candlelight Tchaikovsky’s elegant Nutcracker Suite leads on from Brahms’ serious Hungarian Dance No.5, before Strauss II introduces us to the boundless exuberance of the Polish March in his Trisch-Trasch Polka. In the concert’s penultimate work Tchaikovsky transports the evening to the magical halls of snowy Tsarist Russia with a regal waltz from his ballet Sleeping Beauty. The evening reaches its climax with the famous Blue Danube Waltz, not only proving the crowning jewel of a fabulous night’s worth of music, but the coronation of Johann Strauss II as the master of the Viennese waltz. Bristol Cathedral, Bristol DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Bristol Cathedral
College Green
Bristol
BS1 5TJ
England

Saturday 4th December 2021
7:30 PM

Programme

Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance in G minor, WoO 1 no.5 (orch. Parlow)
Johann Strauss II (the Younger) – The Blue Danube
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Johann Strauss II (the Younger) – Tritsch-tratsch Polka, Op.214
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a

Performers

London Concertante

Programme Note

Tchaikovsky’s elegant Nutcracker Suite leads on from Brahms’ serious Hungarian Dance No.5, before Strauss II introduces us to the boundless exuberance of the Polish March in his Trisch-Trasch Polka. In the concert’s penultimate work Tchaikovsky transports the evening to the magical halls of snowy Tsarist Russia with a regal waltz from his ballet Sleeping Beauty. The evening reaches its climax with the famous Blue Danube Waltz, not only proving the crowning jewel of a fabulous night’s worth of music, but the coronation of Johann Strauss II as the master of the Viennese waltz.

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