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  • We’ve loaded up two levels of our Staff Picks tree with Christmas selections, including the 2007 DVD of The Hard Nut, music by Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky; choreography by Mark Morris; produced by Judy Kinberg; directed by Matthew Diamond; a production of Thirteen/WNET with NVC Arts. [DVD 789] Based on E.T.A. Hoffman’s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, and based on the comic book art of Charles Burns, this reimagining transplants the setting to a gender-bent 1970s America in which the partying and the whimsy get ramped up. The Mark Morris Dance Group premiered it in 1991, and this filmed version was broadcast in 1992 by PBS. They’ll be performing it at @bam_brooklyn December 14-23, if you happen to be in the vicinity and feel like experiencing it in person. #thehardnut #markmorris #markmorrisdancegroup #thenutcracker #tchaikovsky #millsmusiclibrary
  • Cécile McLorin Salvant’s album The Window [COMP DISC 33062] returned today from its adventure with the patron who’d requested it be sent to another UW System library, which reminded us Cécile McLorin Salvant is on the cover of the current issue of JazzTimes. [ML1 .J34] Come on in, have a seat, and spend some time with America’s Jazz Magazine. #cecilemclorinsalvant #jazztimes #jazztimesmagazine #millsmusiclibrary
  • All eight candles are lit tonight, so it’s time for Oy Chanukah! [BIB 6823634] This 1986 Rounder Records LP captures The Klezmer Conservatory Band performing a slight variation of what they originally did as a radio program in 1985 for WGBH, Boston. In their liner notes, they say it’s “a celebration to be enjoyed by everyone, at Chanukah and whenever the spirit moves you!” #happyhanukkah #hanukkah #chanukah #oychanukah #klezmerconservatoryband #millsmusiclibrary
  • Judith Lang Zaimont’s Miracle of Light is “a celebration of the meaning of Chanukah,” as it says on the title page. It was commissioned for the Dale Warland Singers by Thelma and Sam Hunter and Gloria and Fred Sewell, composed in 1995, and published by Subito Music Publishing in 2008. [M2021 Z34 M5 2008] The Dale Warland Singers was a 40-voice professional chorus based in St. Paul, Minnesota, founded in 1972 by Dale Warland and disbanded in 2004. The chorus may be gone, but the music lives on. #happyhanukkah #hanukkah #chanukah #miracleoflight #judithlangzaimont #dalewarlandsingers #millsmusiclibrary
  • We turn to the written tradition of art music for the 6th night of Hanukkah. Milton Barnes (1931-2001) was a Canadian composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor, pianist, guitarist, and drummer—but not all at the same time. His Chanukah Suite # 1 for Chamber Orchestra contains six popular songs associated with Chanukah: M’Y’Malel, S’Vivon, Dreydl, Al Hanism, Ma-Oz T’Sur, and Am Yisroel Chai. [M1003 B29 C41 1992] #happyhanukkah #hanukkah #miltonbarnes #chanukahsuite #millsmusiclibrary