- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Edward Kennedy Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
The Nutcracker Suite (for orchestra) (1892)
- Tempo Music Inc (World)
freely arr. by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn; arr. and adapted by Jeff Tyzik
- 21+ca.2+bcl.asx(tsx).2/4331/dmkit/jazz bass/str
- 17 min
- 19th April 2025, Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR, United States of America
- 6th December 2025, Bank of America PAC Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks, CA, United States of America
Programme Note
Related works:
The Nutcracker Suite, for jazz band (Tchaikovsky/Ellington/Strayhorn)
The Nutcracker Suite, for orchestra (Tchaikovsky/Ellington/Strayhorn, adapted by Tyzik)
Movements
1. Overture
2. Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed Pipes)
3. Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)
4. Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)
5. Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)
The Nutcracker Suite, for jazz band (Tchaikovsky/Ellington/Strayhorn)
The Nutcracker Suite, for orchestra (Tchaikovsky/Ellington/Strayhorn, adapted by Tyzik)
Movements
1. Overture
2. Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed Pipes)
3. Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)
4. Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)
5. Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)