Holiday Cirque

Featuring the NAC Orchestra

2021-12-10 20:00 2021-12-11 21:30 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Holiday Cirque

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/25647

In-person event

This holiday season, experience the thrill of the circus and the beauty of the symphony when the NAC Orchestra welcomes back to Southam Hall Troupe Vertigo, the L.A.-based ensemble whose “dizzying acts defy gravity and leave its lucky audiences in awe” (Los Angeles Times). This must-see evening spectacular melds all your holiday favourites with a spellbinding mix of music, circus, dance, and theatre. If you’ve never experienced holiday classics like “March of the...

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Southam Hall,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
December 10 - 11, 2021
December 10 - 11, 2021

≈ 90 minutes · With intermission

Last updated: December 10, 2021

Program

PROKOFIEV Troika from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60 

ELLINGTON (arr. Strayhorn/Tyzik) Peanut Brittle Brigade from The Nutcracker Suite 

ANDERSON A Christmas Festival

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (arr. Greaves) Fantasia on Greensleeves

WENDEL Carribean Sleigh Ride 

TRAD. I Saw Three Ships

TCHAIKOVSKY Arabian Dance from The Nutcracker  

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TCHAIKOVSKY Pas de deux from The Nutcracker 

LEONTOVICH (arr. Wilhousky/Hayman) Carol of the Bells

ELLINGTON (arr. Strayhorn/Tyzik) Overture from The Nutcracker Suite 

FALLA Danza from La Vida Breve

TCHAIKOVSKY Spanish Dance, Chinese Dance and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker 

ANDERSON Sleigh Ride

TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz of the Snowflakes from The Nutcracker 

Artists

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    Featuring NAC Orchestra
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    Conductor Michelle Merrill
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    Guest artist Troupe Vertigo

NAC Orchestra

FIRST VIOLINS
Yosuke Kawasaki (concertmaster)
Jessica Linnebach (associate concertmaster)
Noémi Racine Gaudreault (assistant concertmaster)
Elaine Klimasko**
Marjolaine Lambert
Jeremy Mastrangelo
Manuela Milani
Leah Roseman
Erica Miller*
Martine Dubé*
Heather Schnarr* 

SECOND VIOLINS
Mintje van Lier (principal)
Winston Webber (assistant principal)
Mark Friedman
Carissa Klopoushak
Frédéric Moisan
Edvard Skerjanc**
Karoly Sziladi
Emily Westell**
Andréa Armijo-Fortin*
Renée London*
Sara Mastrangelo*
Sarah Williams*

VIOLAS
Jethro Marks (principal)
David Marks (associate principal)
David Goldblatt (assistant principal)
Paul Casey
Ren Martin-Doike**
David Thies-Thompson
Sonya Probst*

CELLOS
Rachel Mercer (principal)
Julia MacLaine (assistant principal)
Timothy McCoy
Marc-André Riberdy
Leah Wyber
Desiree Abbey*

DOUBLE BASSES
Hilda Cowie (acting assistant principal)
Marjolaine Fournier
Vincent Gendron
Paul Mach*

FLUTES
Joanna G'froerer (principal)
Stephanie Morin
Dakota Martin*

OBOES
Charles Hamann (principal)**
Anna Petersen
Melissa Scott*

CLARINETS
Kimball Sykes (principal)
Sean Rice
Shauna Barker*

BASSOONS
Christopher Millard (principal)**
Vincent Parizeau
Ben Glossop*

HORNS
Lawrence Vine (principal)
Julie Fauteux (associate principal)
Elizabeth Simpson
Louis-Pierre Bergeron
Lauren Anker*

TRUMPETS
Karen Donnelly (principal)**
Steven van Gulik
Luise Heyerhoff*
Andrew McCandless*

TROMBONES
Donald Renshaw (principal)
Colin Traquair
Douglas Burden

TUBA
Chris Lee (principal)

TIMPANI
Feza Zweifel (principal)

PERCUSSION
Jonathan Wade
Andrew Johnson*
Matthew Moore*
Louis Pino*

HARP
Angela Schwarzkopf*

KEYBOARD
Patrick Cashin*

JAZZ BASS
John Geggie*

SAXOPHONE
Mike Tremblay*
 

PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN
Nancy Elbeck

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN
Corey Rempel

PERSONNEL MANAGER
Meiko Lydall

*Additional musicians
**On leave

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees