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The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra announced the program of “New Year’s Concert” in 2019. “New Year’s Concert” is an annual concert held by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra each year on New Year’s Day, their home grand “Große Musikvereinssaal”. The program is centered on the work of Johann Strauss II called “King of Waltz”, mainly by Waltz and Polka of the Strauss family. It is like a New Year ‘s card from music city filled with Vienna’ s emotion, the performances are relayed to more than 90 countries, and people watching it are said to be over 100 million people worldwide.

The conductor of 2019 is Christian Thielemann. Thielemann has appeared many times in the concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, but it is unexpectedly the first time to direct “New Year’s Concert”. This time, Thielemann took up the work of two Austrian composers, other than the music of the Strauss family, Carl Michael Ziehre (1843-1922) and Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855-1907).

Carl Michael Ziehre is one of the composers who was active in the heyday of Vienna operetta. One of Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. is a professor of composition by Vienna Conservatoire, a person who served as a concertmaster and chief conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. It is also known to teach George Enescu and Fritz Kreisler.

PROGRAM
　Carl Michael Ziehre：Schönfeld Marsch, op.422
　Josef Strauss：Transactionen. Walzer, op.184
　Joseph Hellmesberger：Elfenreigen
　Johann Strauss：Express. Polka schnell, op.311
　Johann Strauss：Nordseebilder. Walzer, op.390
　Eduard Strauss：Mit Extrapost. Galopp, op.259
　　（intermission）
　Johann Strauss：Ouvertüre zur Operette “Der Zigeunerbaron”
　Josef Strauss：Die Tänzerin. Polka francaise, op.227
　Johann Strauss：Künstlerleben. Walzer, op.316
　Johann Strauss：Die Bajadere. Polka schnell, op.351
　Eduard Strauss：Opern-Soiree. Polka francaise, op.162
　Johann Strauss：Eva-Walzer. Nach Motiven aus “Ritter Pásmán”
　Johann Strauss：Csárdás aus „Ritter Pásmán“, op.441
　Johann Strauss：Egyptian March, op.335
　Joseph Hellmesberger：Entr’acte Valse
　Johann Strauss：Lob der Frauen. Polka mazur, op.315
　Josef Strauss：Sphärenklänge. Walzer, op.235

Photo：Vienna Philharmoniker


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