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Weekend of January 1, 2011

Happy New Year

On this weekend's show, we'll look ahead to some of the stories we'll be covering in 2011, including Franz Liszt's 200th birthday. We'll hear three different versions of Greensleeves, which was once a popular New Year's tune. And what New Year's celebration would be complete without a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony? Roger Norrington leads the Orchestra of St. Luke's and the Westminster Symphonic Choir, from a concert at Carnegie Hall.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • John David
    You are the New Day
    The King's Singers
  • Anthony Holborne
    The New-Yeeres Gifte
    The King's Noyse, David Douglass, director
  • Anonymous
    Tickle my Toe
    The King's Noyse, David Douglass, director
  • Traditional English
    A New Year's Gift (Greensleeves)
    Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier, director
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Fantasia on Greensleeves
    The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Traditional English
    Greensleeves
    Daniel Hope, violin, Stephan Rath, chitarrone, Stefan Maass, lute
  • Johann Pachelbel
    Gigue and Finale from Partie a 4 in G
    Tempesta di Mare
    Old Saint Joseph's Church, Philadelphia
  • Peter Tchaikovsky
    Selections from the Seasons, Op. 37b
    Denis Matsuev, piano
    Philharmonic Chamber Hall, Warsaw, Poland
  • Gian Carlo Menotti
    Excerpts from Amahl and the Night Visitors
    The Buffalo Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
    Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
  • Josef Strauss
    Off on Holiday, Op. 133
    The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
    Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria

hour 2

  • Benjamin Britten
    A New Year Carol
    Anonymous 4, Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
  • Juan Vasquez
    Romance: De los Alamos Vengo, Madre
    The Harp Consort
  • Giovanni Gabrieli
    Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
    Students from the New England Conservatory, Charles Beltz, conductor
    Jordan Hall, Boston
  • Franz Liszt
    Paganini Etude No. 2 in E-flat for Piano, S. 141
    Yefim Bronfman, piano
    Ordway Center, St. Paul
  • Daron Aric Hagen
    Aria from Suite for Piano
    Mariangela Vacatello, piano
    Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Two movements from Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (Choral)
    The Orchestra of St. Luke's, Westminster Symphonic Choir, soloists, Roger Norrington, conductor
    Carnegie Hall, New York City
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