For the first time in history, a women’s group sang at the New Year’s concert, where an environmental organization tried to show a banner
A New Year’s concert by the Vienna Philharmonic should be true to tradition, and the concert starting this year was so strong that it featured polkas, waltzes and music by the Strauss brothers. There were no surprises in that regard, although there were two innovations: the frustrated protest of an environmental group and the participation of a girls’ choir for the first time in its history.
Under the direction of the Austrian maestro Franz Welser-Möst (Linz, 62 years old), who already conducted the orchestra in the 2011 and 2013 editions, the Philharmonie performed this Sunday in the Golden Hall of the ‘Wiener Musikverein’, which was packed with audiences. sat. .
The musicians performed 15 pieces in the main program, 14 of which had never been performed before in the event’s 83-year history. Only the waltz ‘Aquarelas’ by Josef Strauss was included in the repertoire of the concert corresponding to the year 2002. «I want to show that many wonderful treasures are hidden here that are worth digging up. It’s an exciting journey of discovery for me and I think people will listen and say, “Wow, why haven’t we heard this before?” said the director a few days before the concert.
Instead of the usual march, Welser-Möst broke the ice with a fast polka, an Eduard Strauss composition entitled “Who’s Gonna Dance?” From there, the orchestra attacked famous pieces from the Strauss dynasty and other Viennese authors of the time, such as Carl Michael Ziehrer, Franz von Suppè and Josef Hellmesberger. All this accompanied by the participation in three compositions of the Vienna State Ballet, choreographed by the British Ashley Page.
In the second movement, the Philharmonic Orchestra performed the overture to the comic operetta ‘Isabella’ by Franz von Suppè; the waltz ‘Perlas de amor’ and the ‘Polka de Angélica’ by Josef Strauss; the fast polka ‘Up and Away’ by Eduard Strauss and the French polka by Josef Strauss ‘Joyful Courage’. It was at that time that a historic premiere took place. For the first time a girls’ choir could be heard in this concert, that of the ‘Wiener Chormädchen’, who raised their voices together with their famous colleagues from the ‘Vienna Boys’ Choir’. According to a teletype from APA news agency, local police officers broke up an attempted protest by six activists against climate change during the break. The environmental organization Última Generación reported that its members planned to put up a banner with the slogan ‘Two more years’ to demand that politicians take urgent action against the environmental crisis.
Adjusted rules, so the recital ended with several bits of tip. The first of these was “Galop de los bandits” by Johann Strauss Jr., followed by the essential “Prosit Neujahr.” All agree with the words of Friedrich Nietzsche invoked by the director: “To live without music would be a mistake.”
Source: La Verdad
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