For 10 points, name this suite named for a Tchaikovsky ballet that is often performed around Christmas time.
A song based on a piece from this work is entitled "Toot Toot Tootie Toot," and is found on a Duke Ellington album. The flute plays ascending sixteenth note septuplets and trills on a high F note at the beginning of a Chinese-inspired piece from this work. A miniature overture begins this work, which also includes a trepak and a piece in which the bass clarinet plays descending sixteenth notes in between four bar phrases played by the celesta [suh-LES-tuh]. The pieces Arabian Dance, Waltz of the Flowers, and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy are found in this work. For 10 points, name this suite named for a Tchaikovsky ballet that is often performed around Christmas time.
A song based on a piece from this work is entitled "Toot Toot Tootie Toot," and is found on a Duke Ellington album.
The Nutcracker Suite