Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 7:30 PM Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall
Yale Jazz Ensemble Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director
“The Nutcracker Swings!” __________________________________________________________________ with special guests The Yale Percussion Group Yifei Fu, Matthew Keown, Kramer Milan, Jeffrey Stern, Terry Sweeney, Georgi Videnov
Traditional African Drumming Music for Pieces of Wood
Traditional Steve Reich (1973)
Yale Jazz Ensemble The Nutcracker Suite
I.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1892) arr. Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn (1978) ed. Jeff Lindberg (2010)
Overture Benjy Steinberg, Jonathan Adler – tenor saxes; Adé Ben-Salahuddin – trumpet; Johnathan Weisgerber – trombone
II. Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed Pipes) Alex Pappas – baritone sax; Alexander Ringlein – clarinet
III. Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) Colum O’Connor – drums; Jonathan Adler – tenor sax
IV. Entr’acte Mike Hoot – alto sax; Alex Pappas – baritone sax; Jonathan Adler – tenor sax; Curtis Biggs – trombone; Alexander Ringlein – clarinet
V.
Volga Vouty (Russian Dance) Miki Sasaki – trumpet; Mike Hoot – alto sax; Curtis Biggs – trombone; Alexander Ringlein – clarinet
VI. Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance) Alexander Ringlein – clarinet; Benjy Steinberg – tenor sax
VII. Dance of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers) Curtis Biggs, Rich Liverano, Johnathan Weisgerber – trombones; Alex Pappas – baritone sax; Adé Ben-Salahuddin – trumpet; Alexander Ringlein – clarinet
VIII. Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance) Curtis Biggs, Rich Liverano, Johnathan Weisgerber – trombones; Tim Moran – clarinet; Alex Pappas – bass clarinet; Mike Hoot – alto sax
IX. Peanut Brittle Brigade (March) Alexander Ringlein – clarinet; Adé Ben-Salahuddin – trumpet; Hanoi Hantrakul – piano; Jonathan Adler – tenor sax