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Great Performances

From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2015 - Full Concert

Season 42 Episode 4 | 1hr 25m 43s

Join Julie Andrews for the annual concert by the Vienna Philharmonic, held in the grand hall of the Musikverein in Austria's capital city. Featuring the infectious melodies of the Strauss family and their contemporaries, this year's concert is conducted by Maestro Zubin Mehta. The Vienna State Ballet will perform to two songs in the palatial main building of Vienna’s 650-year-old university.

Aired: 12/31/14 | Expires: 09/11/15
Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Jody and John Arnhold, the Abra Prentice Foundation, The Starr Foundation, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, the Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Seton J. Melvin, the Estate of Worthington Mayo-Smith, the Jack Lawrence Charitable Remainder Trust Worchell Lawrence, and Ellen and James S. Marcus.
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