January 1, 2013
Happy New Year
It just wouldn't be New Year's Day without some Strauss from Vienna. Today, we get the whole Strauss family. Franz Welser-Most conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in works by Eduard, Josef, and Johann, Jr., from the annual New Year's Day concert in Vienna. Plus, we'll look ahead to several important milestones we'll be celebrating in 2013. Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner both turn 200 this year.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
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Richard Wagner
Entry of the Guests, from Tannhauser
The Canadian Brass, Berlin Philharmonic, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Edo de Waart, conductor
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Johann Strauss, Sr.
The Radetzky March, Op. 228
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, conductor
Fernand Lindsay Amphitheatre, Joliette, Quebec
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Josef Strauss
Die Libelle, polka-mazurka, Op. 204
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, conductor
Fernand Lindsay Amphitheatre, Joliette, Quebec
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Johann Strauss, Jr.
Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), Op. 410
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, conductor
Fernand Lindsay Amphitheatre, Joliette, Quebec
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Richard Wagner
Prelude and Liebestod, from Tristan and Isolde
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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Giuseppe Verdi
Bella Figlia dell'Amore, from Rigoletto
Tereza Gevorgyan, soprano, Matilda Paulsson, mezzo soprano, Roberto Ortiz, tenor, Ross Ramgobin, baritone, the World Orchestra for Peace, Cristian Macelaru, conductor
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Lacombe, conductor
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, New Jersey
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Johann Strauss, Jr.
The Annen Polka, Op. 117
The Vienna Philharmonic, Daniel Barenboim, conductor
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Harold Arlen
It's a New World
The King's Singers
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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Henry Purcell
Excerpts from King Arthur
Tara O'Connor, flute, Joel Link and Bryan Lee, violins, Philip Kramp, viola, Brook Speltz, cello, Robert Wolinsky, harpsichord
Music from Angel Fire, Taos, New Mexico
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Carolyn Surrick
Winter's Falling Light
Ensemble Galilei
Great Hall at St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland
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Antonio Vivaldi
Winter, from The Four Seasons
Andres Cardenes, violin and conductor, the Strings Festival Orchestra
Strings Music Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto in E Minor for Recorder and Flute, TWV 52
Kathryn Montoya, recorder, Colin St. Martin, traverso, Ars Lyrica, Matthew Dirst, conductor
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston
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Eduard Strauss
Ohne Aufenthalt. Polka schnell, Op. 112
The Vienna Philharmonic, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
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Josef Strauss
Aus der Ferne. Polka-Mazur, Op. 433 (From far Away)
The Vienna Philharmonic, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
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Johann Strauss, Jr.
An der schonen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube)
The Vienna Philharmonic, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria