For all who are lovers of the music of Vienna , watch for the broadcast on your local PBS stations next week . In the meantime , here is the program - https://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/en/konzerte/new-years-concert/10466/
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Firenze, Italy
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...and for the first time, the concertmaster will be a lady....
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OP
white plains, ny, usa
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Yes , she has been with the orchestra for some time , and at The Bavarian State Opera , before her tenure in Vienna . Here is a current article about her from this morning's New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/arts/music/vienna-philharmonic-concertmaster.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IU0.4fwg.8CxBTH_-e7Pw&hpgrp=ar-abar&smid=url-share Also , for an absolute delight , this performance of " Scheherazade " with The Vienna Philharmonic features her in the solo violin part . Absolutely stunning performance !! - https://youtu.be/OggcxlXWVoY?si=dVCA35ZkaK3ruUin
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OP
white plains, ny, usa
4140 posts
Tonight , at 8:00PM EST Check your local PBS station for your area . For anyone unfamiliar with this Viennese tradition , it's an eyeful as well as an earful.
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Northamptonshire, England
32761 posts
'twas wonderful, as always
It was nice to see blue skies and hear how mild it has been despite it being introduced as a gloomy day.
The intermission is always fun and interesting. Today's has both a classical and extremely modern twist... fun
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SE Pennsylvania
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Always on my New Year Day schedule.
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Northamptonshire, England
32761 posts
just curious, does PBS give you the full 2 and a half hours?
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OP
white plains, ny, usa
4140 posts
No , here in the states , we only get an hour and a half version of it . Ultimately , online ,I recall seeing the whole program several days later . Over the years , if there was something really special in a particular program , I was inclined to buy the commercially available recording . A good example was the 2014 concert - The waltz , "G'shichten Aus Dem Wienerwald " ( Tales from the Vienna Woods ) played with the zither solos , evokes the Heurigen in the alpine foothills , and beautiful video of Klosterneuberg Abbey , north of town . Also , a stellar reading of the overture to the Strauss operetta " Die Waldmeister " https://youtu.be/JM5EK5wvak0?si=8Qt5x_3n6CT0tHMv
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If you have a VPN to Austria or Germany you can watch it from the media libraries of ORF, ZDF or ARD.
The content is geo-blocked. The CD of the concert will be released in two weeks.