Great Performances Season 44 Episode 27 - From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2018

Airdate: 2018-Jan-01

Episode summary:

GREAT PERFORMANCES continues the cherished tradition of ringing in the new year with the Vienna Philharmonic at the opulent Musikverein, under the baton of Italian conductor and Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Director Riccardo Muti, featuring favorite Strauss Family waltzes accompanied by the dancing of the Vienna State Ballet. This year's program welcomes new host Hugh Bonneville, best known as the Earl of Grantham, Robert Crawley in Masterpiece's global phenomenon, Downton Abbey, for which he received a Golden Globe Award and two Emmy nominations.

About Great Performances series:

Great Performances is a television series devoted to the performing arts, has been telecast on PBS since 1972. The show is produced by WNET in New ...Show more >