As 2011 comes to a close, we'll take a look back at some of the big stories of the past year. We paid visits to some big summer music festivals and met some of the stars of tomorrow there. Observed several important composer anniversaries. And brought you memorable performances from concert halls all over the world. Join us as we look back on a great year, and look ahead to what's in store for 2012.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Benjamin Britten: A New Year Carol
Anonymous 4, Andrew Lawrence-King, Baroque harp
Juan Vasquez: Romance: De los Alamos Vengo, Madre
The Harp Consort, Andrew Lawrence-King, director and harp
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, S. 124
Lang Lang, piano, the San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
Claude Debussy: Petite Suite
The Liege Philharmonic Orchestra, Faycal Karoui, conductor
Philharmonic Hall, Liege, Belgium
Joseph Haydn: Finale from String Quartet No. 64 in D, Op. 76, No. 5, Hob. III:79
Bella Hristova and Ying Fu, violins, Samuel Rhodes, viola, Bronwyn Banerdt, cello
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
Robert Moran: In Paradisum, from the Trinity Requiem
The Trinity Youth Chorus, Trinity Choir, Alexander Hermann, organ, Aminda Asher, Sara Wolfe, and Miho Zaitsu, cellos, Robert Ridgell, conductor
Hans Christian Lumbye: Champagne Galop
The Vienna Philharmonic, Georges Pretre, conductor
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
Hour 2
Frank Bridge: Sir Roger de Coverly
The New Century Chamber Orchestra, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, leader and violin
Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, San Rafael, California
Frederic Chopin: Etude No. 23 in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 11 (Winter Wind)
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition, Moscow, Russia
Johann Strauss, Jr.: Donauweibchen (The Mermaids of the Danube)
The Vienna Philharmonic, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Lacombe, conductor
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, New Jersey
John Rutter: This is the Day Which the Lord Hath Made
The Choir of Westminster Abbey, the Choir of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, Robert Quinney, organ, James O'Donnell, director
Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, London, England
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fourth movement 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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