Nutcracker suite, Fantasia on Christmas Carols Dec 2024

1730, Saturday 14 December 2024,
School Hall, Eton College, High Street, Eton SL4 6DW

Slough Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
with Susan Handy Dance
Andrew Thompson, baritone
Leon Gee, conductor
David Manners, chorus director 


Bryan Kelly            Improvisations on Christmas Carols
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Tchaikovsky          Nutcracker Suite
     -
Nigel Hess             Christmas overture
Audience carol:      While shepherds watched
arr. Holst                Personet Hodie
Prokofiev               Troika from Lieutentent Kije
Audience carol:      12 days of Christmas (arr Rutter)
Leroy Anderson      Sleigh Ride
Harold Darke          In the bleak midwinter
Audience carol:      O come all ye faithful (arr Willcocks)
arr Wilberg             Christmas is coming

Join us for an evening of the best of festive music.  We journey with Clara from The Nutcracker through the Land of Sweets and Delights brought to life by dancers from local Susan Handy Dance School.  Listen for the way the composer brilliantly makes toys and sweets sound like glittering water droplets and spun sugar.  You’ll hear the ringing of sleighbells and the whinnying of horses on two very different sleigh rides; one a romantic drive through a sunny snowy day, the other a rollercoaster ride on a traditional Russian troika.  The programme includes a selection of carol arrangements and both popular and traditional favourites, including a chance to sing along with the chorus and orchestra.

A special price family ticket is available for this concert. Admits 3 to 5 people: minimum one child, maximum two adults.
Note 5:30 p.m. start time. Some public parking in Eton is ten minutes walk away and may be busy in December
Step free access. Contact the box office directly for wheelchair spaces 0300 365 7445
Balcony seats are wooden benches with backs, but no cushion.