:01:21. > :01:28.Welcome to Vienna, where it is cold and damp, but the day is about to
:01:28. > :01:29.brighten up considerably. We're here for the 12 that New Year's Day
:01:29. > :01:36.here for the 12 that New Year's Day Concert by the Vienna Philarmonic
:01:36. > :01:42.Orchestra, supported by Rolex. The Golden Hall is filled with tens of
:01:42. > :01:48.thousands of flowers. To get a ticket, and hat to win the lottery,
:01:48. > :01:56.or you had to pay enormous amounts of cash. 1,700 people have seats in
:01:56. > :01:58.the concert hall, eagerly- anticipated ing the feast of
:01:58. > :02:06.waltzes, polkas and marches which lies ahead, with music provided
:02:06. > :02:11.mainly, though not entirely, by the family Strauss. Mariss Jansons will
:02:11. > :02:19.be making his second appearance, his programme in part inspired by
:02:19. > :02:27.his father's love of Strauss waltzes. The programme begins this
:02:27. > :02:32.year with a not understated nationalistic March, the Fatherland
:02:32. > :02:37.March. Mariss Jansons takes his place on the platform, bows to the
:02:37. > :02:47.audience, and propose to open the 2012 Vienna Philharmonic New Year's
:02:47. > :02:48.
:02:48. > :06:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 206 seconds
:06:14. > :06:16.MUSIC: "Fatherland March", by Josef Josef and Johann Strauss writing
:06:16. > :06:20.together the Fatherland March. One of the highlights of the festive
:06:20. > :06:23.season here in Vienna is the Christmas market outside the city
:06:23. > :06:29.Christmas market outside the city hall. When the city hall opened in
:06:29. > :06:39.1890, Johann Strauss junior marked the occasion with what is our first
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:14:29. > :14:33.APPLAUSE That was Mariss Jansons conducting the Vienna Philharmonic.
:14:33. > :14:38.The Christmas market outside is soon to be replaced by a huge ice
:14:38. > :14:48.rink, which will be open until march. An expression which is
:14:48. > :15:13.
:15:13. > :15:23.common in German, entweder oder, is MUSIC: "Either - Or! Fast Polka, Op.
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:17:46. > :17:52.Strauss's Fast Polka Either Or. Always plenty of alternatives here
:17:52. > :18:02.in sreu enia, mulled wine, sachertorte. Decisions, decisions!
:18:02. > :18:07.
:18:07. > :18:14.It was more than 500 years ago the emperor Maximilian moved court. The
:18:14. > :18:18.foundations were laid for the Vienna Boys' Choir. They're taking
:18:18. > :18:27.their position in front of the organ. We are going to hear them as
:18:27. > :18:37.they join in the Tritsch-tratsch Polka, it loosely translates as
:18:37. > :18:37.
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:21:20. > :21:26.Tittle Tattle, a magazine published Sung by the sreuenia Boys Choir.
:21:26. > :21:30.The boys love singing Strauss music by found it very difficult.
:21:30. > :21:35.100 choristers in total aged between 10-14. The boys are divided
:21:35. > :21:39.into four touring choirs. They perform about 300 concerts each
:21:39. > :21:44.year, before almost half a million people. They'll be back in the
:21:44. > :21:48.second half of our New Year's Day concert this morning.
:21:48. > :21:58.We leave the Strauss family for a moment because next it's a waltz by
:21:58. > :21:58.
:21:58. > :22:02.a military band master, Carl Ziehrer. The celebrations that
:22:02. > :22:11.launched the banqueting hall, something of a battle that evening
:22:11. > :22:15.between Strauss and Ziehrer. It overshadowed Strauss's contribution
:22:15. > :22:20.to the evening. Strauss was rather bitter for sometime after what he
:22:20. > :22:28.perceived as a very personal musical defeat.
:22:28. > :22:35.Mariss Jansons returns to the platform.
:22:35. > :22:45.Ziehrer prolific composer of waltzes and polkas.
:22:45. > :22:45.
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:30:10. > :30:15.Citizens of Vienna, the most celebrated work of Carl Michael
:30:15. > :30:20.Ziehrer. The New Year's Day Concert likes to cast an eye towards
:30:20. > :30:28.contemporary events, including the 2012 Olympics. Back in the 1850s,
:30:28. > :30:32.the British ambassador to the Imperial Court here was John Fane,
:30:32. > :30:42.the 11th Earl of Westmoreland. And the Albion Polka was written for
:30:42. > :30:42.
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:34:18. > :34:28.MUSIC: "Albion Polka, Op. 102 ", Johann Strauss's Albion Polka,
:34:28. > :34:29.
:34:29. > :34:36.dedicated to Prince Albert. Another nod to the Olympics to end the
:34:36. > :34:46.first part of the concert, and reflect the favourite sport of
:34:46. > :34:46.
:34:46. > :36:15.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 206 seconds
:36:15. > :36:24.MUSIC: "Jockey Polka, Op. 278", by Mariss Jansons conducting the
:36:24. > :36:28.Vienna Philarmonic Orchestra in the Jockey Polka, by Josef Strauss, who
:36:28. > :36:36.loved horseracing. We are going to start the next part of the concert
:36:36. > :36:46.with a piece by Joseph Hellmesberger, who succeeded Mahler
:36:46. > :36:46.
:36:46. > :36:56.as the conductor of this orchestra. The Orchestra stands, before we
:36:56. > :36:56.
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:39:23. > :39:33.have the Danse Diabolique, by MUSIC: "Danse Diabolique", by
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:40:39. > :40:47.Mariss Jansons, conducting the Vienna Philarmonic Orchestra in the
:40:48. > :40:52.Danse Diabolique, by Joseph Hellmesberger. The excitement
:40:52. > :40:57.always cranks up a bit for the second part. Next, a popular
:40:57. > :41:07.favourite which has made many appearances over the years, a
:41:07. > :41:07.
:41:07. > :44:30.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 206 seconds
:44:30. > :44:36.MUSIC: "Artists Greeting, French Josef Strauss's French polka. This
:44:36. > :44:41.year marks the bicentenary of the James helper, the organisation
:44:41. > :44:51.which built this incredible music hall. It has been used for grand
:44:51. > :44:54.
:44:54. > :45:04.balls, as well as music concerts, and for the very ball, first Johann
:45:04. > :45:04.
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:53:24. > :53:29.MUSIC: "Enjoy Life Waltz, Op. 340", Enjoy Life, the message of that
:53:29. > :53:34.waltz by Johann Strauss, written for the opening celebrations 140
:53:34. > :53:40.years ago. Accompanied by ballet dancers performing live amongst the
:53:40. > :53:50.artistic treasures of the Belvedere Palace. Now for something by father
:53:50. > :53:59.
:53:59. > :54:09.Strauss, Johann senior, Sperl Galopp. Mariss Jansons conducts the
:54:09. > :54:09.
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:56:00. > :56:05.MUSIC: "Sperl Galopp, Op. 42", by APPLAUSE. A mixture of Rossini and
:56:05. > :56:13.Strauss Strauss senior in the Sperl Galopp. Making their way back to
:56:13. > :56:19.the platform the Vienna Boys' Choir. They're going to join the
:56:19. > :56:23.Philharmonic in Fireproof Polka, commissioned by a leading Viennese
:56:23. > :56:33.industrialist to celebrate his company making its 20,000th
:56:33. > :56:58.
:56:58. > :57:08.fireproof safe. The Anvile this MUSIC: "Fireproof, French Polka, Op.
:57:08. > :57:08.
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:59:45. > :59:55.Mariss Jansons joining the percussion section of the Vienna
:59:55. > :00:00.
:00:00. > :00:04.Philarmonic Orchestra, playing the anvil with two hammers. The Vienna
:00:04. > :00:11.Boys' Choir, divided into four different performing choirs.
:00:12. > :00:19.Earlier, one of them sang mass in the Hofburg Chapel, a tradition
:00:19. > :00:24.unbroken since 1498. In 1918, they gave up their old imperial uniform,
:00:24. > :00:29.which included a sword, to be replaced with the blue and white
:00:29. > :00:34.sailor suits which they are wearing today. They soon became regarded as
:00:34. > :00:38.Austria's singing ambassadors. This morning's conductor comes from a
:00:38. > :00:43.distinguished musical line. His father for decades conducted the
:00:43. > :00:49.Leningrad Philharmonic, and would lead the orchestra in the annual
:00:49. > :00:59.New Year's programme, which sowed the seeds for Mariss Jansons'
:00:59. > :01:00.
:01:00. > :01:04.interest in the Strauss family. We will hear several works written for
:01:04. > :01:14.Pavlovsk as the morning progresses. But now, were going to hear a work
:01:14. > :01:15.
:01:15. > :01:25.by their third sibling, Eduard Strauss, with the work called the
:01:25. > :01:26.
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:05:56. > :06:06.MUSIC: "Carmen - Quadrille, Start MUSIC: "Carmen - Quadrille, Start
:06:06. > :06:44.
:06:44. > :06:51.Eduard Strauss's Carmen Quadrille. Next we move to the ballet, and we
:06:51. > :06:56.had to St Petersburg. There, 112 years ago, Tchaikovsky's Sleeping
:06:56. > :07:01.Beauty was premiered at the Maryinsky Theatre. First, the
:07:01. > :07:09.Panorama, where the Prince approaches the palace by moonlight
:07:09. > :07:15.and awakes the Sleeping Princess with a kiss. Josef and Johann
:07:15. > :07:25.Strauss had a long residence there. Also, it will change the mood of
:07:25. > :07:25.
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:10:36. > :10:46.MUSIC: "Panorama from Sleeping MUSIC: "Panorama from Sleeping
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:14:37. > :14:46.The waltz and before it the Panorama from Sleeping Beauty,
:14:46. > :14:51.first performed in St Petersburg. A short train side stands the grand
:14:51. > :14:55.residence built by Tsar Paul I and a concert hall there there drew
:14:55. > :14:58.artists from across Europe, including the Strausses, who
:14:58. > :15:08.returned season after season. This is a piece they wrote together
:15:08. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:40.while working at Pavlovsk, the MUSIC: "Pizzicato Polka, Op. 25",
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:17:43. > :17:50.Played no less than nine times the evening it was introduced to the
:17:50. > :17:54.public in Russia where it was premiered the Pizzicato Polka. The
:17:54. > :17:57.New Year's Day concert often includes one of the many works
:17:57. > :18:05.Johann Strauss wrote celebrating heads of state around the globe.
:18:05. > :18:15.This year a march he composed for the Shah of Persia. He composed
:18:15. > :18:15.
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:19:10. > :19:20.this after being awarded the MUSIC: "Persian March, Op. 289", by
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:20:39. > :20:44.The Persian March by Johann Strauss. Egypt, Spain and Russia amongst the
:20:44. > :20:48.other nations that Strauss honoured with marches, very proud of that,
:20:49. > :20:53.particularly the snatch of the then parsian -- Persian anthem he
:20:53. > :20:57.managed to include. A change of mood, a polka Strauss wrote in
:20:57. > :21:05.Russia, far from home, lonely and desperately missing his beloved
:21:05. > :21:14.wife, Carolina. Brennende Liebe, or as it's loosely translated, Burning
:21:14. > :21:24.Love. Mariss Jansons conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in
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:25:49. > :25:55.Mariss Jansons's conducting the philharmonic, Brennende Liebe and
:25:55. > :26:01.Burning Passion. Inspiring the dancers at the Belvedere Palace.
:26:01. > :26:05.Strauss inspired by burning passion for his wife. She was hundreds of
:26:05. > :26:10.miles away in Vienna. One of the finest waltzes next, work that
:26:10. > :26:20.seems to reflect his complicated personality, someone who was both
:26:20. > :26:28.melancholy but also able to conjure up fluff and glitter required by
:26:28. > :26:38.dances. The Tee leer yum -- Delirium Waltz. Mariss Jansons is
:26:38. > :26:38.
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:33:22. > :33:32.MUSIC: "Delirium Waltz, Op. 212", MUSIC: "Delirium Waltz, Op. 212",
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:35:05. > :35:10.The Delirium Waltz, by Josef Strauss, a great inventor as a
:35:10. > :35:14.composer. A horse-drawn street sweeping machine, amongst his
:35:14. > :35:19.creations. That brings us nearly to the end of this 2012 New Year's Day
:35:19. > :35:24.Concert, officially anyway, not that anyone is in any doubt about
:35:24. > :35:31.the encores still to come. But the last piece on the programme puts
:35:31. > :35:41.the percussion section to work, perhaps the loudest of all
:35:41. > :35:41.
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:38:39. > :38:46.MUSIC: "Thunder & Lightning Polka, Thunder and Lightning, Mariss
:38:46. > :38:49.Jansons conducting the Vienna Philarmonic Orchestra. Music by
:38:49. > :38:58.Johann Strauss II, the most successful member of the musical
:38:58. > :39:06.dynasty. There was a Johann Strauss III, and he it was who made the
:39:06. > :39:11.first recordings of Strauss waltzes in 1903. He died in Berlin in
:39:11. > :39:15.January 1939, the start of the year that saw the very first Vienna
:39:15. > :39:19.Philarmonic Orchestra New Year's Day Concert. Mariss Jansons,
:39:19. > :39:22.presented with a bouquet of flowers, which he presents to the leader of
:39:22. > :39:28.the Vienna Philarmonic Orchestra. Well, according to the programme,
:39:28. > :39:34.that's it. Oh, know it is not. The tradition is that there are encores
:39:34. > :39:39.aplenty. There are certain rituals associated with the encores in the
:39:39. > :39:49.New Year's Day Concert. The first one is perhaps a little bit of a
:39:49. > :39:49.
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:42:11. > :42:16.MUSIC: "Tik Tak, Fast Polka, Op. Mariss Jansons is being handed a
:42:16. > :42:20.giant alarm clock by the leader of the second violins of the Vienna
:42:20. > :42:27.Philarmonic Orchestra, which he rang the bell of at the end of the
:42:27. > :42:37.Tik-Tak Polka. It was a reworking of tunes from Die Fledermaus, which
:42:37. > :42:40.
:42:40. > :42:46.is a seasonal highlight just across the street from here. Mariss
:42:46. > :42:51.Jansons leaves the stage again. He must be remembering those concerts
:42:51. > :42:56.of Strauss waltzes and polkas which his father conducted in St
:42:56. > :43:05.Petersburg, or Leningrad as it was, year after year after year, with
:43:05. > :43:11.the Leningrad Philharmonic. More than 30,000 flowers from San Remo,
:43:11. > :43:15.in Italy. It is a little overcast in Vienna today, so no sun shining
:43:15. > :43:21.through the windows, but gold everywhere, reflected by the
:43:21. > :43:31.television lights. Lasts of the great composers, the ceiling lined
:43:31. > :43:34.
:43:34. > :43:39.with paintings of Apollo. Mariss Jansons is back on the rostrum.
:43:39. > :43:49.This place was described by one critic as a place without anything
:43:49. > :43:49.
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:54:28. > :54:33.MUSIC: "The Blue Danube Waltz, Op. The Blue Danube Waltz, the second
:54:33. > :54:38.Viennese national anthem, performed with the traditional false start.
:54:38. > :54:43.The ballet dancers performing this morning at the Belvedere Palace.
:54:43. > :54:51.Mariss Jansons conducting with that traditional false start during
:54:51. > :54:58.which they bid us all a happy new year. Blue Danube came out of a
:54:58. > :55:02.bleak time for the imperial empire, composed in the wake of an Austrian
:55:02. > :55:06.defeat in prussian forces. One critic noted that this charming
:55:06. > :55:13.waltz with its catchy rhythms ought soon to be the most popular by this
:55:13. > :55:18.prolific dance composer. How right that critic was.
:55:18. > :55:25.If that's one fixed part of the New Year's Day Consefrt, -- concert,
:55:25. > :55:35.the other is the moment the audience are asked to clap along,
:55:35. > :55:35.
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:58:49. > :58:56.APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. The Radetsky March with full
:58:56. > :59:00.audience par -- participation, conned this year by January skwrpb
:59:00. > :59:08.January -- Mariss Jansons. That is it. For audience and orchestra,