{"id":64577,"date":"2023-11-17T22:21:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T03:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=64577"},"modified":"2023-11-17T22:21:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T03:21:05","slug":"bro-revels-features-the-nutcracker-suite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/bro-revels-features-the-nutcracker-suite\/","title":{"rendered":"BRO Revels! Features <em>The Nutcracker Suite<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Blue Ridge Orchestra (BRO) welcomes the holidays with performances of BRO Revels! 2023, featuring <em>The Nutcracker Suite<\/em> and introducing harpist Tori Parrish. Performances are at Charles M. Beall Auditorium at Haywood Community College, on Saturday, December 9, at 3 p.m. and in the Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church on Sunday, December 10, also at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-64579\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Blue-Ridge-Orchestra-none-needed-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"418\" \/>\u201cIncorporating different musical genres and featuring guest artists ensures that each Revels! production is unique, and this year\u2019s celebration is no exception,\u201d says BRO music director Milton Crotts.<\/p>\n<p>Crotts begins the program with <em>Rigby\u2019s Escape<\/em>, a light and cheery piece for flute, clarinet and string orchestra written by featured composer Andre Madatian. The BRO Strings then accompany The Walker Family Band performing its original music\u2014a unique blend of traditional, old-time, Celtic and classical\u2014with a familial twist.<\/p>\n<p>The genre shifts again as Parrish takes center stage to perform Deborah Henson-Conant\u2019s Baroque Flamenco for harp and strings, a musical tour de force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the works presented on our BRO Revels! program are diverse, they complement each other so well because the common element is a combination of surprise and fun,\u201d says BRO president Deb Kenney.<\/p>\n<p>The full orchestra takes over for the second part of the program, presenting the second movement of Gaelic Symphony composed in 1894 by Amy Beach. The concerts conclude with the music of Tchaikovsky\u2019s <em>The Nutcracker Suite.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/BlueRidgeOrchestra.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BlueRidgeOrchestra.org<\/a>, Facebook, Instagram or by calling 828.782.3354.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blue Ridge Orchestra (BRO) welcomes the holidays with performances of BRO Revels! 2023, featuring The Nutcracker Suite and introducing harpist Tori Parrish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":64579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,59,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-entertainmentandmusic","category-performing-arts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BRO Revels! 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