Year 12: a visit from Entartete Musik

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As you know, the writer Gavin Plumley will be visiting you on Wednesday morning to talk about Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. An opportunity for you to put your analysis skills into practice on a non-set work and get involved with a glorious score. We are lucky that Gavin is giving up time to come and talk to you. In preparation for Wednesday, please ensure you have read the synopsis of The Nutcracker and have familiarised yourself the music (not just the famous bits from the suite!).



Click here for the synopsis and click here to listen to a phenomenal recording on Spotify. You will also find that Gavin has been blogging a daily advent calendar entry about each section of the nutcracker as well as relevant features. If you haven't already, go and visit his blog here.

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