New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic 2018

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The New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic 2018 was the 78th New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic and took place on January 1, 2018 at the Wiener Musikverein . The conductor was Riccardo Muti for the fifth time , who had previously conducted the concert in 1993, 1997, 2000 and 2004.

Riccardo Muti (2008)

particularities

Among other things, feeders reminded of the 300th anniversary of the Augarten porcelain factory and the 650 -year foundation of the Austrian National Library .

ballet

Hietzing court pavilion
Eckartsau Castle

Soloists from the Vienna State Ballet at Schloss Eckartsau and in the Hofpavillon in Vienna- Hietzing were in front of the camera for the dance interludes ; Henning Kasten, who most recently directed the Vienna Philharmonic's summer night concert, was responsible for the dance . The choreography for the dances comes from Davide Bombana , as before in 2012 and 2015 . The couples Maria Yakovleva and Eno Peci, Ioanna Avraam and Mihail Sosnovschi, Alice Firenze and Francesco Costa, Elena Bottaro and Richard Szabo as well as Adele Fiocchi and Andrey Teterin danced to the waltz Roses from the South by Johann Strauss (son) at Eckartsau Castle . In the Hietzinger Pavilion, Rebecca Horner and Roman Lazik danced a pas de deux to the Stephanie gavotte by Alfons Czibulka . The ballet costumes came from Jordi Roig.

The locations of the dance interludes commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of the architect of the court pavilion, Otto Wagner , and the historical events of 1918 at Eckartsau Castle.

Floral decorations

For the fourth time, the floral decorations came from the Viennese city gardens. 30,000 blossoms of roses , amaryllis and cymbidiums were earmarked for the Golden Hall. Muti's homeland, Italy, was honored with carnations and lilies . The flowers were kept in subtle pastel, the color shades of pink, pastel orange and fresh green dominated.

audience

Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz invited the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, to the New Year's Concert 2018, Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen invited the heads of state of the Austrian EU Council Presidency partners Estonia and Bulgaria . Van der Bellen and his wife, Doris Schmidauer , welcomed the Estonian President, Kersti Kaljulaid , and her husband, Georgi Rene Maksimovski, as well as the Bulgarian President, Rumen Radew , and his wife, Desislawa Radewa, to the music association. Since July 1, 2017, Austria has formed a trio with Estonia and Bulgaria in the Presidency of the Council of the European Union with a joint program to ensure more continuity in EU policy. The Bulgarian EU Council Presidency 2018 begins on January 1st and the Austrian EU Council Presidency 2018 starts on July 1st . Other guests in the audience included Dominique Meyer , Wolfgang Sobotka , Heinz Fischer , Margit Fischer and Helga Rabl-Stadler .

program

Ovations for Riccardo Muti 2018

The program was announced on November 14, 2017. Seven pieces were performed for the first time at a New Year's concert by the Vienna Philharmonic: Viennese frescoes , bridal show , Marienwalzer , Wilhelm Tell gallop , overture to the operetta Boccaccio , myrtle flowers , Stephanie Gavotte .

1st chapter

Part 2

Encores

Cast (selection)

Break film

Main front of the Wiener Postsparkasse by architect Otto Wagner
Church at the Steinhof
Nussdorf weir, administration building and Schemerl bridge

The break film for the New Year's Concert 2018 entitled Wiener Moderne 1918 2018 was designed and produced by Georg Riha and commemorated Viennese Modernism and its most important representatives Otto Wagner , Gustav Klimt , Egon Schiele and Koloman Moser , who all died in 1918. The painter Broncia Koller-Pinell played a small, unifying role as her muse and companion. In the approximately 26-minute film, the ensembles of the Vienna Philharmonic made music at various historical Viennese locations, filming locations included the Wiener Postsparkasse , the U-Bahn pavilions, the Steinhof Church , the former Länderbankzentrale , the Austrian Belvedere Gallery , the Schützenhaus , the Nussdorfer Wehr and the MuseumsQuartier . The student couple was portrayed by the actors Annalena Kubinger and Philipp Quell, Martin Traxl was in charge . The film was made as a co-production by ORF and the Vienna Philharmonic, produced by Riha Film in partnership with WienTourismus and the Vienna Chamber of Commerce .

music

transmission

Henning Kasten was responsible for the 60th ORF broadcast for the first time, and fourteen HD cameras were used. As in previous years, Barbara Rett took over the moderation for ORF . The concert was broadcast in 95 countries around the world. Hugh Bonneville hosted the broadcast for the US TV chain PBS for the first time , after Julie Andrews had presented the event eight times.

In Austria, an average of 877,000 people interested in music watched the first part, which corresponded to a market share of 49 percent. The second part was followed by an average of 1.14 million viewers, the market share was also 49 percent. The break film reached an average of one million viewers.

Recordings

The audio double CD of this concert was released on January 5, 2018 and is one of the best-selling albums of 2018 in Austria . DVD and Blu Ray Disc were released on January 26, 2018.

Web links

Commons : New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kurier: The program of the New Year's Concert 2018 . Article dated November 14, 2017, accessed November 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b New Years Concert 2018 live on ORF 2: Riccardo Muti back at the podium of the Vienna Philharmonic . OTS notification dated December 12, 2017, accessed on December 12, 2017.
  3. ^ Vienna State Ballet in the "New Year's Concert" . Article dated September 11, 2017, accessed November 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ Salzburger Nachrichten: Dance interludes for the New Year's Concert 2018 are in the box . Article dated September 12, 2017, accessed November 14, 2017.
  5. ↑ New Year's Concert Ballet 2018: ORF filming of two dance interludes completed . OTS announcement of September 12, 2017, accessed November 14, 2017.
  6. ↑ a b orf.at: Muti: “I can't waltz” . Article dated December 29, 2017, accessed December 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz invites the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, to the New Year's Concert 2018 . OTS notification dated December 22, 2017, accessed on December 23, 2017.
  8. ↑ diepresse.com: European celebrities for the new year . Article dated December 27, 2017, accessed December 27, 2017.
  9. ↑ 2018 program . Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  10. ^ Diepresse.com: New Year's Concert: Music from the Hofburg and Praterauen . Article dated November 14, 2017, accessed November 22, 2017.
  11. ↑ Kleine Zeitung: Of magic and of soul doors . Article from January 1, 2018, accessed on January 3, 2018.
  12. ↑ a b NÖN: Appearance at the New Year's Concert: With the zither per you . Article dated December 13, 2017, accessed December 13, 2017.
  13. ↑ About From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2018 . Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  14. ↑ derStandard.at: 1.1 million viewers for Riccardo Muti's "New Year's Concert" on ORF . Article from January 2, 2018, accessed on January 2, 2018.