Eastside Symphony to offer free concert Dec. 4

The Eastside Symphony and its music director Alexei Girsh will present their traditional free Christmas Concert at 3 p.m. Dec. 4 at the Redmond Performing Arts Center, 17272 NE 104th St.

The Eastside Symphony and its music director Alexei Girsh will present their traditional free Christmas Concert at 3 p.m. Dec. 4 at the Redmond Performing Arts Center, 17272 NE 104th St.

The concert will feature selections from Tschaikovsky’s Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty, plus Anderson’s Christmas Festival and Sleigh Ride.

Concertmaster Linda Vogt will perform Vittorio Monti’s famous Czardas, based on a Hungarian folk dance. Mark Baker will perform the first movement of Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in Eb. Percussionist Doug Wyatt will have the lead in Anderson’s Typewriter, performing on an authentic manual typewriter.

An appearance by Santa Claus can be expected.