New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic 2013

The New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic 2013 was the 73rd New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic and took place on January 1 , 2013 at the Vienna Musikverein . It was conducted for the second time by Franz Welser-Möst , who had previously conducted the concert in 2011.

particularities

This year there were eleven compositions on the program that had never been played in the New Year's Concert, including works by Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi , whose 200th birthdays were celebrated. The flower arrangement for the New Year's Concert was also a gift from the Italian city of Sanremo in 2013, as it had been since 1980 .

ballet

Hof Castle

The ballet interludes were shot in Schloss Hof because the 350th birthday of its former owner, Prinz Eugen, took place that year. For the first time the choreography of the ballet interludes was developed by the British Ashley Page , the director of the Scottish Ballet . The costumes were designed for the sixth time by Johan Engels .

The intermission film “ Honeymoon ” was shot under the direction of director Patrick Pleisnitzer and accompanies “a young couple on their honeymoon through Lower Austria ”. It allows the audience to participate in the daily “elaborate photo shoot for the wedding album”.

program

1st chapter

• Johann Strauss (Son) : Kiss Waltz , op.400
• Josef Strauss : Theater Quadrille , op.213
• Johann Strauss Sohn: From the Mountains , Waltz, op.292
• Franz von Suppé : Overture to the operetta " Leichte Kavallerie "

Part 2

• Josef Strauss: Spheres Sounds , Waltz, op.235
• Josef Strauss: The Spinner , Polka française, op.192
• Richard Wagner : Prelude to the 3rd act of the romantic opera " Lohengrin ", WWV 75
• Joseph Hellmesberger the Elder J .: In private, Polka mazur, op.15
• Josef Strauss: Hesperusbahnen , Waltz, op.279
• Josef Strauss: Galoppin , Polka Fast, op.237
• Joseph Lanner : Steyrische Tänze , op.165
• Johann Strauss Sohn: Melodien Quadrille , op.112
• Giuseppe Verdi : Prestissimo from ballet music in the third act of the opera " Don Carlo "
• Johann Strauss Sohn: Where the lemons bloom , Waltz, op. 364
• Johann Strauss (father) : Memory of Ernst or: The Carneval in Venice , Fantasy, op. 126

Television broadcast

The 2013 New Year's Concert was broadcast on radio and television in 81 countries around the world.

Recordings

The recording of the concert is one of the best-selling albums of 2013 in Austria .

Web links

• New Year's Concert 2013 with Franz Welser-Möst on wienerphilharmoniker.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ This is how the 2013 New Year's Concert will be on orf.at (accessed on January 1, 2019).
2. ↑ "New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic" 2013 on January 1st live on ORF 2 on ots.at (accessed on January 1st, 2019)