| Date | Sunday 6 January 2013 |
| Venue | Mediterranean Conference Centre |
Organised jointly by the Office of the President and the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts, the yearly New Year’s Concert by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Michael Laus will be held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre.
The audience is in for a treat of a light and pleasant programme of popular classics. It will also included live links on screen from other areas in the Mediterranean Conference Centre displaying ballet.
Programme
| Johann Strauss Jnr | The Gypsy Baron, Overture |
| Johann Strauss Jnr | Emperor Waltz |
| Johann Strauss Jnr | Thunder and Lightening Polka |
| Eduard Strauss | Carmen Quadrille |
| Leo Delibes | Suite from Sylvia |
| Prelude | |
| Intermezzo & Valse lente | |
| Pizzicato | |
| Cortege de Bacchus | |
| Young Composers’ Competition | Winner to be announced |
| George Gershwin | Who Cares? (selection with ballet) |
| I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise | |
| Liza | |
| Fascinating Rhythm | |
| I Got Rhythm | |
| Jacques Offenbach | Orpheus in the Underworld, Overture |
MALTA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
leader Marcelline Agius
conductor MICHAEL LAUS