New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic 2020

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The New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic 2020 was the 80th New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic and took place on January 1, 2020 at the Wiener Musikverein . Andris Nelsons stood at the conductor's podium for the first time .

Andris Nelsons (2015)

particularities

The program and clips honored anniversaries such as the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven , 150 years of the Vienna Musikverein and 100 years of the Salzburg Festival . For example, photos of the Hohensalzburg Fortress , Salzburg Residenzplatz , the Großer Festspielhaus , Mozartplatz and Mozart's birthplace and Mozart's house were shown.

ballet

One of the locations: the Prinz Eugen winter palace
One of the locations: the parish square in Nussdorf
Beethoven's apartment in Heiligenstadt on Probusgasse

The ballet performances of the Vienna State Ballet were staged by director Michael Beyer in summer 2019, the Spanish choreographer José Carlos Martínez was responsible for the choreography for the first time . The costumes in the 50s look came from the British costume designer Emma Ryott , who designed the costumes for a New Year's concert for the second time since 2016 .

To the waltz Seid embraced, millions of Johann Strauss (son) danced the three couples Natascha Mair and Denis Cherevychko, New Year's concert ballet debutants Nina Tonoli and Davide Dato as well as Madison Young, also debutant at the New Year's concert ballet, with Robert Gabdulin. The Prinz Eugen Winter Palace in Vienna's 1st district, Innere Stadt, served as the setting .

On the occasion of Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday , the second dance performance was filmed at Pfarrplatz in Vienna- Nussdorf and at the House of the Heiligenstadt Testament in Heiligenstadt in the 19th district of Döbling . Ketevan Papava and Roman Lazik as well as Olga Esina and Jakob Feyferlik danced to a selection of pieces from Beethoven's 12 counter dances for orchestra WoO 14 .

audience

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of EU membership, Federal Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein invited Austria's EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven to the New Year's concert . Van der Leyen canceled due to scheduling reasons. On the occasion of Croatia's takeover of the EU Council Presidency for the first half of 2020, the President of the National Council, Wolfgang Sobotka , invited the Croatian Sabor MEP Gordan Jandroković . and Foreign and European Minister Alexander Schallenberg the Croatian chief diplomat Gordan Grlić Radman . Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen attended the concert with his wife Doris Schmidauer , former Federal President Heinz Fischer with his wife Margit Fischer . Other guests in the audience included Ban Ki-moon , Helga Rabl-Stadler , Dominique Meyer , Alexander Wrabetz , Walter Rothensteiner , Klaus Schneeberger and Siegfried Wolf .

Others

Contrary to the announcement by Oliver Rathkolb on Deutschlandfunk , the Radetzky March was played in the Nazi version by Leopold Weninger . Also contrary to the research that has been known for decades, the moderator claimed that the Rosenkavalier waltz was a tribute from Richard Strauss to Josef Strauss . The opposite is the case: Richard Strauss denied this obvious musical plagiarism throughout his life.

program

The program was announced on October 31, 2019.

Nine works were performed for the first time as part of a New Year's concert by the Vienna Philharmonic: on the occasion of Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday, some of the twelve contretances, the overture to Die Landstreicher by Carl Michael Ziehrer , the Liebesgrüße waltz, the Liechtenstein march, the Cupid Polka as well as the polkas Knall and Fall and Eisblume by Josef Strauss . Further premieres were the gavotte by Josef Hellmesberger (son) and the postillon gallop by Hans Christian Lumbye with a trumpet solo interlude by the conductor.

1st chapter

Part 2

Encores

Cast (selection)

Break film

General

One of the locations: the Beethovenhaus Baden
The Beethoven Temple in the Baden spa gardens
The Beethoven monument on Beethovenplatz
Wasserhof Castle in Gneixendorf

The break film for the New Year's Concert 2020, entitled Beethoven's vortex of leaves , was designed by Georg Riha . In it, ensembles of the Vienna Philharmonic make music at Beethoven's places of residence and work in Baden , Gneixendorf ( Krems an der Donau ) and Vienna.

Filming locations included the Beethoven Temple in the Baden spa gardens, the Beethoven House in Baden , the Eroica House in Vienna, the House of the Heiligenstadt Testament , Wasserhof Palace and the Beethoven House Gneixendorf (Trautigerhof, Kneifelhaus) in Gneixendorf, the Eroica Hall in the Lobkowitz Palace in Vienna , the Beethoven House in Ballgasse , the Beethoven Monument on Beethovenplatz , the Theater an der Wien and the State Hall of the Austrian National Library .

The actors were Martha Laschkolnig and Attila Beke, Thomas Kirschner acted as cameraman, Franz Moritz was responsible for the sound, Christian Gschier, Lotte Lyon and Helga Göllner for the set, Monika Krestan for the mask, Daniele Slapota for the costumes and Dominik for the editing Steiner. Martin Traxl was in charge of overall management .

music

  • Ludwig van Beethoven : Octet in E flat major, op. 103 - IV. Finale
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in F major , op.135 - Lento assai
    • Alina Pinchas, Thomas Küblböck (violin)
    • Tilman Kühn (viola)
    • David Pennetzdorfer (violoncello)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E flat major , op.20 - I. Allegro
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Sextet in E flat major, op.81b - I. Allegro
    • Kirill Kobantschenko, Liya Yakupova (violin)
    • Michael Strasser (viola)
    • Stefan Gartmayer (violoncello)
    • Manuel Huber, Jan Janković (horn)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet in C minor, Op. 104 - 1st Allegro con brio
    • Daniel Froschauer , Adela Frasineanu (violin)
    • Tobias Lea, Sebastian Führlinger (viola)
    • Raphael Flieder (violoncello)
  • Christoph Gigler (Styrian Harmonica)

transmission

Michael Beyer was responsible for the 62nd ORF broadcast; fourteen HD cameras were used. As in previous years, Barbara Rett took over the moderation for ORF .

In Austria up to 1,234,000 and an average of 1,093,000 people interested in music watched, which corresponded to a market share of 54 percent.

Recordings

The audio double CD of this concert was released on January 10, 2020 and is one of the best-selling albums of 2020 in Austria . DVD and Blu Ray Disc were released on January 31, 2020.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Looking forward to the New Year's concert conductor. In: ORF.at . December 27, 2019, accessed December 27, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic 2020 - live on ORF 2 and Ö1 on January 1st. December 5, 2019, accessed December 5, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c Culture: New Year's concert dance performance is shot. In: Vienna. ORF.at . August 27, 2019, accessed October 31, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c d With a waltz into the new year. In: pressreader.com. August 27, 2019, accessed October 31, 2019 .
  6. ^ Vienna New Year's Concert without von der Leyen. In: ORF.at . December 18, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 .
  7. ↑ The parliamentary weeks from December 23, 2019 to January 10, 2020. In: Press service of the Parliamentary Directorate - Parliamentary correspondence. December 20, 2019, accessed December 20, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Political celebrities from abroad at the New Year's Concert in Vienna. In: Salzburger Nachrichten . December 31, 2019, accessed January 1, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Public press appointments of Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen from December 30, 2019 to January 5, 2020. December 27, 2019, accessed on January 1, 2020 .
  10. ↑ https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/wiener-philharmoniker-radetzky-marsch-in-neuer-version.1993.de.html?dram:article_id=466911 , printed in Viennese newspapers on December 30, 2019.
  11. ↑ New Year's Concert Program 2020. In: Vienna Philharmonic . Retrieved October 31, 2019 .
  12. ^ Conductor Nelsons pulls the trumpet. In: ntv. Retrieved January 5, 2020 .
  13. ↑ New Year's Concert 2020: Significantly more spectators than last year. In: Wiener Zeitung . January 10, 2020, accessed January 11, 2020 .