Orchestra
Kazuki conducts The Nutcrackers
CBSO
- Great for groups
- First-timer friendly
- Early finish
- Date
- Thu, 10 Dec 2026
- Time
- 14:15 · 1h 36m
- Venue
- Symphony Hall Birmingham
- City
- Birmingham
- Conductor
- Kazuki Yamada
- Tickets
- See booking site
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Summary
Kazuki Yamada leads the CBSO at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall in Tchaikovsky’s festive selection, Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite, and Bernstein’s Prelude, Fugue and Riffs with solo clarinetist Oliver Janes.
Why it's fantastic
Tchaikovsky’s sugar-dusted melodies meet the smoky swagger of Duke Ellington in this clever reimagining of a festive staple. It is a rare chance to hear the same holiday themes transformed from a lush orchestral ballet into a sharp, swinging jazz suite, all wrapped up in little over ninety minutes.
Programme
- 01Tchaikovsky, Selection from The Nutcracker
- 02Bernstein, Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
- 03Ellington, The Nutcracker Suite
Soloists
- Oliver Janes