Directed by FRANK CANTELL
THE MIDLAND WIRELESS
SINGERS
Under the direction of EDGAR MORGAN
Tchaikovsky's ' Casse Noisette ' (Nutcracker) Suite contains some of the daintiest ballet music ever written. The whole work is, of course, much longer than the suite, which contains only some of the best numbers, and lasts for a considerable time when presented on the stage.
The story of the ballet is taken from
E. T. A. Hoffmann's fantastic fairy-tale, ' Nutcracker and Mouse-King 'this Hoffmann being the Hoffmann of -Offenbach's opera—and is of a type that seems very much to appeal to Russian artists and audiences.
The complete ballet was first produced in St. Petersburg in 1892, and the Suite was introduced to England by Sir Henry Wood at a Promenade Concert in 1896. From its first performance it has been one of the most popular pieces of music in the repertory.