St. John Cantius Presents: The Nutcracker

Andrew Schaeffer

Like a one-man-orchestra, concert organist Andrew Schaeffer sets the house on fire with his rendition of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker.” Recently voted as #1 of the 20 best young American Organists by the Organ Historical Society (“20 under 30”), Schaeffer plays the newly restored 1926 Casavant Pipe Organ (Op. 1130) at Chicago’s historic St. John Cantius Church with command.1     Introduction et Variations sur un Ancien Noël Polonais    2     Carol Prelude on "Greensleeves"    3     Choral Prelude on "Greensleeves"    4     Weihnachten ("Christmas") 1914    5     In Dulci Jubilo    6     Chorale Improvisation: "In Dulci Jubilo"    7     Variations on "Greensleeves"    8     Christe, Redemptor omnium    9     All My Heart This Night Rejoices        Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a    10     Overture Miniature    11     March Characteristique    12     Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy    13     Russian Dance    14     Arabian Dance    15     Chinese Dance    16     Dance of the Reed-Flutes    17     Waltz of the Flowers