Venna. New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic

The Vienna Philharmonic gives its annual New Year's Concert in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein. The whole world looks on and joins in the celebrations of the first day of the new year.

  

Fascinating Strauss sounds

The New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic combines the best of the best: The cheerfully lively, but also somewhat reflective program of music with compositions by the Strauss dynasty and its contemporaries, ensures a good start to the still young year. The most Viennese music ever written is performed, from the waltz to the polka, interpreted with artistically value.

Program (Jan. 1, 2019)

• Carl Michael Ziehrer: Schönfeld March, op. 422
• Josef Strauss: Transactionen (Transactions). Walzer, op.184
• Josef Hellmesberger, Jr.: Elfenreigen (Dance of the Elves)
• Johann Strauss Jr.: Express. Polka schnell, op. 311, Nordseebilder (North Sea Pictures). Walzer, op. 390
• Eduard Strauss: Mit Extrapost (Special Delivery). Polka schnell, op. 259

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• Johann Strauss Jr.: Ouvertüre zur Operette "Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron)"
• Josef Strauss: Die Tänzerin (The Dancer). Polka française, op. 227
• Johann Strauss Jr.: Künstlerleben (An Artist’s Life). Walzer, op. 316, Die Bajadere (The Bayadere). Polka schnell, op. 351
• Eduard Strauss: Opern-Soiree (Opera Soirée). Polka française, op. 162
• Johann Strauss Jr.: Eva-Walzer (Eva Waltz). Nach Motiven aus "Ritter Pásmán", Csárdás aus "Ritter Pásmán", op. 441, Egyptischer Marsch (Egyptian March), op. 335
• Josef Hellmesberger, Jr.: Entr'acte Valse
• Johann Strauss Jr.: Lob der Frauen (In Praise of Women). Polka mazur, op. 315
• Josef Strauss: Sphärenklänge (Music of the Spheres). Walzer, op. 235

Musical ambassadors of Austria

The musicians play right at the top of the league of leading international orchestras - they are the Vienna Philharmonic. The conductors are also amongst the best in the world. A different conductor is invited each year, including Mariss Jansons (2016), Gustavo Dudamel (2017), Riccardo Muti (2018) and Christian Thielemann (2019).

The New Year's Concert is held in the Musikverein, the center of classical music for music fans in Vienna. The Grand Hall is also called the Golden Hall. It is considered to be not only one of the most beautiful halls in the world, but also one of the best in terms of acoustics. For the New Year's Concert, the hall, which is built in the historical style based on the model of antiquity, is decorated with wonderful flower arrangements. Columns, caryatids and gable reliefs create the impression that a temple of music has been created here.