New Year's Day Party

• Event dates: PAST CONCERT
• Featured Artists:

  Jung-Ho Pak, Conductor
  Kristen Watson, Vocals
  Matthew Anderson, Vocals

  Location:
  Barnstable Performing Arts Center
  744 West Main Street, Hyannis MA 02601

Celebrate the launch of 2023 in style. Join us for a mix of beautiful music in the tradition of the annual Vienna New Year’s Day concert, including Strauss waltzes and polkas, Broadway classics (including "On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady and "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music), light opera tunes you'll recognize, and contemporary hits from James Taylor and Sara Bareilles.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1... JOY!

Award-winning vocalist Kristen Watson returns to our stage and is joined by tenor Matthew Anderson, making his Cape Symphony debut. Both are known for their performances with the Boston Pops and other area ensembles as well as with orchestras and opera companies nationwide.

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Program

TRITSCH-TRATSCH POLKA
Johann Strauss, Jr.

LAUGHING SONG from DIE FLEDERMAUS
Johann Strauss, Jr.

VAINEMENT, MA BIEN AIMEE (IN VAIN, MY BELOVED) from LE ROI D'YS (THE KING OF YS)
Édouard Lalo

LES CHEMIN DE L’AMOUR (THE PATHWAYS OF LOVE)
Francis Poulenc

MORGEN! (TOMORROW!) from FOUR SONGS
Richard Strauss

ALLELUJA from EXSULTATE, JUBILATE (EXULT, REJOICE)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

THOUGHTS OF LOVE
Arthur Pryor

ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE from MY FAIR LADY
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

MY FAVORITE THINGS from THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II

I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT
Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Harry James, lyrics by Don George

ANYTHING YOU CAN DO from ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
Irving Berlin

ON THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE
Johann Strauss, Jr.

FIRE AND RAIN
James Taylor

GRAVITY
Sara Bareilles

CON TE PARTIRO (TIME TO SAY GOODBYE)
Francesco Sartori and Lucio Quarantotto

RADETZKY MARCH
Johann Strauss, Sr.