New Year's Concert 2015 with Zubin Mehta
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The Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert takes place under the baton of Zubin Mehta on January 1, 2015, in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna. The Philharmonic's Honorary Conductor Zubin Mehta, with whom the orchestra has enjoyed an artistic partnership for over 50 years, conducts the New Year's Concert for the fifth time.
This year's concert will be broadcast in over 90 countries around the world and will be seen by 50 million television viewers. The program for the New Year's Concert 2015 features numerous compositions by Johann Strauss Father and Son, Eduard and Josef Strauss as well as works by Franz von Suppé und Hans Christian Lumbye. Five pieces are being performed for the first time as part of the New Year's Concert. The program also commemorates 650 years of the University of Vienna and 200 years of the Technical University of Vienna.
Thu, 1. January 2015. 11:15
Vienna, Austria Musikverein, Golden Hall
New Year's Concert
CONDUCTOR Zubin Mehta ORCHESTRA Wiener Philharmoniker
http://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/concerts/concert-detail/event-id/585
Program
Franz von Suppé
Ouv. Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Märchen aus dem Orient. Walzer, op. 444
Josef Strauss
Wiener Leben. Polka francaise, op. 218
Eduard Strauss
Wo man lacht und lebt. Polka schnell, op. 108
Josef Strauss
Dorfschwalben aus Österreich. Walzer, op. 164
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Vom Donaustrande. Polka schnell, op. 356
-- Pause --
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Perpetuum mobile. Musikalischer Scherz, op. 257
Accelerationen. Walzer, op.234
Elektro-magnetische Polka, op. 110
Eduard Strauss
Mit Dampf. Polka schnell, op. 70
Johann Strauss, Jr.
An der Elbe. Walzer, op. 477
Hans Christian Lumbye
Champagner-Galopp, op. 14
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Studenten-Polka. Polka francaise, op. 263
Johann Strauss, sen.
Freiheits-Marsch, op. 226
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Annen-Polka, op. 117
Wein, Weib und Gesang. Walzer, op. 333
Eduard Strauss
Mit Chic. Polka schnell, op. 221
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The Blue Danube Waltz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnoWnLFHlpM
Strauss - Radetzky March
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHFf7NIwOHQ
The History of the New Year's Concert
The international popularity of the New Year's Concert may create the impression that the orchestra's performance of the music of the Strauss dynasty extends back to Johann Strauss, Sr., und therefore to the beginning of the orchestra's history. In fact, however, for an extended period of time, the Philharmonic generally ignored the most "Viennese" music ever written. Probably the musicians did not wish to jeopardize the social advancement they had experienced upon the introduction of the Philharmonic concerts by associating themselves with "popular music". This attitude toward the Strauss dynasty changed only gradually. One determining factor for this reassessment was that the members of this unique family of composers enjoyed the highest respect among major composers such as Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner and Johannes Brahms. In addition, the Philharmonic musicians themselves had several direct encounters with Johann Strauss, Jr., which provided them the opportunity to observe the significance of this music and experience first-hand the charismatic personality of its creator, which had enraptured all of Europe.
Johann Strauss and the Vienna Pilharmonic
The very first encounter between Johann Strauss, Jr., and the musicians of the Vienna Philharmonic was a premiere. Strauss had composed the waltz "Wiener Blut", op. 354, for the Vienna Opera Ball, which was held in the main hall of the Musikverein on April 22, 1873, and he personally conducted its first performance at this event as was his custom, with violin in hand. Their next encounter took place on Nov. 4, 1873, when Strauss performed works by his father and Josef Lanner, as well as his own "Blue Danube" Waltz as part of a gala concert presented by the Chinese World Exposition committee. A "Soirée" in the Court Opera House then took place on December 11, 1897, with Strauss conducting the orchestra in the premiere of his "Reminiscences of Old and New Vienna", a potpourri based upon themes of his own works, as well as those of his father, for which the manuscript has since been lost. On October 14, 1894, the Philharmonic took part in a festival concert marking Strauss' 50th anniversary in the music business, and the master expressed his gratitude with the presentation of a commemorative medal and a telegram in which he stated: "In the meanwhile I send my warmest thanks to the great musicians of the famous Philharmonic for your masterful performance and also for the demonstration of your goodwill which brought me much pleasure – Johann Strauss" . The final encounter had tragic consequences. On May 22, 1899, Strauss conducted a performance of "Die Fledermaus" for the first and only time in the Court Opera. At this time, he took a cold that developed into pneumonia, from which he died on June 3, 1899.
Clemens Krauss
Yet the conductor who truly founded the Strauss tradition of the Vienna Philharmonic and who remains perhaps to this day the foremost apologist of this music was Clemens Krauss (1893-1954). From 1929-1933 he conducted an annual concert of Strauss compositions at the Salzburg Festival, thus anticipating the format of the future New Year's Concerts.
The First New Year's Concert
The first New Year's Concert took place during the darkest chapter of the history of Austria and that of the Vienna Philharmonic. In the midst of barbarism, dictatorship and war, at a time of constant worry regarding the lives of members and their families, the Philharmonic sent an ambivalent signal: the net income from a concert dedicated to compositions by the Strauss dynasty which was performed on December 31, 1939, was donated entirely to the national-socialistic fund-raising campaign "Kriegswinterhilfswerk". On January 1, 1941, a Philharmonic matinee entitled "Johann Strauss Concert" was performed. Taking place in the middle of the war, many regarded this as an expression of Viennese individuality, but it was also misappropriated for the national-socialistic propaganda of the "Großdeutscher Rundfunk". Clemens Krauss conducted these concerts until the end of the war. In the years 1946 and 1947, Josef Krips (1902-1974) replaced Krauss, who returned in 1948 after the expiration of his two year conducting ban which had been imposed by the allies, and who conducted seven more New Year's Concerts until 1954.
25 New Year's Concerts with Willi Boskovsky
With the unexpected death of Clemens Krauss on May 16, 1954, the orchestra faced a great dilemma in determining his successor. Only after much deliberation did the members decide, shortly before January 1, 1955, to entrust concertmaster Willi Boskovsky with the artistic direction of the New Year's Concerts. This choice turned out to be a stroke of genius, with Boskovsky going on to conduct the concert 25 times, between 1955 and 1979, making such an enduring impression that his resignation constituted the end of an era. Boskovsky's concerts were reminiscent of a bygone Austria, which, aside from nostalgic wishful-thinking, is most aptly reflected in the magic of the music of the Strauss dynasty.
A New Chapter in the History of the New Year's Concert
In October 1979, when Boskovsky was forced to cancel the New Year's Concert of 1980 for health reasons, the Philharmonic made a fundamental change. The orchestra chose an internationally prominent conductor, Lorin Maazel, who directed the concerts through 1986.
After this, the musicians made the decision to select a different conductor every year. This new format began with the unforgettable concert of Herbert von Karajan in 1987, followed by Claudio Abbado (1988, 1991), Carlos Kleiber (1989, 1992), Zubin Mehta (1990, 1995, 1998, 2007), Riccardo Muti (1993, 1997, 2000, 2004) Lorin Maazel (1994, 1996, 1999, 2005), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (2001, 2003), Seiji Ozawa (2002), Mariss Jansons (2006, 2012), Georges Prêtre (2008, 2010), Daniel Barenboim (2009) and Franz Welser-Möst (2011, 2013).
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