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Holiday Cirque!
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Pops! Series

HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Carolyn Kuan, music director


HOLIDAY CIRQUE!

Saturday, December 10, 2022 / 2:00 & 7:00 p.m.

Mortensen Hall, The Bushnell Center
for the Performing Arts

CAROLYN KUAN, conductor
CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE, guest performers
VIEN LE, cello


ALAN SILVESTRI

 

Polar Express Suite

NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

 

“Dance of the Clowns” from The Snow Maiden Suite

Vladimir & Elena Tsarkov, quick change

ARAM KHACHATURIAN

 

“Dance of Asyhe” from Gayaneh

Olga Coronas, aerial silks

DELVYN CASE

 

Rocket Sleigh

Vitalii Buza, cyr wheel

LEROY ANDERSON

 

Sleigh Ride

Vladimir Tsarkov, juggling rings

EMILE WALDTEUFEL

 

Skater’s Waltz

Alexandra Pivaral, contortion and dance

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

 

 

Cello Concerto in A minor, No. 1, Op. 33

III. Allegro non troppo

Vien Le, cello

JOHN WILLIAMS

 

 

“Flight to Neverland” from Hook

Pavel Korshunov, aerial straps

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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

 

“Danse des petits cygnes” from Swan Lake

Vladimir& Elena Tsarkov, magic act

QUINN MASON

 

Christmas Eve Festivities

DAVID ARKENSTONE

 

I Saw Three Ships

Alexandra Pivaral, hula hoops

LEROY ANDERSON

 

Bugler’s Holiday

Vladimir Tsarkov, electric juggling

JOHNNY MARKS
(arr. Richard Hayman)

 

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

OTTORINO RESPIGHI
(after GIACCINO ROSSINI)

 

“Can Can” from The Magic Toy Shop

Elena Tsarkova, ribbon dance

ROBERT WENDEL

 

Little Bolero Boy

Vitaliy Prikhodko & Pavel Korshunov, strength and balancing

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

 

“Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker, Op. 71

Vitalii Buza & Olga Coronas, aerial duo on fabrics

LEROY ANDERSON

 

 

Sleigh Ride

Cirque de la Symphonie, guest artists


Cameras and recording equipment are not permitted during the performance.

As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please turn off watch alarms and cell phones.

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra receives major support from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.


The 2022-2023 Pops! Season is presented by

 

The 2022-2023 Pops! Season is also sponsored by
The Katharine K. McLane and Henry R. McLane Charitable Trust


Specialty Rigging by United Staging & Rigging, LLC