GREAT PERFORMANCES continues a time-honored holiday tradition with "From Vienna: The New Years Celebration 2008," returning to Vienna’s Musikverein for its 24th-annual New Year's Day celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic and host Walter Cronkite.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008, 2:30-4:00 p.m. ET;
Repeat January 1, 2008, 8:00-9:30 p.m. ET

Continuing its time-honored holiday tradition, GREAT PERFORMANCES returns to the stately splendor of Vienna's Musikverein for its 24th annual New Year's Day celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic. Georges Prêtre leads the world-renowned orchestra in a selection of buoyant Strauss family waltzes. Also featured are festive ballets danced by the Vienna State Opera Ballet and a special appearance of the elegant and famous Lipizzaner horses of the Spanish Riding School.