New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic 2017

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The New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic 2017 was the 77th New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic and took place on January 1, 2017 at the Wiener Musikverein . The conductor for the first time was Gustavo Dudamel , who at the age of 35 was the youngest conductor to have conducted the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic.

New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic 2017

particularities

The Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, under the direction of Johannes Prinz, took part in a New Year's concert by the Vienna Philharmonic for the first time, with the moonrise from the opera Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor by Otto Nicolai , founder of the Vienna Philharmonic. The orchestra celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2017 and was seen for the first time in a new concert dress designed by Vivienne Westwood and Andreas Kronthaler . There were eight premieres on the program, and silver dust was blown into the audience by the organ. In their program, the Philharmoniker paid tribute to the 300th birthday of Maria Theresa , the world premiere of the waltz On the Beautiful Blue Danube 150 years ago, the founding of the Vienna Clock Museum a hundred years ago and its own 175th anniversary. For the Polka 'S there is only a imperial city, there is only a Vienna , pictures of the Maria Theresa Monument , the Hofburg , Schönbrunn Palace and the Theresian Academy were shown, for the waltz Die Extravaganten pictures from the Piber Federal Stud , the Heldenberg Training Center and the Spanish Riding School .

ballet

The costumes for the two dance interludes were designed by Christof Cremer, who was last responsible for the designs at the 2012 New Year's concert. The choreography comes from Renato Zanella for the first time after 2010 . The dance interludes for the waltz Walk in from the operetta The Estimator by Carl Michael Ziehrer was recorded in August 2016 under the direction of Michael Beyer, the first filming locations for a New Year's concert were the Hermesvilla and the Lainzer Tiergarten . Ten soloists from the Vienna State Ballet danced : Liudmila Konovalova and Robert Gabdullin , Ketevan Papava and Eno Peci, Nina Poláková and Denys Cherevychko , Franziska Wallner-Hollinek and Mihail Sosnovschi as well as Alice Firenze and Davide Dato . The second dance performance was not pre-recorded, but danced live by students from the Ballet Academy at the Wiener Musikverein. The costumes for the ladies for the waltz Walk in were inspired by the premises of the Hermesvilla and its first resident, Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary , whose birthday will be 180 years in 2017. The men's costumes were based on kuk military uniforms in memory of military bandmaster Ziehrer .

audience

Numerous well-known personalities took their places in the auditorium at the 77th New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic. For example, the former Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer with Mrs. Margit , the German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen , the EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn and the Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz attended the concert on January 1st.

program

Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna Singing Association, Gustavo Dudamel

The program was presented on November 15, 2016:

1st chapter

Part 2

Encores

Cast (selection)

Break film

The break film for the New Year's Concert 2017 with the title Der Rhythmus von Wien / The Rhythm of Vienna was shot in summer 2016 under the direction of Robert Neumüller . The film deals with the beginnings of the waltz. Tibor Kovác played with the Philharmonic Five his own arrangement of Carnevale di Venezia , op. 10 by Niccolò Paganini , Variations on Mein Hut, which has three corners . In addition to several ensembles of the Vienna Philharmonic (Ensemble Koll, Ensemble Wien), other participants are the group of colophonists , consisting of four 14-year-old cellists , and the groovin'Tango quINNtett . The dance scenes with 25 to 30 dance couples were rehearsed by the master of ceremonies of the Vienna Opera Ball , Roman Svabek . Shooting took place in Vienna's Burggarten , in front of and in the Kunsthistorisches Museum , in the Scheer workshop , at the Köchert jeweler and on the north tower of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna . The approximately 24-minute film was produced by the Felix Breisach media workshop.

transmission

Director Michael Beyer was responsible for the 59th ORF broadcast for the fourth time in a row; 17 HD cameras were used. As in previous years, Barbara Rett took over the moderation for ORF . The concert was also broadcast on Austria 1 by ORF. The concert was broadcast in 93 countries around the world. For the US TV chain PBS , Julie Andrews presented the New Year's Concert for the eighth time.

In Austria, an average of 876,000 people interested in music watched the first part, which corresponded to a market share of 57 percent. The second part was followed by an average of 1.119 million viewers, a market share of 56 percent. The break film was seen by an average of 1,028,000 people (59 percent market share).

Recordings

The audio double CD of this concert was released on January 9, 2017 and is one of the best-selling albums of 2017 in Austria . DVD and Blu Ray Disc were released on January 27, 2017.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurier: Dudamel is the youngest New Year's conductor to date . Article from January 1, 2016, accessed on November 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b diepresse.com: New Year's Concert: The program for 2017 is set . Article dated November 15, 2016, accessed November 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b Tiroler Tageszeitung: The program for the New Year's Concert 2017 has already been set . Article dated November 15, 2016, accessed November 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b c orf.at - New Year's Concert: Philharmonic in a new outfit . Article dated December 29, 2016, accessed December 30, 2016.
  5. ↑ Tradition with temperament: New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic 2017 under Gustavo Dudamel live on ORF . OTS notification dated December 29, 2016, accessed December 30, 2016.
  6. ↑ New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic 2017: ORF ballet shoot for the first time in Hermesvilla . OTS notification dated August 30, 2016, accessed November 18, 2016.
  7. ↑ 2017 program . Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  8. ^ NÖN: Axel Corti Prize for Robert Neumüller . Article dated June 9, 2016, accessed November 18, 2016.
  9. ↑ diepresse.com: New Year's Concert: Paganini races through the break . Article dated December 27, 2016, accessed December 30, 2016.
  10. ↑ NÖN: audience of millions for Krems director . Article dated August 24, 2016, accessed November 18, 2016.
  11. ↑ New Years Concert 2017 live on ORF: For the first time with Gustavo Dudamel . OTS notification dated December 13, 2016, accessed December 13, 2016.
  12. ^ Diepresse.com: New Years Concert: Rehearsals with Gustavo and Julie . Article dated December 29, 2016, accessed December 30, 2016.
  13. ↑ derStandard.at: An average of 1.052 million viewers at the New Year's concert on ORF . Article from January 2, 2017, accessed on January 3, 2017.