Nutcracker | Christmas music | Saxophone and Piano

🎄 The Nutcracker
📍 Helensburgh Parish Church
🗓️ 20 December 2025, 19:00

Step into the magic of winter with “The Nutcracker”, an enchanting evening of music that captures the spirit of the festive season. Join us at the beautiful Helensburgh Parish Church for a captivating performance featuring saxophone and piano, where classical elegance meets heartfelt emotion.

✨ Performers:
Denis Patrickson (Saxophone)
Charismatic and expressive, Denis Patrickson brings warmth and brilliance to every note. His artistry transforms familiar melodies into vivid musical stories, inviting listeners into a world of imagination and wonder.

Stephen Adam (Piano)

Stirling-born Stephen studied both cello and piano in Glasgow and Manchester before taking up a sub principal position with Scottish Opera. Combining orchestral and chamber music took him to music clubs far and wide, forming a gypsy trio, string quartet and recently a tango group. His arrangements have been played by the RSNO chorus and orchestra,Scottish Ensemble and BBC’s “Songs of Praise”, and locally by the Peninsula Choir, which he founded in 2010. Invited to perform six years running at Languedoc’s “En blanc et noir” piano festival with violinist Lev Atlas, they enjoyed two trips to Tiblisi in 2023, coaching young opera singers, and he continues to adjudicate and accompany at music festivals.

Let the music wrap you in its warmth and celebrate the beginning of the holiday season in the most magical way.

🎄 Concert Program: “The Nutcracker & Christmas Classics”

Part I – The Nutcracker
P. I. Tchaikovsky (arr. by Denis Patrickson for Saxophone and Piano)

• March
• Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
• Dance of the Mirlitons
• Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
• Waltz of the Flowers

• D. Cimarosa Concerto for oboe
• Schubert / Gounod Ave Maria
• J. Sibelius - The Spruce
• A. Piazzolla - Inverno Porteno
• A. piazzolla - Angel
• Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride
• Franz Gruber - Silent Night