Conductor, composer, and pianist George Manos has been director of

music at the National Gallery of Art and conductor of the National

Gallery Orchestra since 1985. He is also artistic director of the American

Music Festival and the National Gallery vocal and chamber ensembles, 

which he founded. Manos’ career as a performing pianist and teacher has

included several years on the faculty of The Catholic University of

America in Washington, DC, where he taught piano, conducting, and

chamber music. In addition, he held the directorship of the Wilmington, 

Delaware, School of Music, presenting an annual jazz festival and clinic.

Maestro Manos founded and directed for ten years the renowned 

Kilarney Bach Festival in the Republic of Ireland and was the music

director of the 1992 Scandinavian Music Festival in Kolding, Denmark.

The use ofcameras or recording equipment during

the performance is not allowed.

For the convenience ofconcert goers

the Garden Cafe remains open until 6:30 p.m.

Selectionsfrom concerts at the Gallery

can he heard on the second Sunday ofeach month

at 9:00 p.m. on WGMS-FM, 103.5.

During the month ofJanuary, recent performances

by the National Gallery Orchestra can be heard

Wednesday evenings at 9:00 p.m. on

“Musicfrom Washington,” WETA-FM, 90.9.

The Fifty-ninth Season of

THE WILLIAM NELSON CROMWELL and

F. LAMMOT BELIN CONCERTS

National Gallery of Art

2367th Concert

NATIONAL GALLERY ORCHESTRA

GEORGE MANOS, conductor

MUSIC OF VIENNA

Sunday Evening, 7 January 2001

Seven O'clock

West Building, West Garden Court

Admission free
PROGRAM

Johann Strauss Jr.

(1825-1899)

Overture to “Die Fledermaus,” Op. 297

(“The Bat”)

Polka: Blumenfest, Op. 11 1

(Flower Festival)

Polka: Champagner, Op. 211

(Champagne)

Polka: Vergniigungszug, Op. 281

(Excursion Train)

Polka: Im Krapfenwald, Op. 336

(In the Krapf Woods)

Waltz: Rosen aus dem Siiden, Op. 388

(Roses from the South)

Polka schnell: Eljen a Magyar, Op. 332

(Long Live Hungary)

INTERMISSION

Franz von Suppe

(1819-1895)

Overture to “Die Banditenstreiche”

(“The Jolly Robbers”)

Johann Strauss Jr. and Josef Strauss Pizzicato Polka

Johann Strauss Jr. Polka schnell: Par force, Op. 308

(By Force)

Josef Strauss

(1827-1870

Polka: Plappermaulchen, Op. 245

(The Chatterbox)

Johann Strauss Jr. Du und Du, Op. 367

(Thee and Thou)

Polka frangaise: Kreuzfidel, Op. 301

(Pleased as Punch)

Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257

(Perpetual Motion)

This evening’s concert marks the thirty-fifth time that a Viennese New

Year concert has been offered at the National Gallery. Richard Bales and

the National Gallery Orchestra presented the first one on 2 January 1966.

The inspiration for this gala event is the New Year concert in the famous

Musikverein in Vienna, a tradition that began in 1939. All those who

hear the Vienna Philharmonic play in that historic hall on New Year’s

Day are part of an illustrious musical legacy, which includes such giants

as Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, and the Strauss family. Through

recordings, radio, and television, this annual celebration of Viennese

music has become a world-famous musical event. The presence of the

audience and its reaction to sublime moments, favorite tunes, and

musical jokes on stage are as important as the players in this festive

drama.

The spirit of this joyful event is perfect for a celebration of the New

Year. The familiar music expresses not only nostalgia for beauty and

happiness now past, but also energy, liveliness, humor, and hope, as it

carries us, now whirling in a waltz, now pulsating in a march, through

the present time and into the future.

Over the years, the Viennese concert at the National Gallery has taken

on the same significance for Washington as the Musikverein concert has

for Vienna. It has proven to be one of the Gallery’s most popular 

concerts, and it is offered as a heartfelt wish, expressed in music, for a

happy and prosperous New Year.