By Alkis Karmpaliotis
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of AppreciateOpera.org
The Vienna Philharmonic has released the program for the next edition of the annual New Year’s Concert. The concert will take place on January 1, 2025, under the baton of Maestro Riccardo Muti, and will be broadcast in over 90 countries and watched by millions of viewers.
The program is made up of mostly waltzes and polkas by the Strauss family, and follows the usual structure of most renditions of the concert, opening with a march, followed by two waltzes and two polkas, then, after intermission, an overture. It also contains a piece by a female composer, Constanze Geiger, a 19th-century composer and singer.
The program is as follows:
Johann Strauss I
Freiheits-Marsch (Freedom March)
Josef Strauss
Dorfschwalben aus Österreich. Walzer (Village Swallows from Austria Waltz)
Johann Strauss II
Demolirer-Polka. Polka francaise (Demolition Men’s Polka)
Johann Strauss II
Lagunen-Walzer. (Lagoon Waltz)
Eduard Strauss
Luftig und duftig. Polka schnell. (Airy and Fragrant Polka)
Johann Strauss II
Ouvertüre zur Operette "Der Zigeunerbaron" (Overture to The Gypsy Baron)
Johann Strauss II
Accelerationen. Walzer (Acceleration Waltz)
Josef Hellmesberger
Fidele Brüder. Marsch aus der Operette "Das Veilchenmädchen" (March from The Violet Girl)
Constanze Geiger
Ferdinandus-Walzer. (Ferdinandus Waltz)
Johann Strauss II
Entweder - oder! Polka schnell. (“Either Or!” Polka”)
Josef Strauss
Transactionen. Walzer (Transactions Waltz)
Johann Strauss II
Annen-Polka.
Johann Strauss II
Tritsch-Tratsch. Polka schnell
Johann Strauss II
Wein, Weib und Gesang. Walzer (Wine, Woman and Song Waltz)
The program will conclude with three encores: one announced (usually a polka), followed by the classic Blue Danube Waltz and Radetzky March.
I'm Alkis Karmpaliotis, and I'm a senior at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York. I hope you enjoyed this article! I founded AppreciateOpera.org in 2019, and you can support my work by becoming a member and reading some of my other articles!
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