Wonderful masterclass by Harnoncourt coaching the Simon Bolivar Orchestra -- with Dudamel translating!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVFRjIfnzeY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvnizM_Ea2Y&feature=relmfu

There's a spot where he says "repeat each time with more emphasis." To demonstrate he says:
yes Yes YES YES!! YES!!!!!!

New Year's Concerts by Vienna Philharmonic -- A List

2013 - Franz Welsner-Most
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVouQz7QY1Y

1993 - Carlos Kleiber
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsl3PI-mWZc

1989 - Carlos Kleiber
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WaV0a0D0NQ

Associations

It's time to play, "name that association!" Where you name a composer and I name a conductor or orchestra who is associated with them (we're talkin' symphonic music here). 

Composer	Conductor	Orchestra
Beethoven	Kleiber	-
Berlioz	Munch	BSO
Mozart	Szell	Cleveland
Wagner	Solti	-
Mahler	Bernstein	-
Tchaikovsky	Koussevitzky
Verdi	Toscanini
Shostakovitch	Mravinsky
Stravinsky	Monteux
J. Strauss	-	Vienna Philharmonic

Radetzky March through the (New) Years

A long-time favorite of mine are the New Year's Concert put on by the Vienna Philharmonic, and in particular, Strauss' 'Radetzky March.' I took it upon myself to painstakingly cull youtube to present this list.

1987 - Karajan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHFf7NIwOHQ&feature=related

1989 - Kleiber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYB4c163dJA

1991 - Abbado
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-G5HwYQRkE

1993 - Muti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB0ayPXf5Y0

1996 - Maazel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5-yCg0OxYs

2001 - Harnoncourt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmHP2h2bYVw

2002 - Ozawa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfB3sUlS0Ck

2003 - Harnoncourt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK53FUaMAbs

2004 - Muti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_OoqkS_obY

2007 - Mehta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSKKLROWgOI

2008 - Prêtre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46k7Gp5L0v4

2009 - Barenboim 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ll9bZXgj3A

2010 - Prêtre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeoUARw1R78

2011 - Welser-Möst
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VDzca0ycCg&feature=related

2012 - Jansons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO1mvXAsfCc

2013 - Welser-Möst


If you'd like to attend don't worry because tickets are sold on a lottery system and you might get lucky -- you'll have to commit by the second week of January though! For those who wanted to know more about the concerts...there's always wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_New_Year's_Concert

Some piano music

Bach - French Suite No 2 - Richter
What a wonderful recording!

Bach - French Suites 1-6 in recital - Schiff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeBz6BMQVOo&feature=fvwrel

Bach - French Suite No 6 - Mieczyslaw Horszowski

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhSgTR3R7uc&feature=related

Haydn - Late Piano Sonatas - Gould
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNKJ0VH9uQA&feature=related

Bach 2 and 3-part inventions - Gould
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZII_OWJcUfY&feature=related

Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier - Richter
All 48!

Equivalencies

As a musician who plays the clarinet, the idea of relating a concept on one instrument to another is vital; we don't want to live in a bubble. Additionally, considering these equivalencies can help bolster our understanding of each individually.

I give the source where I first learned this concept -- not the original source.

The list

Playing your instrument <-> SINGING
Nearly every fine musician and teacher

Air support <-> Bowing
Using a full breath of air in and out <-> Playing tip to frog
Arnold Jacobs

Vibrato <-> Pedal on the piano
Andras Schiff

Tone Quality <-> Color

Sharpness of attack <-> Syllables (Ta, Da, Do, Hu etc)

Phrasing <-> Speech
David McGill, "Sound in Motion"

Can you subdivide that for me? And other questions you should never ask a conductor during a rehearsal

I've been playing in a community band which inspired these and where I have heard a few of asked verbatim! 

1. Can you subdivide that for me?
...because I can't do that for myself
2. What note do I have at...?
You're wasting everyone's time
3. What's the tempo at...?
The entire point of a conductor is to show the tempo...watch and find out!
4. How are you going to conduct...?
...watch and find out!
5. Can I borrow your pencil?
6. Could we practice that under tempo?
Practice on your own time
7. Could you cue me?
...because I don't want to count my rests 
8. Should I play with the soloist or with you?
With the conductor! It's their job to be with the soloist
9. I'm lost, where are we?
10. Was that ok?
I'm with David McGill on this one, never show any weakness to a conductor!