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The Nutcracker, Op. 120, No. 1 (1892/2020)

For Clarinet Choir

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Duration: 91'

  1. Miniature Overture
  3. Act I, Tableau I
  4. 1. Scene (The Christmas Tree)
  5. 2. March
  6. 3. Children’s Gallop and Dance of the Parents
  7. 4. Dance Scene (Arrival of Drosselmeyer)
  8. 5. Scene and Grandfather Waltz
  9. 6. Scene (Clara and the Nutcracker)
  10. 7. Scene (The Battle)
  12. Tableau II
  13. 8. Scene (A Pine Forest in Winter)
  14. 9. Waltz of the Snowflakes
  16. Act II, Tableau III
  17. 10. Scene (The Magic Castle in the Land of Sweets)
  18. 11. Scene (Clara and Nutcracker Prince)
  19. 12. Divertissement
  20. a. Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
  21. b. Coffee (Arabian Dance)
  22. c. Tea (Chinese Dance)
  23. d. Trepak (Russian Dance)
  24. e. Dance of the Reed Flutes
  25. f. Mother Ginger and the Polichinelles
  26. 13. Waltz of the Flowers
  27. 14. Pas de Deux
  28. a. Intrada (Sugar Plum Fairy and Her Cavalier)
  29. b. Variation I: Tarantella
  30. c. Variation II: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
  31. d. Coda
  32. 15. Final Waltz and Apotheosis

Instrumentation:

  • Eb Clarinet
  • Bb Clarinet 1
  • Bb Clarinet 2
  • Bb Clarinet 3
  • Bb Clarinet 4
  • Bb Clarinet 5
  • Bb Clarinet 6
  • Alto Clarinet 1
  • Alto Clarinet 2
  • Bass Clarinet 1
  • Bass Clarinet 2
  • Contra-Alto Clarinet
  • Contrabass Clarinet
  • Percussion (Triangle, Suspended Cymbal, Tambourine, Ratchet, Toy Drums (on stage), Crash Cymbals, Bass Drum, Tam-Tam, Castanets) (Toy Cymbals, Cuckoo, Quail ad libitum)

Program Notes:

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