Program

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Suite from "The Nutcracker"

Miniature Overture

March

Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

Russian Dance

Arabian Dance

Chinese Dance

Dance of the Reed-pipes

Waltz of the Flowers

Alexander Borodin/Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Polovetsian Dances from the Opera "Prince Igor" (Orchestral version)

No. 17

Igor Stravinsky, The Firebird, Ballet Suite (1945 edition)

8. Infernal Dance

9. Lullaby (Firebird)

10. Final Hymn

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E flat Major, Op. 49

Aram Khachaturian, Sabre dance

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48

3. Elegia: Larghetto elegiaco

Johann Strauss I, Radetzky March, Op. 228

Paul Lincke, Berliner Luft

Seiji Ozawa conducts Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, and Stravinsky

Waldbühne 1993: A Russian Night

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Program notes

In 1993, the Berliner Philharmoniker's beloved summer concert at the Waldbühne paid tribute to some of the greatest Russian music of the 19th and 20th centuries, under the direction of the legendary Seiji Ozawa. The orchestra’s virtuosity and expressivity shine in this program that interweaves music from great Russian ballets like Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker and Stravinsky’s Firebird with festive orchestral favorites, like Tchaikovsky’s spectacular 1812 Overture and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter Festival Overture. This lively concert unites one of the world's greatest orchestras with one of the most acclaimed conductors of the last century, a testament to the versatility and mastery that make their reputation!

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