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Performers

Sinfonia Varsovia

Michał Klauza conductor

Programme

Georg Friedrich Händel Pastoral symphony (Pifa) from the I part of oratorio Messiah HWV 56 [3’]

Stanisław Moniuszko Fairy Tale (Conte d’hiver), Fantastic Overture [9’]

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Christmas Overture from the music to the poetic tale The Forest of Wild Thyme by Alfred Noyes, Op. 74 (arr. for orchestra Sydney Baynes) [5′]
Stanisław Moniuszko Highlanders’ Dances from the III act of the opera Halka [5’]

Bohdana Frolyak Fantasy for Christmas for orchestra [5’]

Georges Bizet Farandole from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (ed. 1879, arr. Ernest Guiraud) [5’]

intermission

Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn Nutcracker Suite (arr. of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s music from the ballet Nutcracker; arr. for orchestra Jeff Tyzik) [19’]
Overture
Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance Of The Reed Pipes)
Dance of the Floreadors (Waltz Of The Flowers)
Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)

Traditional Polish carols in arrangement for symphony orchestra [15’]