New Years Day Concert
First broadcast from 20080101 to 20090101.
4 episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 20090101 | Piers Burton-Page visits Opatija, now in Croatia, a holiday resort in the Habsburg Empire. Piers Burton-Page takes the Habsburg Riviera Express to visit Opatija, now in Croatia, a holiday resort during the era of the Austrian Empire, where affluent citizens took breaks in search of healthy waters and weather. It attracted many famous guests including James Joyce, Anton Chekhov, Gustav Mahler and Isadora Duncan. | |
| New Year's Day Concert - Part 1 | 20090101 | Daniel Barenboim conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in the concert from the Musikverein. Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim directs the Vienna Philharmonic's uplifting New Year's Day concert for the first time, live from the Musikverein, Vienna. There are sparkling waltzes by all three members of the Strauss family, including some pieces with an oriental twist that reflect Vienna as a meeting point between East and West, plus music by Haydn and Hellmesberger. Presented by Brian Kay. Vienna Philharmonic Johann Strauss (1825-1899): overture (a night in venice) (berlin version); marchen aus dem orient, op 444; annen-polka, op 117; schnellpost-polka, op 159; roses from the south, op 388; freikugeln, op 326 |
| New Year's Day Concert - Part 2 | 20090101 | With Johann Strauss: Overture; Entrance March (Gypsy Baron); Josef Strauss: Spharenklange. Brian Kay presents the conclusion of the Vienna Philharmonic's uplifting New Year's Day concert, with pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim directing for the first time. Johann Strauss (1825-1899): Overture; Entrance March (The Gypsy Baron); Schatz-Walzer, Op 418 |
| 20080101 | French conductor Georges PrÃtre takes the helm for the first time as the Vienna Philharmonic gives the traditional New Year's Day concert, live from the Musikverein, Vienna. There's music by three members of the Strauss family as well as a couple of pieces by their Viennese contemporaries. Presented by Brian Kay. Johann Strauss II: Napoleon March, Op 156; Dorfschwalben aus Ãsterreich, Op 164 Josef Strauss: Laxenburger Polka, Op 60 Johann Strauss: Pariser Walzer; Versailler Galopp Johann Strauss II: Orpheus Quadrille, Op 236 Joseph Hellmesberger: Kleiner Anzeiger (Galopp), Op 4 Interval Johann Strauss II: Overture (Indigo und die vierzig RÃuber'); Freut euch des Lebens (Waltz), Op 340; Bluette (Polka franÃaise), Op 271; Tritsch-Tratsch (Polka schnell), Op 214 Joseph Lanner: Hofball TÃnze (Waltz), Op 161 Josef Strauss: Die Libelle (Polka mazur), Op 204 Johann Strauss II: Russischer Marsch, Op 426; Die Pariserin (Polka franÃaise), Op 238 Johann Strauss: Chineser Galopp, Op 20 Johann Strauss II: Kaiser Walzer, Op 437 (Emperor Waltz); Die Bajadere (Polka schnell), Op 351 Josef Strauss: Sport Polka (Polka schnell), Op 170 (encore) Johann Strauss II: Blue Danube Waltz, Op 314 (encore) Johann Strauss: Radetzky March, Op 228 (encore). |