What would Christmas be without Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker? Unthinkable! Today on the 6th of December it is exactly 132 years since the Nutcracker ballet was performed for the first time at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg. It was December 6, 1892, and ever since Christmas has not been the same. Enjoy the Nutcracker either as orchestral suite or in a version for two pianos with no other than the great Martha Argerich in today’s advent calendar playlist #6. Don’t be nuts but listen to the Nutcracker!