Time for the annual Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert thread, 2025 edition. First, the link to the program(me), followed by the list of selections, minus the unknown encore and the two standard closers:
Johann Strauss I: Freiheits-Marsch, op. 226
Josef Strauss: Dorfschwalben aus Österreich. Walzer, op. 164
Johann Strauss II: Demolirer-Polka. Polka francaise, op. 269
Johann Strauss II: Lagunen-Walzer, op. 411
Eduard Strauss: Luftig und duftig. Polka schnell, op. 206
(Interval)
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Johann Strauss II. Accelerationen. Walzer, op. 234
Josef Hellmesberger, Jr: "Fidele Brüder" - March from the operetta Das Veilchenmädchen (*)
Constanze Geiger: Ferdinandus-Walzer, op. 10 [arr. W. Dörner] (*)
Johann Strauss II. Entweder - oder! Polka schnell, op. 403
Josef Strauss: Transactionen. Walzer, op. 184
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka, op. 117
Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch. Polka schnell, op. 214
Johann Strauss II: Wein, Weib und Gesang. Walzer, op. 333
A (*) is next to works which are receiving first performances at the New Year's Concert. There are but two such works this time around.
However, please note the fourth work in the second half. The selection by Constanze Geiger marks the first appearance of any music by a female composer in the VPO's New Year's Concert. Keeping in mind that the VPO generally plans this concert something like 3 years in advance, this presumably was in the works all that time.
Additional radio links:
ORF 1:
Part 1:
Interval feature (Intermezzo):
Part 2:
Eva Teimel is in the ORF presenter's chair once again, so she seems to have established herself there.
BBC R3:
As is currently the usual, Petroc will be presenting for R3 from Vienna. Presumably he'll participate in BBC R3's interval feature as well, if it takes the travelogue route.
Looking at some of the other selections, with double-checking my Excel file of the NJK archive:
* Johann Jr.'s Demolirer-Polka: last featured in 1990
* Johann Jr.s Lagunen-Waltz: last featured in 2006
* Eduard's Luftig und duftig: last featured in 1973 (!)
Otherwise, at least to my eye from a quick glance, this years program seems more heavily weighted towards old favorites. Presumably this is what Riccardo Muti wants. I suspect that most in the audience won't mind at all :) .
PS: Regarding the unknown encore, presumably the VPO has become more vigilant in preventing on-line merchandise sites (ahem) from inadvertently, or otherwise, disclosing the identity of the encore ;) .
Johann Strauss I: Freiheits-Marsch, op. 226
Josef Strauss: Dorfschwalben aus Österreich. Walzer, op. 164
Johann Strauss II: Demolirer-Polka. Polka francaise, op. 269
Johann Strauss II: Lagunen-Walzer, op. 411
Eduard Strauss: Luftig und duftig. Polka schnell, op. 206
(Interval)
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Johann Strauss II. Accelerationen. Walzer, op. 234
Josef Hellmesberger, Jr: "Fidele Brüder" - March from the operetta Das Veilchenmädchen (*)
Constanze Geiger: Ferdinandus-Walzer, op. 10 [arr. W. Dörner] (*)
Johann Strauss II. Entweder - oder! Polka schnell, op. 403
Josef Strauss: Transactionen. Walzer, op. 184
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka, op. 117
Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch. Polka schnell, op. 214
Johann Strauss II: Wein, Weib und Gesang. Walzer, op. 333
A (*) is next to works which are receiving first performances at the New Year's Concert. There are but two such works this time around.
However, please note the fourth work in the second half. The selection by Constanze Geiger marks the first appearance of any music by a female composer in the VPO's New Year's Concert. Keeping in mind that the VPO generally plans this concert something like 3 years in advance, this presumably was in the works all that time.
Additional radio links:
ORF 1:
Part 1:
Interval feature (Intermezzo):
Part 2:
Eva Teimel is in the ORF presenter's chair once again, so she seems to have established herself there.
BBC R3:
As is currently the usual, Petroc will be presenting for R3 from Vienna. Presumably he'll participate in BBC R3's interval feature as well, if it takes the travelogue route.
Looking at some of the other selections, with double-checking my Excel file of the NJK archive:
* Johann Jr.'s Demolirer-Polka: last featured in 1990
* Johann Jr.s Lagunen-Waltz: last featured in 2006
* Eduard's Luftig und duftig: last featured in 1973 (!)
Otherwise, at least to my eye from a quick glance, this years program seems more heavily weighted towards old favorites. Presumably this is what Riccardo Muti wants. I suspect that most in the audience won't mind at all :) .
PS: Regarding the unknown encore, presumably the VPO has become more vigilant in preventing on-line merchandise sites (ahem) from inadvertently, or otherwise, disclosing the identity of the encore ;) .
...although readings might be confused by the Penzance Orchestral Society (est.1907) where the natural background radiation is four times the UK average. 
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