In normal times the traditional New Year’s Day concert given by the Vienna Philharmonic at the Vienna Musikverein is a moment to remember the past and look forward to the coming year with hope and optimism. In these unprecedented times where live music making has largely been silenced, the joy at hearing the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Riccardo Muti once again perform these familiar tunes, on this day, on that concert platform will be a moment to celebrate and perhaps also mark a corner being turned. Though the music may evoke a time of glittering balls, flickering candles, and nostalgia for a mythical better time, perhaps this new year, just maybe, it will be the herald for a brighter future where once again people can hold each other close, dance around a room and celebrate music together as a social human activity.
Broadcast live from the Musikverein, Vienna
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
First Part
Franz von Suppé: Fatinitza March
Johann Strauss Jr: Sound Waves Waltz op.148
Johann Strauss Jr: Niko Polka op.228
Josef Strauss: Without a Care, Fast Polka op.271
Carl Zeller: Mine Lamps Waltz
Carl Millöcker: Living It Up Galop
Second Part
Franz von Suppé: Overture to Poet and Peasant
Karl Komzák: Girls of Baden Waltz op.257
Josef Strauss: Margherita Polka op.244
Johann Strauss Sr: Venetian Galop op.74
Johann Strauss Jr: Voices of Spring Waltz op.410
Johann Strauss Jr: In the Krapfenwald‘l, Polka Française op.336
Johann Strauss Jr: New Melodies Quadrille op.254
Johann Strauss Jr: Emperor Waltz op.437
Johann Strauss Jr: Tempestuous in Love and Dance, Fast Polka op.393
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