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The New Year's Concert of the Vienna
Philharmonic
Powerpoint Show by DOINA
Music Radetzky March - Johann Strauss
The New Year Concert of the Vienna Philarmonic
Orchestra is a concert of classical music that
takes place each year in the morning of January
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These concerts not only delight the audiences in
the Musikverein in Vienna, but also enjoy great
international popularity through the world wide
television broadcasts, which now reach over
57 countries. Originating during a dark period
of Austria's history, these concerts were
initially conceived for a local audience as a
reminder of better times and a source of hope for
the future. Today millions of people throughout
the world are similarly encouraged by the
light-hearted yet subtly profound character of
this music, and draw joy and optimism for the New
Year ahead.
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The origin of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
dates back to 28 March 1842, when Otto Nicolai,
composer of The Merry Wives of Windsor,
conducted a "great concert" promoted by "all the
orchestral musicians of the Royal Imperial Court
Opera Theatre". The principles then laid down
are still valid today, the orchestra being a
self-governing, democratic institution.
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These concerts have been held in the "Großer
Saal" (Large Hall) of the Wiener Musikverein
since 1939. The flowers that decorate the
concert hall are a gift each year from the city
of Sanremo, Liguria, Italy.
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Info for music lovers The Vienna Musiverein is
famous for its "Golden Hall" home to perhaps
the most famous orchestra in the world, the
Vienna Philharmonic. This "Goldener Saal" is
famous for its mysterious acoustics that some
have termed an acoustic miracle. The concert
hall has 1,744 seats, and standing room for 300.
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Conductors Clemens Krauss, 1939, 19411945,
19481954 Josef Krips, 19461947 Willi
Boskovsky, 19551979 Lorin Maazel, 19801986,
1994, 1996, 1999, 2005 Herbert von Karajan, 1987
Claudio Abbado, 1988, 1991 Carlos Kleiber,
1989, 1992 Zubin Mehta, 1990, 1995, 1998, 2007
Riccardo Muti, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004 Nikolaus
Harnoncourt, 2001, 2003 Seiji Ozawa, 2002
Mariss Jansons, 2006 Georges Prêtre, 2008
Daniel Barenboim, 2009
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The orchestra is joined by pairs of ballet
dancers in one piece during the second part of
the programme. The dancers come from the Vienna
State Opera Ballet and dance at the Schonbrunn
Palace.
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The concert is popular throughout Europe, and
more recently around the world. The demand for
tickets is so high that people have to
preregister one year in advance in order to
participate in the drawing of tickets for the
following year. Indeed, many seats are reserved
by some Austrian families and passed down from
generation to generation. The event is broadcast
by the Eurovision Network which includes most
major networks around Europe (including BBC Two
in the United Kingdom). It is also broadcast on
PBS in the United States (beginning in 1985), TVE
in Spain, NHK in Japan, SBS in Australia etc.
Since 2006, the concert has been broadcast to
viewers in several African countries (Botswana,
Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland,
Zambia and Zimbabwe) and those in Latin America
(Ecuador and Bolivia).
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The concert always ends with three encores after
the main programme. The first encore is a fast
polka. The second encore is Johann Strauss IIs
Blue Danube Waltz, whose introduction is
interrupted by applause of recognition from the
audience. The musicians then collectively wish
the audience a happy new year, play The Blue
Danube and close With Johann Strauss. Sr.s
Radetzky March. During this last festive piece,
the audience participates with the traditional
clap-along, and the conductor turns to the
audience in time to conduct them instead of the
orchestra.
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The concert was first performed in 1939, and
conducted by Clemens Krauss.
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It is the desire of the Philharmonic not only to
provide musically definitive interpretations of
the masterworks of this genre, but at the same
time, as musical ambassadors of Austria, to send
people all over the world a New Year's greeting
in the spirit of hope, friendship and peace.
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