Ringing in 2016 with New York Philharmonic’s “La Vie Parisienne”

To kick off the new year, Inon Barnatan joins Alan Gilbert and special guests at the New York Philharmonic’s annual New Year’s Eve concert on December 31. He performs Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals alongside pianist Makato Ozone, featuring the world premiere of a new narration written by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin and performed by Tony Award-winning actor Nathan Lane.

The evening’s program also includes French vocal works performed by mezzo-soprano Susan Graham. Find tickets here.

“La Vie Parisienne” will be telecast nationally on December 31 by PBS’s Live From Lincoln Center, beginning on New York City’s WNET at 8pm ET. Check your local listings for more information.