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Previewing the Vienna New Year’s Concert 2025

Updated: 8 hours ago

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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