Best-selling author Amy Tan hosts the commemorative concert and narrates the historical mini-documentaries woven throughout the special.

Celebrate Yiddish theater pioneers Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky in this new work by their grandson, Michael Tilson Thomas, Artistic Director of the New World Symphony.

Watch a selection of the concert, the LA Phil playing Gershwin's An American in Paris.

Watch a half hour of music selections from this year's New Year's concert.

“An American in Paris,” “Rhapsody in Blue,” and Hancock’s improvisation on a Gershwin standard fill the bill.

Julie Andrews returns as host of From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2012, this year conducted by Mariss Jansons.

With choreography, sets, costumes, and lighting, all by John Neumeier, this ballet—as much theater as it is dance—takes the dancers into deep emotional terrain.

Star singer Andrea Bocelli dazzled thousands with his signature brand of pop and opera on a cold, wet night in New York City’s Central Park, which will be etched in his memory as an important career milestone.

Watch A Concert for New York , performed by the New York Philharmonic on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of 9/11 , led by Music Director Alan Gilbert.

Watch an unedited version of the program on the Great Performances Web Site.