Franz Welser-Most conducts this year’s edition of the Vienna New Year’s Day concert, featuring waltzes, polkas and other works primarily by the Johann Strauss family, played by the Vienna Philharmonic.
Listen at 11am on VPR Classical.
Josef Strauss Die Soubrette, polka schnell, op. 109
Johann Strauss Jr. Kuss-Walzer, Op. 400
Josef Strauss Theater-Quadrille, op.213
Johann Strauss Jr. Aus den Bergen, waltz, op. 292
Franz von Suppe: Light Cavalry, overture
Josef Strauss Sphährenklänge (¿Music of the Spheres¿) waltz, op. 235
Josef Strauss Die Spinnerin, polka française, op.192
Richard Wagner, Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
Joseph Hellmesberger, Unter vier Augen (¿In Confidence¿), Polka-mazur
Josef Strauss: Galoppin, polka schnell, op. 237
Joseph Lanner: Styrian Dances, op. 165
Johann Strauss Jr. Melodien Quadrille, op. 112
Giuseppe Verdi: Prestissimo, ballet music from Act 3 of ‘Don Carlo’
Johann Strauss Jr., Where the Lemon Trees Bloom, waltz, op. 364
Johann Strauss Sr. Memories of Ernst, or the Carnival of Venice, Fantasy, op. 126
Josef Strauss Plappermäulchen, Polka schnell, Op. 245 3:00
Johann Strauss Jr., The Beautiful Blue Danube, Waltz, op. 314
Johann Strauss Sr.: Radetszky March, Op. 228