[{"id":8712,"link":"https:\/\/classic1073.org\/holiday-tchaikovsky-2025\/","name":"holiday-tchaikovsky-2025","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/classic1073.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nutcracker.png","alt":""},"title":"TCHAIKOVSKY\u2019S THE NUTCRACKER (Complete Ballet)","author":{"name":"Heather Allen","link":"https:\/\/classic1073.org\/author\/c107heather\/"},"date":"Dec 21, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-12-21 03:15:00","modifiedDate":"2025-12-26 16:35:04","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-12-26 16:35:04","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/classic1073.org\/category\/holiday-programs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Holiday Programs<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/classic1073.org\/category\/holiday-programs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Holiday Programs<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/classic1073.org\/tag\/choral-music\/' rel='post_tag'>Choral Music<\/a><a href='https:\/\/classic1073.org\/tag\/classical-music\/' rel='post_tag'>Classical Music<\/a><a href='https:\/\/classic1073.org\/tag\/special\/' rel='post_tag'>Special<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":23},"status":"publish","content":"Tuesday, December 23 from 4pm \u2013 5:256pm\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Pyotr Ilyich\u00a0Tchaikovsky\u2019s \u201cThe Nutcracker\u201d, an evergreen holiday favorite ever since its premiere in 1892, is broadcast complete this year. We'll feature the RCA\/Sony Classical release featuring Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in Powell Hall to honor the 100th anniversary of that venue. This was the first Nutcracker recording to have been recorded in digital stereo and issued in that format on compact disc in 1985.\n\n\n\n\nHoliday Programs"}]