Viennese Christmas by Candlelight at Birmingham Cathedral, Birmingham on Monday 27th December 2021

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Viennese Christmas by Candlelight

Add to my Calendar 27-12-2021 19:30 27-12-2021 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. Birmingham Cathedral, Birmingham DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Birmingham Cathedral
Cathedral Square
Colmore Row
Birmingham
B3 2QB
England

Monday 27th December 2021
7:30 PM

Programme

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

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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