Great Performances: Season 49, Episode 8

49 - 8: From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2022

Great Performances continues its tradition of ringing in the New Year with the Vienna Philharmonic at the world-famous Musikverein. Under the baton of Grammy-winning and third-time guest conductor Daniel Barenboim, the Vienna Philharmonic performs a selection of favorite Strauss Family waltzes. The concert also features dancers from the Vienna State Ballet performing on location at Schönbrunn Palace and its park grounds and a performance by the world-famous Lipizzaner horses from The Spanish Riding School. Hugh Bonneville (Masterpiece: Downton Abbey) hosts the New Year's Concert for a fifth consecutive year.