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Nutcracker Mouse Tales with Sunday: Candy Canes — Friday

This week on Intermezzo, we're getting into the gift-giving spirit of the season by unwrapping some of the most magical parts of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet.

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Welcome to Intermezzo from Interlochen Public Radio, where we take a few minutes to bounce some ideas around about classical music.

This week on Intermezzo, we're going to get into the gift giving spirit of the season by unwrapping some of the most magical parts of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet — from the perspective of our 7-year-old co-host, Sunday, who's playing a mouse in an upcoming production!

Today's gift is candy canes, from the Russian Dance! Listen to Christy L'Esperance and Sunday discuss what makes this gift special on today's edition of Intermezzo.

Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker: "Trepak, Russian Dance"

This week's Mystery Melody

Congratulations to this week's Golden Ears who guessed the Mystery Melody correctly! Listen for the song title revealed at the end of today's podcast episode.

Christy L'Esperance is Classical IPR's morning host and producer.