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, for yet another year, will welcome 2023 with the traditional

New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

, which reaches its 83rd edition and which on this occasion will be conducted for the third time by the Austrian maestro

Franz Welser-Möst.

For the seventh time, it will be conducted by

Michael Bayer

, and famous pieces from the

Strauss dynasty

and other Viennese authors of the time, such as

Carl Michael Ziehrer

,

Franz von Suppè

and

Josef Hellmesberger, will be performed.

In addition, this year the Boys and Girls Choirs will perform together in the polka Happy

Spirits

.

The last appearances of the Vienna Boys Choir at this concert were in 2012 and 2016. For the girls it will be the first time.

The

Vienna Boys Choir

(Wiener Sängerknaben) is a children's choir of soprano and alto voices.

It is one of the oldest children's choirs - since 1296 - and known in the world

"This year we are delighted to include

many previously unseen gems from the Strauss dynasty's repertoire

, the musical program will consist almost entirely of New Year's Concert premieres," explains Vienna Philharmonic President Daniel Froschauer.

The

New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic

(

Das Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker

) is more than a tradition to receive the new year.

It has been held since 1941 on the morning of January 1, in the

Great

Room or

Golden Room

(

Große Saal

or

Goldener Saal

) of the Musical Society -the Vienna Musikverein- adorned with fresh flowers from the city's parks and gardens. .

Thus the Philharmonic sends to the world a greeting of hope, friendship and peace.

This New Year 's

Concert

includes for the first time three ballet performances, performed by the Vienna State Ballet, with a total of 11 different dancers.

Pearls of Love

is the elegant waltz by

Josef Strauss

filmed with four dancing couples in the romantic Rococo palace of Laxenburg, an important Habsburg residence south of Vienna since 1306, where the Austro-Hungarian emperors Franz Joseph I and Elisabeth ( Yes Yes).

The fast polka

Up and Away

by

Eduard Strauss

is humorously performed by a pair of dancers in the garden pavilion of the historic

Melk Abbey

, with the implication of a wily butterfly.

And in the impressive interior of the Melk monastery, the recordings of the waltz dance

On the beautiful blue Danube

with five couples were made

Since 1959 it has been produced by the Austrian television ORF, in co-production with the

European Radio-Television Union

(EBU-EBU-EUR-EUR), and is broadcast worldwide, with an

audience of more than 55 million viewers

in Europe.

After the official program of each year, the concert always ends with several encores.

Then the maestro and the musicians perform the waltz from

The Blue Danube

by

Johann Strauss Jr.

, wish us a Happy New Year (

Prosit Neujahr!

), and it ends by clapping the

Radetzky March

by

Johann Strauss

Sr.

Distinguished maestros have conducted this concert -

Clemens Krauss

,

Willi Boskovsky

,

Maazel

,

Herbert von Karajan

,

Abbado

,

Kleiber

,

Prêtre

,

Jansons

..., and in recent years:

Zubin Mehta

,

Gustavo Dudamel

,

Christian Thielemann

,

Andris Nelsons

,

Riccardo Muti

and

Daniel Barenboim

, as well as

Franz Welser-Möst

, which will be their third time in 2023.

Franz Welser-Möst

is an Austrian conductor, music director of the

Cleveland Orchestra

since 2002 and, curiously, is related to the Strauss family through his great-grandmother.

He made his debut in 1987, and has been music director of the

Vienna State Opera

.

He was also director of the

Zürich Opera

, he performed as a guest in London, Paris and Tokyo, participated in the

Salzburg Festival

and was also music director of the

London Philharmonic Orchestra

.

"With

Franz Welser-Möst

, we are united not only by a deep artistic relationship in the operatic and symphonic realms, but also by a close friendship," says Vienna Philharmonic President

Daniel Froschauer

.

And it is that the artistic collaboration of

Franz Welser-Möst

with the Vienna Philharmonic began in 1998, leading this orchestra in subscription concerts of the Musikverein and on tours of Japan, China, Europe and the United States.

There is possibly no other musical ensemble more closely associated with the tradition and history of European classical music

than the Vienna Philharmonic

.

During its 180 years of concerts around the world, it is the most prestigious Orchestra of the music capital, with its unique style and extraordinary sound.

The Philharmonic was established in 1908 as The Philharmonic was established in 1908 as an independent association.

Its musicians make all their artistic, organizational and financial decisions democratically.

Since 1933, it has followed the system of inviting different directors each season.

Among them have stood out Richard Strauss, Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler, and after 1945, Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein.

.

Its musicians make all their artistic, organizational and financial decisions democratically.

Since 1933, it has followed the system of inviting different directors each season.

Among them have stood out Richard Strauss, Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler, and after 1945, Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein.

New Year's Concert Program 2023

First part

11:15:00 Header - Fanfare/Eurovision Anthem Rondo prelude to the Te Deum by Marc-Antoine Charpentier

  • Eduard Strauss

    Who dances?

    - fast polka op.

    251

  • Josef Strauss

    Heroic Poems

    - Waltz, op.

    87

  • Johann Strauss Jr.

    The Gypsy Baron

    - Gang, op.

    422

  • Carl Michael Ziehrer

    On a Cozy Evening

    - Waltz, Op.

    488

  • Johann Strauss Jr.

    Come with joy!

    - Fast Polka, op.

    386

  • 11:50 a.m. approx.

    End of the First Part 11:50 aprox.

    INTERVAL: The Universal Exhibition in Vienna.

    Second part

    12:15:00 Header - Fanfare/Eurovision Anthem Rondo prelude to the Te Deum by Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    6 - Franz von Suppè

    Overture to the comic operetta "Isabella"

    7 - Josef Strauss

    Pearls of Love

    - Concert Waltz, op.

    39 with Ballet

    8 - Josef Strauss

    Polca de Angélica

    - French Polka, op.

    123

    9 - Eduard Strauss

    Up and Away

    - Fast Polka, op.

    73 with Ballet

    10- Josef Strauss Happy

    Spirits

    - French Polka, op.

    281 with the Vienna Girls' and Boys' Choirs

    11- Josef Strauss

    Forever

    - Fast Polka, op.

    193

    12- Josef Strauss

    Goldfinches

    - Waltz, op.114

    13- Joseph Hellmesberger

    Polka of the Bells

    and Gallop of the Excelsior Ballet

    14- Josef Strauss

    Fantastic allegro

    .

    Orchestral Fantasy, Annex 26b

    15- Josef Strauss -

    Waltz of the Watercolors

    , op.

    258 Flower delivery

    encores

    16- Johann Strauss Jr. -

    The Gallop of the Bandits

    - Fast Polka, op.

    378 Congratulations from the Maestro and the Philharmonic for the New Year: Prosit Neujahr!

    17- Johann Strauss Jr. -

    On the beautiful blue Danube

    - Waltz, op.

    314 with Ballet

    18- Johann Strauss father -

    Radetzky March

    , op.

    228

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