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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

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hour 1

  • Richard Wagner
    Entry of the Guests, from Tannhauser
    The Canadian Brass, Berlin Philharmonic, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Edo de Waart, conductor
  • Johann Strauss, Sr.
    The Radetzky March, Op. 228
    The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, conductor
    Fernand Lindsay Amphitheatre, Joliette, Quebec
  • Josef Strauss
    Die Libelle, polka-mazurka, Op. 204
    The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, conductor
    Fernand Lindsay Amphitheatre, Joliette, Quebec
  • Johann Strauss, Jr.
    Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), Op. 410
    The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, conductor
    Fernand Lindsay Amphitheatre, Joliette, Quebec
  • Richard Wagner
    Prelude and Liebestod, from Tristan and Isolde
    The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, conductor
    Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
  • 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
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Fantasia on Greensleeves
    The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Lacombe, conductor
    New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, New Jersey

hour 2

  • Johann Strauss, Jr.
    The Annen Polka, Op. 117
    The Vienna Philharmonic, Daniel Barenboim, conductor
  • Harold Arlen
    It's a New World
    The King's Singers
    Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
  • 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
  • Carolyn Surrick
    Winter's Falling Light
    Ensemble Galilei
    Great Hall at St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland
  • Antonio Vivaldi
    Winter, from The Four Seasons
    Andres Cardenes, violin and conductor, the Strings Festival Orchestra
    Strings Music Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
  • 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
  • Eduard Strauss
    Ohne Aufenthalt. Polka schnell, Op. 112
    The Vienna Philharmonic, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
    Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
  • Josef Strauss
    Aus der Ferne. Polka-Mazur, Op. 433 (From far Away)
    The Vienna Philharmonic, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
    Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
  • 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
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