Nish Music
The Nutcracker (in 5 Minutes)
For Flute Choir*
Peter I. Tchaikovsky
Arr. Judy Nishimura
Available from ALRY Publications Catalog # FC-276
*Piccolo, 4 C Flutes, Alto Flute in G,
Bass Flute and Optional Contrabass
© 2009 ALRY Publications, Etc., Inc., Charlotte, NC. All rights reserved.
With themes from the ballet and the Suite, including “The Dance of the Reed Pipes” combined with the Overture, this tuneful yet challenging piece can be a great holiday show closer.
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From Flute Talk Magazine, (December, 2009):
“...In both versions the opening is the harp cadenza from the ‘Waltz of the Flowers.’ ‘The Mirletons’ is quoted extensively and sometimes surprisingly. Of course the ‘Chinese Dance’ is included, and so are some of the big orchestral pas de deux. The arrangements are both workmanlike and effective and either would be a good piece for a Christmas concert.”
- Anne Bither Reynolds, University of Indianapolis and Depauw University