Winter Holiday

December 25, 2025, 10:00 pm

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The New York Philharmonic’s annual tradition returns to ring in the last month of the year! Enjoy selections of winter music hits from the classical world and beyond.

Playlist


Johann Strauss, II: Overture to Die Fledermaus 

Danny Kaye/Zubin Mehta, conductors

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: German Dance in C, K. 605, “Sleigh Ride”
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Felix Bernard: Winter Wonderland

Karl Suessdorf: Moonlight in Vermont

Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Skitch Henderson, piano and conductor

Edvard Grieg/Seidl: No. 4, “March of the Dwarfs” from Lyric Suite
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Antonio Vivaldi: “Winter” from The Four Seasons
Frank Huang, violin/leader

Ralph Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor

Francis Poulenc: Gloria in G
Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Judith Blegen, soprano; Westminster Choir

Sergei Prokofiev: Lt. Kijue Suite, Op. 60: “Troika”
Skitch Henderson, conductor

Sergei Prokofiev: 3 Selections from Winter Bonfire-Children’s Suite, Op. 122:
No. 2  – Winter Holiday
No. 4  – Around the Bonfire
No. 8 – Home Again

Skitch Henderson, piano/conductor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker
Alan Gilbert conductor

Gustav Mahler: Movement 1 from Symphony No. 4
Lorin Maazel, conductor

Jacques Offenbach: “Ballet of the Snowflakes” from Le Voyage dans la lune
Bramwell Tovey, conductor

Engelbert Humperdinck: “Children’s Prayer” from Hansel und Gretel
Andre Kostelanetz, conductor