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Happy New Year and good morning
to you from Vienna where hundreds | 0:01:01 | 0:01:05 | |
of blooms lovingly tended
by the municipal gardeners | 0:01:05 | 0:01:09 | |
and park-keepers of this city
complement the gilded ceiling, | 0:01:09 | 0:01:13 | |
the golden caryatids and glittering
chandeliers of the large | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
hall of the Musikverein. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:17 | |
For the next few hours waltzes
and polkas, marches, mazurkas, | 0:01:17 | 0:01:21 | |
quadrilles and gavottes
by the Strauss family will provide | 0:01:21 | 0:01:25 | |
a perfect start to 2018 -
a model unchanged in eight decades. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:29 | |
Its reassuring familiarity perhaps
key to the popularity | 0:01:29 | 0:01:33 | |
of this great annual event. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
The Vienna Philharmonic
New Year's Day Concert | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
in association with Rolex. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:40 | |
On the conductors podium this year,
Riccardo Muti who is an honorary | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
member of the Vienna Philharmonic
having conducted them | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
more than 500 times. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:48 | |
This is his fifth
New Year's Day Concert. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:53 | |
To get here this morning I walked
past the Theatre An Der Wien | 0:01:53 | 0:01:59 | |
associated with Mozart and Beethoven
and also with Johann Strauss Junior, | 0:01:59 | 0:02:03 | |
whose operetta The Gypsy Baron
premiered there in 1885. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:05 | |
A comedy set in both rural Hungary
and imperial Vienna, | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
Strauss thus cleverly bringing
together both parts | 0:02:09 | 0:02:13 | |
of the old Dual Monarchy. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
Riccardo Muti makes his way
onto the platform to open the 2018 | 0:02:16 | 0:02:21 | |
Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day
Concert with the Entrance March | 0:02:21 | 0:02:23 | |
from The Gypsy Baron. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
Johann Strauss, Sohn -
Einzugsmarsch aus der Operette | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
"Der Zigeunerbaron" | 0:02:50 | 0:02:55 | |
APPLAUSE. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:56 | |
The Entrance March
from the Gypsy Baron | 0:05:56 | 0:06:00 | |
by Strauss launching the 2018
Vienna Philharmonic | 0:06:00 | 0:06:03 | |
New Year's Day Concert. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
Johann's younger brother Josef next,
celebrating the rich murals | 0:06:06 | 0:06:10 | |
and ceiling paintings found
in the churches and palaces of this | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
city in his waltz "Vienna Frescoes". | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
Josef Strauss Wiener
Fresken, Walzer, op249 | 0:06:31 | 0:06:38 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:15:18 | 0:15:21 | |
Vienna Frescoes by Josef Strauss,
with images of the Austrian National | 0:15:23 | 0:15:28 | |
Library in the Hofburg,
the old Imperial Palace. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:37 | |
This is the third performance
of the concert, the Vienna | 0:15:39 | 0:15:42 | |
Philharmonic ended the old year
with a performance last night | 0:15:42 | 0:15:44 | |
and on Saturday morning
the Austrian Armed Forces made up | 0:15:44 | 0:15:46 | |
a substantial chunk of the audience,
their olive drab uniforms | 0:15:46 | 0:15:49 | |
contrasting with the golden glow
of this hall. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:51 | |
We opened with The Gypsy Baron. | 0:15:51 | 0:15:56 | |
Sutch was a success that Strauss
wrote a series of works on it, | 0:15:56 | 0:16:00 | |
including this. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:06 | |
Johann Strauss, Sohn Brautschau,
Polka francaise op.417 | 0:16:08 | 0:16:11 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:20:04 | 0:20:06 | |
Strauss' polka Bridal Parade. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:13 | |
In 1866, Austria was defeated
at Koniggratz in the decisive battle | 0:20:13 | 0:20:15 | |
of the Austro-Prussian War. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:19 | |
As a result, the country lost
much of her political | 0:20:19 | 0:20:21 | |
influence in Europe. | 0:20:21 | 0:20:22 | |
Carnival season the next year
desperately needed music | 0:20:22 | 0:20:25 | |
that would bring cheer,
one of the works Strauss | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
provided was his fast polka
"Leichtes Blut" - "Light of Heart". | 0:20:27 | 0:20:31 | |
Johann Strauss, Sohn Leichtes Blut,
Polka schnell op.319 | 0:20:31 | 0:20:35 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
Light of Heart. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:50 | |
Johann Strauss writing
for the 1867 Carnival Season, | 0:22:50 | 0:22:52 | |
for which he also wrote
the Blue Danube which we will | 0:22:52 | 0:22:54 | |
hear much later in this
New Year's Day Concert. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:58 | |
Also ahead later, dancers
from Vienna State Ballet taking us | 0:22:58 | 0:23:00 | |
to a railway station designed
by the architect Otto Wagner, | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
who died a century ago this year. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:10 | |
Having heard Strauss
the son, his father next. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:13 | |
In the last years
of his life father and his son | 0:23:13 | 0:23:15 | |
were great rivals; they had
different political viewpoints - | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
and Strauss Junior found it hard
to get bookings at some venues due | 0:23:18 | 0:23:22 | |
to his father's greater influence
over the city's music scene. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:25 | |
Riccardo Muti is going to conduct
Marie Waltz, a work Johann Senior | 0:23:25 | 0:23:27 | |
composed a couple of years
before his death in 1849. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:31 | |
Johann Strauss,
Vater Marienwalzer, op.212 | 0:23:33 | 0:23:37 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:32:17 | 0:32:24 | |
Johann Strauss writing
for the 1867 Carnival Season, | 0:32:37 | 0:32:39 | |
for which he also wrote
the Blue Danube which we will | 0:32:39 | 0:32:42 | |
hear much later in this
New Year's Day Concert. | 0:32:42 | 0:32:43 | |
Johann Strauss, Vater Wilhelm
Tell-Galopp, Polka schnell, op.29b | 0:32:56 | 0:33:01 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:34:14 | 0:34:18 | |
The William Tell Gallop
by Johann Strauss Senior, | 0:34:19 | 0:34:23 | |
ending the first part
of the 2017 Vienna Philharmonic | 0:34:23 | 0:34:26 | |
New Year's Day Concert. | 0:34:26 | 0:34:32 | |
Managed with some speed by Riccardo
Muti who will be back on the | 0:34:32 | 0:34:37 | |
platform in about 25 minutes' time.
Later we'll have the blue Danube | 0:34:37 | 0:34:51 | |
march. During the interval, a
tribute to Viennese modernism, the | 0:34:51 | 0:34:59 | |
movement at its right at the turn of
the century. Otto Wagner died a | 0:34:59 | 0:35:05 | |
century ago, he was at the heart of
this. | 0:35:05 | 0:35:11 | |
APPLAUSE. | 0:35:16 | 0:35:18 | |
Good morning if you
have just joined us. | 1:01:01 | 1:01:11 | |
A mild start to 2018
here in the Austrian capital, | 1:01:11 | 1:01:14 | |
where since the early hours
an army of street cleaners have been | 1:01:14 | 1:01:17 | |
out and about removing the evidence
of last night's city wide party. | 1:01:17 | 1:01:20 | |
Bottles and cans, of course,
but also the remains of a myriad | 1:01:20 | 1:01:23 | |
fireworks launched into the sky
at midnight, as the bells | 1:01:23 | 1:01:26 | |
of the St Stephen's rang out,
revellers taking every available | 1:01:26 | 1:01:29 | |
space along the Graben,
on Kartnerstrasse, and around much | 1:01:29 | 1:01:32 | |
of the famous Ringstrasse. | 1:01:32 | 1:01:36 | |
The Vienna Philharmonic New Year's
Day Concert supported by Rolex. | 1:01:36 | 1:01:46 | |
We"ll return to the Strauss family
shortly - after another | 1:01:46 | 1:01:49 | |
composer of the Austro -
Hungarian Empire, Franz von Suppe, | 1:01:49 | 1:01:51 | |
who came from Dalmatia,
in what is now Croatia. | 1:01:51 | 1:01:53 | |
A prolific writer of operettas -
four dozen in total - | 1:01:53 | 1:01:56 | |
he was also a fine bass singer. | 1:01:56 | 1:01:58 | |
His operetta Boccaccio opened
here in Vienna in 1879. | 1:01:58 | 1:02:00 | |
The Italian conductor Riccardo Muti
takes us to his homeland for a drama | 1:02:00 | 1:02:03 | |
set during Renaissance times. | 1:02:03 | 1:02:05 | |
APPLAUSE. | 1:09:39 | 1:09:46 | |
Giovanni Boccaccio an Italian poet,
writer and parliamentarian active | 1:09:46 | 1:09:49 | |
in Florence and Naples,
Muti's hometown, | 1:09:49 | 1:09:52 | |
author of the Decameron,
in which he criticlally | 1:09:52 | 1:09:55 | |
and sarcastically portrayed 14th
century Florentine society. | 1:09:55 | 1:10:00 | |
1881 wedding music next. Empress
Elizabeth, the much-loved Sisi | 1:10:19 | 1:10:25 | |
Belgian Princess was just 16.
Long-term it was not to be a happy | 1:10:25 | 1:10:30 | |
partnership but the wedding was a
grand affair, like the hall this | 1:10:30 | 1:10:34 | |
morning, every available space
decked with flowers. The people of | 1:10:34 | 1:10:38 | |
Vienna welcomed the new Princess
with open arms. As part of the | 1:10:38 | 1:10:42 | |
celebrations, Strauss provided his
waltz. | 1:10:42 | 1:10:47 | |
Johann Strauss, Sohn
Myrthenbluten, Walzer op.395 | 1:11:08 | 1:11:18 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:19:59 | 1:20:03 | |
Riccardo Muti, conducting the Vienna
Philharmonic. | 1:20:07 | 1:20:15 | |
Myrtle Blossom, written for
the marriage of Crown Prince Rudolph | 1:20:15 | 1:20:17 | |
and Princess Stephanie. | 1:20:17 | 1:20:19 | |
Our next work also written for that
Grand Royal Wedding, | 1:20:19 | 1:20:22 | |
the Stephanie Gavotte,
by the Imperial Bandmaster | 1:20:22 | 1:20:23 | |
Alfons Czibulka. | 1:20:23 | 1:20:26 | |
And this is the moment
where we first meet dancers | 1:20:26 | 1:20:28 | |
from the Vienna State Ballet. | 1:20:28 | 1:20:32 | |
This year, Vienna marks a centenary
since the death of the great | 1:20:32 | 1:20:35 | |
Austrian modernist architect Otto
Wagner. | 1:20:35 | 1:20:36 | |
Many of his buildings
survive, including stations | 1:20:36 | 1:20:39 | |
that he built for the Stadtbahn,
a new Metropolitan Railway | 1:20:39 | 1:20:42 | |
constructed as the 19th century
turned into the 20th. | 1:20:42 | 1:20:46 | |
Emperor Franz Joseph
had his own pavilion | 1:20:46 | 1:20:50 | |
at its station at Heitzing,
which is where we will | 1:20:50 | 1:20:52 | |
find the dancers. | 1:20:52 | 1:20:55 | |
Not a favourite amongst
the Emperors buildings - | 1:20:55 | 1:20:58 | |
he only used it twice. | 1:20:58 | 1:21:05 | |
Not that that worried Otto Wagner, | 1:21:05 | 1:21:08 | |
Who got the royal seal of approval. | 1:21:08 | 1:21:12 | |
Alphons Czibulka
"Stephanie-Gavotte" op 312. | 1:21:17 | 1:21:23 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:25:58 | 1:26:01 | |
The Stephanie Gavotte -
and a celebration of Otto Wagner, | 1:26:03 | 1:26:06 | |
the architect who died a century ago
and left a vital legacy | 1:26:06 | 1:26:12 | |
with his buildings in Vienna. | 1:26:12 | 1:26:22 | |
Davide Bombana choreographing
the Vienna State Ballet | 1:26:22 | 1:26:25 | |
for his third New Year's Concert. | 1:26:25 | 1:26:27 | |
Johann Strauss, Sohn Freikugeln,
Polka schnell op.326 | 1:26:29 | 1:26:32 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:28:48 | 1:28:52 | |
A polka premiered 150
years ago in 1868. | 1:28:55 | 1:28:57 | |
Magic Bullets, written for the 3rd
German Federal Shooting Contest | 1:28:57 | 1:28:59 | |
in the Prater Park. | 1:28:59 | 1:29:05 | |
The event attracted no less
than 10,000 marksmen | 1:29:05 | 1:29:07 | |
from many parts of the world. | 1:29:07 | 1:29:15 | |
Work that Strauss took to America -
he conducted it in Boston | 1:29:15 | 1:29:20 | |
to an audience of tens of thousands
with an orchestra of 809, | 1:29:20 | 1:29:23 | |
including 200 first violins. | 1:29:23 | 1:29:25 | |
Another work Strauss composed 150
years ago was "Tales | 1:29:25 | 1:29:28 | |
from the Vienna Woods",
premiered under the collonades | 1:29:28 | 1:29:38 | |
Of the Paradise Cafe. | 1:29:38 | 1:29:40 | |
Alongside excerpts from Wagner's
brand new opera, The Mastersingers | 1:29:40 | 1:29:42 | |
of Nuremburg. | 1:29:42 | 1:29:45 | |
A pause for a table to accommodate a
zither. | 1:29:45 | 1:29:52 | |
The oldest instruments of the family
are found in China, there are many | 1:29:52 | 1:29:55 | |
different national variations. | 1:29:55 | 1:29:57 | |
The Austrian Zither grew
in size during the C19, | 1:29:57 | 1:29:59 | |
and zither virtuosi started
to emerge around the 1850s. | 1:29:59 | 1:30:04 | |
The Shrammel brothers were the most
celebrated players in Strauss' day, | 1:30:04 | 1:30:07 | |
though he only used the instrument
occasionally and Tales | 1:30:07 | 1:30:09 | |
from the Vienna Woods the only time
he gave it a prominent solo passage. | 1:30:09 | 1:30:13 | |
An instrument that became synonymous
with Vienna in the 20th century, | 1:30:13 | 1:30:19 | |
thanks to the film the Third Man. | 1:30:19 | 1:30:24 | |
Soloist Barbara Laister Ebner
Strauss gave the zither a prominent | 1:30:24 | 1:30:26 | |
role in his Tales from the Vienna
Woods. | 1:30:26 | 1:30:30 | |
Johann Strauss, Jr Tales
from Vienna Woods, waltz, op 325. | 1:30:59 | 1:31:07 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:42:45 | 1:42:49 | |
Strauss' Waltz Tales
From the Vienna Woods. | 1:42:50 | 1:42:54 | |
The zither player Barbara Laister
Ebner, born here in Vienna | 1:42:54 | 1:42:58 | |
and studied the instrument
at the State Conservatoire. | 1:42:58 | 1:43:05 | |
One of 16 zither players auditioned
for this prestigious concert. | 1:43:05 | 1:43:13 | |
She is one of just six women on
stage today. We were up to nine or | 1:43:13 | 1:43:20 | |
ten, so it's a backwards journey
this year. | 1:43:20 | 1:43:24 | |
Riccardo Muti, born in Naples. | 1:43:33 | 1:43:36 | |
Another Italian connection next
chosen by Maestro Muti, | 1:43:36 | 1:43:39 | |
a march written for a wedding that
took place in a villa on the coast | 1:43:39 | 1:43:43 | |
near Lucca in 1893 -
the wedding of Prince Ferdinand | 1:43:43 | 1:43:45 | |
of Bulgaria, who later became
the Tsar of Bulgaria. | 1:43:45 | 1:43:48 | |
He held the role for a decade before
he abdicated in favour | 1:43:48 | 1:43:51 | |
of his son in 1918, in order
to save the Bulgarian throne. | 1:43:51 | 1:43:54 | |
Ferdinand lived on until 1948; long
enough to see his nine-year-old | 1:43:54 | 1:43:59 | |
grandson deposed in 1946
when the communists | 1:43:59 | 1:44:02 | |
abolished the monarchy. | 1:44:02 | 1:44:12 | |
For the first half of this year it
will hold the Presidency of the EU, | 1:44:15 | 1:44:19 | |
hence the inclusion
of the march today. | 1:44:19 | 1:44:20 | |
Austria will then take
over for the second six | 1:44:20 | 1:44:23 | |
months of the year. | 1:44:23 | 1:44:28 | |
The Sir Mervyn King completely
captivated by you and your music, | 1:44:28 | 1:44:31 | |
Strauss was told. The grandson had a
brief stab at being Tsar as a boy | 1:44:31 | 1:44:37 | |
and returned as Prime Minister of
Bulgaria in 2001 and it was he who | 1:44:37 | 1:44:42 | |
was in part responsible for bringing
about Bulgaria's membership of the | 1:44:42 | 1:44:47 | |
European Union. So we await the
return of Riccardo Muti. The music | 1:44:47 | 1:44:57 | |
Director of The Chicago Symphony
Orchestra. He has a relationship | 1:44:57 | 1:45:03 | |
spanning almost half a century with
the Philharmonic. | 1:45:03 | 1:45:07 | |
Riccardo Muti returns
to conduct The Festival March, | 1:45:07 | 1:45:09 | |
written for a royal wedding. | 1:45:09 | 1:45:12 | |
Johann Strauss, Sohn Festmarsch
op.452 | 1:45:18 | 1:45:23 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:48:55 | 1:48:58 | |
Strauss's Festival March. | 1:49:04 | 1:49:07 | |
It was at a charity
concert in the Floral Hall | 1:49:07 | 1:49:09 | |
of the Vienna Horticultural Society
that Strauss introduced his polka | 1:49:09 | 1:49:13 | |
Stadt und Land - town
and country, a title | 1:49:13 | 1:49:15 | |
that rather reflected
his | 1:49:15 | 1:49:16 | |
lifestyle after he purchased
a yellow sandstone villa | 1:49:16 | 1:49:18 | |
in the green suburb of Hietzing. | 1:49:18 | 1:49:22 | |
Johann Strauss, Jr Town and Country,
polka mazurka, op 322. | 1:49:27 | 1:49:32 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:53:21 | 1:53:24 | |
Town and country. | 1:53:34 | 1:53:35 | |
Like his father, Strauss always
took a keen interest | 1:53:35 | 1:53:38 | |
in musical happenings abroad -
the first nights of new | 1:53:38 | 1:53:40 | |
operas in particular. | 1:53:40 | 1:53:41 | |
He managed to work a little Verdi
into his Masked Ball Quadrille, | 1:53:41 | 1:53:44 | |
which we'll hear next. | 1:53:44 | 1:53:49 | |
Verdi's opera heard it
in St Petersburg in 1862. | 1:53:49 | 1:53:52 | |
Johann Strauss, Sohn Un ballo
in maschera, Quadrille op.272 | 1:53:56 | 1:53:59 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:58:59 | 1:59:03 | |
The Masked Ball Quadrille -
Riccardo Muti conducting | 1:59:08 | 1:59:10 | |
the Vienna Philharmonic. | 1:59:10 | 1:59:14 | |
2018 will the mark
the centenary of the end | 1:59:14 | 1:59:16 | |
of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. | 1:59:16 | 1:59:20 | |
In November that year,
Karl, the last emperor, | 1:59:20 | 1:59:24 | |
renounced his participation
in affairs of state and left Vienna. | 1:59:24 | 1:59:30 | |
A convoy of seven vehicles set off
from the Schonbrunn Palace | 1:59:30 | 1:59:33 | |
in the dead of night,
carrying the Emperor and his family | 1:59:33 | 1:59:36 | |
to Schloss Eckartsau,
a hunting lodge in Lower Austria. | 1:59:36 | 1:59:38 | |
The Lodge was close
the to the Hungarian border; | 1:59:38 | 1:59:40 | |
for a brief moment Karl thought
he might be able to maintain | 1:59:40 | 1:59:43 | |
sovereignty over Hungary at least. | 1:59:43 | 1:59:44 | |
But just two days after he arrived,
a delegation arrived from Budapest, | 1:59:44 | 1:59:48 | |
demanding he make a formal
abdication as King of Hungary. | 1:59:48 | 1:59:53 | |
We go to Schoss Eckartsau now,
with dancers from Vienna State | 1:59:53 | 1:59:56 | |
Ballet, and Strauss' great waltz
Roses from the South. | 1:59:56 | 2:00:05 | |
Premiered here in the
Golden Hall in 1880. | 2:00:05 | 2:00:08 | |
Johann Strauss, Sohn Rosen aus dem
Suden, Walzer, op.388 | 2:00:15 | 2:00:21 | |
APPLAUSE | 2:10:18 | 2:10:23 | |
Strauss' waltz Roses from the South. | 2:10:32 | 2:10:34 | |
Dancers of Vienna State Ballet
at Schloss Eckartsau | 2:10:34 | 2:10:37 | |
where the deposed last
Austro-Hungarian Emperor, Karl, | 2:10:37 | 2:10:41 | |
spent four months before he went
into exile in Switzerland. | 2:10:41 | 2:10:44 | |
This year the centenary of the end
of the Austro-Hungarian empire. | 2:10:44 | 2:10:46 | |
Viennese high spirits to finish
the publically billed | 2:10:46 | 2:10:49 | |
element of this concert. | 2:10:49 | 2:10:53 | |
Josef Strauss Eingesendet,
Polka schnell op.240 | 2:10:58 | 2:11:02 | |
APPLAUSE | 2:12:36 | 2:12:40 | |
Letters to the Editor
by Jozef Strauss. | 2:12:41 | 2:12:46 | |
Sigmund Schlesinger,
contemporary of Josef, | 2:12:46 | 2:12:51 | |
in the Wiener Morgenpost
described him as having, "A winning | 2:12:54 | 2:12:56 | |
double faceted personality,
so audaciously dashing, | 2:12:56 | 2:12:59 | |
with such Viennese high spirits
when it comes to gaiety, | 2:12:59 | 2:13:01 | |
so artistically dreamy when it
comes to your music". | 2:13:01 | 2:13:03 | |
Much has changed since we gathered
here. New offices in like ya and | 2:13:03 | 2:13:10 | |
Zimbabwe, an election in Britain
that we weren't expecting 12 months | 2:13:10 | 2:13:14 | |
ago and major political change in
Austria as well. You might have seen | 2:13:14 | 2:13:19 | |
the Austrian Chancellor in the
audience. Turbulent times globally. | 2:13:19 | 2:13:22 | |
As the world moves on, what is clear
is that for many of us, there is a | 2:13:22 | 2:13:27 | |
pleasing sense of continuity about
this concert, the way it offers the | 2:13:27 | 2:13:30 | |
perfect opportunity to reflect on
times past and consider the New Year | 2:13:30 | 2:13:35 | |
that lies invitingly ahead of us
with resolutions to break aplenty. | 2:13:35 | 2:13:46 | |
You can see this concert again
tonight on BBC4 at 7. | 2:13:46 | 2:13:52 | |
Riccardo Muti brings the orchestra
to its feet. They were a little | 2:13:57 | 2:14:04 | |
disdainful of Strauss earlier on in
the century. | 2:14:04 | 2:14:09 | |
APPLAUSE | 2:17:08 | 2:17:14 | |
The Thunder and Lightening Polka
by Johann Strauss - | 2:17:15 | 2:17:19 | |
Riccardo Muti conducting the Vienna
Philharmonic. | 2:17:19 | 2:17:23 | |
An Italian maestro are many links
with Italy, which Strauss toured in | 2:17:32 | 2:17:36 | |
1874. | 2:17:36 | 2:17:45 | |
He played in cities
including Venice, Milan, | 2:17:45 | 2:17:47 | |
Genoa, and Florence. | 2:17:47 | 2:17:48 | |
The great conductor Hans von
Bulow heard him in Turin, | 2:17:48 | 2:17:50 | |
and reported that, as ever,
"He played in such a manner that | 2:17:50 | 2:17:53 | |
that washes away all your internal
and external cares". | 2:17:53 | 2:17:55 | |
Back home, Viennese papers raved
about the success of the tour. | 2:17:55 | 2:17:58 | |
"Strauss creates near fanatical
reactions in Italy", | 2:17:58 | 2:18:00 | |
ran one headline. | 2:18:00 | 2:18:09 | |
I think equal enthusiasm
as to Strauss"s powers | 2:18:09 | 2:18:10 | |
here in Vienna this morning,
and a sense of anticipation | 2:18:10 | 2:18:13 | |
as to what comes next. | 2:18:13 | 2:18:14 | |
Is the Blue Danube
Strauss' masterpiece | 2:18:14 | 2:18:16 | |
The Italians certainly
thought so on that tour. | 2:18:16 | 2:18:20 | |
The relationship with Italy two way.
The Strauss family championing | 2:18:20 | 2:18:24 | |
Italian opera. | 2:18:24 | 2:18:34 | |
Verdi made this admiring
assessment of Strauss - | 2:18:36 | 2:18:38 | |
"I revere him as one of my most
brilliant colleagues". | 2:18:38 | 2:18:41 | |
LAUGHTER | 2:18:46 | 2:18:49 | |
APPLAUSE | 2:18:50 | 2:18:55 | |
APPLAUSE | 2:19:11 | 2:19:15 | |
Johann Strauss, Sohn An der
schonen blauen Donau. | 2:19:29 | 2:19:31 | |
Walzer, op.314 | 2:19:31 | 2:19:35 | |
APPLAUSE | 2:30:14 | 2:30:22 | |
Riccardo Muti conducting the Vienna
Solomonic. The Blue Danube. | 2:30:22 | 2:30:36 | |
As broadcast at midnight last night
on Austrian television, | 2:30:36 | 2:30:38 | |
along with the sound
of the Pummerin bell, | 2:30:38 | 2:30:40 | |
literally the boomer bell
of St Stephens Cathedral at nearly | 2:30:40 | 2:30:47 | |
45,000 pounds in weight,
cast behind by Ottoman invaders. | 2:30:47 | 2:30:57 | |
"Same procedure as last year",
he asks, "same procedure | 2:30:57 | 2:31:07 | |
as every year". | 2:31:08 | 2:31:17 | |
Words that fill well with the Vienna
Philharmonic New Year's Day concert | 2:31:17 | 2:31:19 | |
because we kind of know
what is going to happen next, | 2:31:19 | 2:31:22 | |
Maestro Muti conducting the
orchestra. | 2:31:22 | 2:31:34 | |
APPLAUSE | 2:34:49 | 2:34:58 | |
The March, composed
by Johann Strauss Sr and dedicated | 2:34:58 | 2:35:06 | |
to Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky. | 2:35:06 | 2:35:12 | |
Now the orchestra get to enjoy their
New Year's Day. They will be in the | 2:35:12 | 2:35:16 | |
Golden Hall in a fortnight when the
77th Vienna Philharmonic Hall. As | 2:35:16 | 2:35:23 | |
for the audience, now something of a
bunfight. Same procedure as last | 2:35:23 | 2:35:32 | |
year, same procedure as every year,
we will do it all again in 2019. But | 2:35:32 | 2:35:37 | |
there is 2018 to enjoy first.
Goodbye from Vienna and happy New | 2:35:37 | 2:35:41 | |
Year. | 2:35:41 | 2:35:45 | |
Every house in Britain
has a story to tell, | 2:35:46 | 2:35:48 | |
but in this series, | 2:35:48 | 2:35:50 | |
I'm going to uncover the secret life | 2:35:50 | 2:35:52 | |
of just one, here in Liverpool. | 2:35:52 | 2:35:54 | |
In March 1885, again, in this house, | 2:35:55 | 2:35:58 | |
he grabbed her by the throat
and assaulted her. | 2:35:58 | 2:36:01 |