Yes, extremely early in the game, but I was in the mood, so here goes with the annual thread for the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day concert, 2021 version. First, standard links:
VPO: https://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/...s-concert-main
ORF: https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20210101/622196
BBC R3: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qncs
The most important aspect of this year's concert is due to the obvious, and is reflected in this statement from the VPOs page on the NJK:
So the only people in the Great Hall of the Musikverein, besides the VPO and Muti, will be the camera crews and the various TV/radio announcers. For R3, as has been standard for the past several years, Petroc gets the announcer's call. Presumably he will be able to travel to Vienna, as opposed to just sitting in London to do a remote relay, as the interval feature on R3 usually features him doing a Vienna-themed feature with recording material on-site in Vienna.
Here is the program(me), minus the 1 unknown and 2 standard encores (blank line indicates the interval):
Franz von Suppé: Fatinitza-Marsch (*)
Johann Strauss II:
a. Schallwellen, Walzer, op. 148 (*)
b. Niko-Polka, op. 228
Josef Strauss: Ohne Sorgen, Polka schnell, op. 271
Carl Zeller: Grubenlichter, Walzer (*)
Karl Millöcker: In Saus und Braus, Galop (*)
Franz von Suppé: Poet and Peasant Overture (Ouvertüre zu Dichter und Bauer)
Karl Komzák: Bad'ner Mad'ln, Walzer, op. 257 (*)
Josef Strauss: Margherita-Polka, op. 244
Johann Strauss I: Venetianer-Galopp, op. 74 (*)
Johann Strauss II:
c. Frühlingsstimmen, Walzer, op. 410
d. Im Krapfenwaldl, Polka française, op. 336
e. Neue Melodien-Quadrille, op. 254
f. Kaiser-Walzer, op. 437
g. Stürmisch in Lieb' und Tanz (Tempestuous in Love and Dance), Polka schnell, op. 393
From the cross-check of my Excel spreadsheet, it looks like 6 new works for this year's New Year's Concert, marked with a (*), with 3 completely new composer names to the roster, Carl Zeller, Karl Millöcker, and Karl Komzák.
It's obviously going to be very weird all around for the VPO to be playing to an empty hall, for this concert of all their concerts. What's even weirder is that the VPO's site still shows the standard preview concerts on Dec. 30 and Dec. 31 on their calendar as well, even though no audience can be present for those performances either. IMHO, it seems pointless to give the same program 3 times to an empty hall, unless the plan is to film all 3 readings to be ready for enough footage to edit into the final commercial video and album later, to cover any blips from January 1. Anyway, if all 3 performances are indeed really happening as usual, the reasons are obviously way above my pay grade. It will still make for enjoyable listening, even if with a very different vibe this time.
VPO: https://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/...s-concert-main
ORF: https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20210101/622196
BBC R3: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qncs
The most important aspect of this year's concert is due to the obvious, and is reflected in this statement from the VPOs page on the NJK:
"Das Neujahrskonzert 2021 findet ohne Publikum statt."
"The 2021 New Year's Concert will take place without an audience."
"The 2021 New Year's Concert will take place without an audience."
Here is the program(me), minus the 1 unknown and 2 standard encores (blank line indicates the interval):
Franz von Suppé: Fatinitza-Marsch (*)
Johann Strauss II:
a. Schallwellen, Walzer, op. 148 (*)
b. Niko-Polka, op. 228
Josef Strauss: Ohne Sorgen, Polka schnell, op. 271
Carl Zeller: Grubenlichter, Walzer (*)
Karl Millöcker: In Saus und Braus, Galop (*)
Franz von Suppé: Poet and Peasant Overture (Ouvertüre zu Dichter und Bauer)
Karl Komzák: Bad'ner Mad'ln, Walzer, op. 257 (*)
Josef Strauss: Margherita-Polka, op. 244
Johann Strauss I: Venetianer-Galopp, op. 74 (*)
Johann Strauss II:
c. Frühlingsstimmen, Walzer, op. 410
d. Im Krapfenwaldl, Polka française, op. 336
e. Neue Melodien-Quadrille, op. 254
f. Kaiser-Walzer, op. 437
g. Stürmisch in Lieb' und Tanz (Tempestuous in Love and Dance), Polka schnell, op. 393
From the cross-check of my Excel spreadsheet, it looks like 6 new works for this year's New Year's Concert, marked with a (*), with 3 completely new composer names to the roster, Carl Zeller, Karl Millöcker, and Karl Komzák.
It's obviously going to be very weird all around for the VPO to be playing to an empty hall, for this concert of all their concerts. What's even weirder is that the VPO's site still shows the standard preview concerts on Dec. 30 and Dec. 31 on their calendar as well, even though no audience can be present for those performances either. IMHO, it seems pointless to give the same program 3 times to an empty hall, unless the plan is to film all 3 readings to be ready for enough footage to edit into the final commercial video and album later, to cover any blips from January 1. Anyway, if all 3 performances are indeed really happening as usual, the reasons are obviously way above my pay grade. It will still make for enjoyable listening, even if with a very different vibe this time.
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