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The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New Year‘s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new. The 2001 concert was conducted by Daniel Barenboim. On the programme: Bach: Orchestra Suite in D major, Mozart: Divertimento K. 334, Menuett; Rondo for Piano and Orchestra, K. 382, Verdi: “Aida” (Excerpts), Dvorák: Slavonic Dance, Tchaikovsky: “The Nutcracker”, Waltz of the Flowers, Sibelius: Valse Triste, Strauss: Kaiserwalzer, Op. 437, Kodály: Dances of Galanta, Strauss: Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324, José Carli: El firulete, Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1.