:00:42. > :00:52.Happy New Year - and a warm welcome to the Golden Hall
:00:53. > :00:56.For many around the world, the next few hours provide
:00:57. > :00:59.the perfect way to toast the start of 2016 -
:01:00. > :01:03.a rich feast of musical sweetmeats, performed in this jewel box
:01:04. > :01:07.Well, this year in charge is the Latvian conductor
:01:08. > :01:10.Mariss Jansons, the New Year's Day performance by the Vienna
:01:11. > :01:17.Well Vienna, along with New York, Geneva and Nairobi, is one
:01:18. > :01:20.of the headquarters of the United Nations and we're
:01:21. > :01:24.going to begin this year by celebrating the 70th anniversary
:01:25. > :01:31.of the United Nations with a march by Robert Stolz.
:01:32. > :01:34.Stolz it was who kept the spirit of the Strauss family going in this
:01:35. > :01:40.He's buried here alongside Strauss Junior and Brahms.
:01:41. > :01:46.Mariss Jansons mounts the platform here in the Musikverein.
:01:47. > :01:49.His downbeat in a few seconds will signal the start of the 2016
:01:50. > :05:21.The UN March by Robert Stolz - opening this 2016 Vienna
:05:22. > :05:25.Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations,
:05:26. > :05:27.who is the guest of Dr Heinz Fischer,
:05:28. > :05:31.the Austrian Federal President at this year's concert.
:05:32. > :05:34.Well, Johann Strauss Junior next - his Treasure Waltz - drawn
:05:35. > :13:35.from the music of his operetta The Gypsy Baron.
:13:36. > :13:41.The Treasure Waltz - based on Strauss's Gypsy Baron.
:13:42. > :13:44.The Merry War is a rather less well known operetta by Strauss.
:13:45. > :13:47.Violetta is the operetta principal female character -
:13:48. > :13:50.a widowed countess, and Strauss named a French polka
:13:51. > :13:56.No actual fighting in the Merry War - the "war" is played out
:13:57. > :18:25.Mariss Jansons conducts the Vienna Philharmonic.
:18:26. > :18:30.A French polka, Violetta by Johann Strauss.
:18:31. > :18:36.Well, it started snowing about half an hour ago here in Vienna,
:18:37. > :18:39.but we are going to head outdoors on this January 1st morning
:18:40. > :18:42.to the Prater Park, where it seems the sun always shines.
:18:43. > :18:46.The famous wheel and extensive miniature railway as well
:18:47. > :21:30.which gives a good excuse to hear Strauss' Pleasure Train Polka.
:21:31. > :21:37.Mariss Jansons as train driver, blowing an ancient horn,
:21:38. > :21:43.Originally written for a ball here in 1864, it was inspired
:21:44. > :21:49.by the opening of the Sudbahn, the Austrian Southern Railway.
:21:50. > :21:51.Though Strauss wrote various works inspired by transport,
:21:52. > :21:54.it seems he himself was terrified of rail travel.
:21:55. > :21:58.He quaked at the mere mention of a journey
:21:59. > :22:00.through the Semmering Pass and, apparently, would often spend
:22:01. > :22:03.the trip huddled on the floor of the railway carriage.
:22:04. > :22:16.Now, it wasn't just the family Strauss who had musical success
:22:17. > :22:18.here in Vienna when it came to popular music.
:22:19. > :22:22.of a top hat maker - who became a distinguished military
:22:23. > :22:25.bandmaster - and was the last musician to be appointed
:22:26. > :22:27.by the Emperor Director of Music for Court Balls -
:22:28. > :22:29.the only non-Strauss to hold the position.
:22:30. > :22:31.His Waltz, Viennese Maidens, features one of his trademarks,
:22:32. > :22:33.a whistling theme, providing an extra challenge
:22:34. > :22:36.It opens using elements of the old Austrian Landler,
:22:37. > :22:44.the country folk dance that preceded the waltz.
:22:45. > :33:01.Fine whistling, and fine playing from the Vienna Philharmonic
:33:02. > :33:04.in Viennese Maidens by Carl Ziehrer - never before played
:33:05. > :33:10.Mariss Jansons told the orchestra in rehearsal that it was his
:33:11. > :33:15.Ziehrer and Eduard Strauss, the youngest of the Strauss
:33:16. > :33:18.brothers, had a terrible relationship - each
:33:19. > :33:23.Eduard died 100 years ago this year and we're going to hear a polka
:33:24. > :33:28.of his from 1887, premiered that year in this very hall.
:33:29. > :33:32.Post Haste - Mit Extra Post - a title that reflects the supplement
:33:33. > :33:42.that used to be paid in the olden days for the fastest post carriage.
:33:43. > :33:51.A postman in Imperial uniform circa 1910, and a baton that once belonged
:33:52. > :34:08.to Johann Strauss Jr and is now owned by Jansons himself.
:34:09. > :36:24.Post Haste - Mit Extra Post by Eduard Strauss.
:36:25. > :36:29.Post Haste - the polka by Eduard Strauss conducted
:36:30. > :36:33.Mariss Jansons and the Vienna Philharmonic this New Year's Day
:36:34. > :36:42.And a light dusting of snow this morning.
:36:43. > :36:45.The street cleaners have been hard at work getting rid of the evidence
:36:46. > :36:47.- the burnt out fireworks and empty bottles -
:36:48. > :36:51.left over from last night's celebrations when tens of thousands
:36:52. > :36:54.packed into the Graben to see the new year in,
:36:55. > :37:00.providing a confident greeting to 2016 with the Blue Danube playing
:37:01. > :37:03.out on every Austrian television channel -
:37:04. > :37:07.as it will in an hour or so here in the Musikverein.
:37:08. > :37:10.Well, before that the Vienna Boys' Choir will make an appearance
:37:11. > :37:12.on stage - and the traditional appearance of dancers
:37:13. > :37:23.Next though, we journey to Venice - the overture to A Night In Venice.
:37:24. > :37:25.Mariss Jansons conducts the Vienna Philharmonic this
:37:26. > :45:48.The Overture to Strauss' operetta, A Night In Venice,
:45:49. > :45:52.which will be performed here in Vienna at the Volksoper in March.
:45:53. > :45:55.Well, the flowers surrounding the stage provided by
:45:56. > :46:03.Those flowers arranged last night by an army of florists.
:46:04. > :46:06.I'm not sure if any of them came from the Prater Park,
:46:07. > :48:14.The old Imperial Pavilion at the Prater race course
:48:15. > :48:15.for that Polka by Eduard Strauss.
:48:16. > :48:21.One of the most beautiful waltzes of all time next -
:48:22. > :48:30.Music of the Spheres, by Josef Strauss, one of his musical
:48:31. > :48:32.tone poems - written in 1868, for the annual Medical Association
:48:33. > :58:45.Mariss Jansons conducting the Vienna Philharmonic this
:58:46. > :58:54.New Year's Day in Waltz of the Spheres by Josef Strauss.
:58:55. > :58:57.Jansons was born in Riga, in Latvia, son of the celebrated conductor,
:58:58. > :59:00.His career started when he was appointed assistant to the legendary
:59:01. > :59:06.Evgeny Mravinsky at the Leningrad Philharmonic in 1971.
:59:07. > :59:08.He's currently Music Director of the Bavarian Radio Symphony
:59:09. > :59:20.Well now, it was Mariss Jansons' particular wish that the Vienna
:59:21. > :59:25.We are going to hear them first in a French Polka by Johann Strauss,
:59:26. > :59:26.written for the Vienna Mens' Singing Society.
:59:27. > :59:36.The text seems very appropriate for this of all days.
:59:37. > :59:38.He who sings merrily and dances gleefully is armed
:59:39. > :59:41.Cheerfulness stirs the sluggish blood to new passion
:59:42. > :59:44.What makes him glad makes everything good.
:59:45. > :59:46.Schubert and Haydn, both former members of the Vienna Boys' Choir
:59:47. > :59:49.Mariss Jansons returns to the platform.
:59:50. > :00:00.Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with the Vienna Boys' Choir.
:00:01. > :03:41.The choir stay on the stage now to perform a work by Josef Strauss
:03:42. > :03:45.that makes good use of student songs popular in Vienna in the second half
:03:46. > :06:40.of the 19th century - it's a Polka "Off On Holiday".
:06:41. > :06:45.Off On Holiday - Mariss Jansons conducting the Vienna Boys' Choir
:06:46. > :06:49.Well, they may be the Vienna Boys' Choir but, since 1997,
:06:50. > :06:53.girls have also been accepted, the children sing together,
:06:54. > :06:56.but the girls have their own choir too - under the patronage
:06:57. > :07:00.of the famous Slovak soprano, Edita Gruberova.
:07:01. > :07:03.On the subject of women on the stage, I reckon six women
:07:04. > :07:05.in the Vienna Philharmonic this year, which is slightly down
:07:06. > :07:11.Now, Emile Waldtueful was always delighted when he was described
:07:12. > :07:17.This is his reworking of his fellow Frenchman,
:07:18. > :13:07.A little Spanish Heat on this cold Vienna morning,
:13:08. > :13:09.though I have to say the temperature's pretty high
:13:10. > :13:15.Waldteufel's reinterpretation of Espana by Chabrier.
:13:16. > :13:20.A bit of fan work from one member of the orchestra!
:13:21. > :13:22.If the Strauss' were one famous Viennese musical dynasty,
:13:23. > :13:25.We are going to hear a Ball Scene, for Salon Orchestra
:13:26. > :13:28.by Josef Hellmesberger Senior - whose father had been one
:13:29. > :13:31.of the most popular Viennese violinists of his time,
:13:32. > :18:30.and whose son became conductor of this orchestra.
:18:31. > :18:43.Mariss Jansons conducting the Vienna Philharmonic this
:18:44. > :18:50.Volkhard Steude, leader of the orchestra.
:18:51. > :18:57.Next to him, concertmaster Albena Danailova.
:18:58. > :19:00.Orchestra players telling me how much they enjoy working
:19:01. > :19:03.with Jansons, how incredibly clear he is in giving a beat,
:19:04. > :19:05.which is absolutely essential in this sort of music,
:19:06. > :19:07.and how passionately committed he is to performing
:19:08. > :19:14.He's spent much time in various archives here in Vienna trying
:19:15. > :19:17.to get the absolutely authentic performing versions of these
:19:18. > :19:25.Now, the man who started it all off next, Strauss the father,
:19:26. > :19:28.who launched his orchestra in 1825, he wrote many galops,
:19:29. > :21:38.Mariss Jansons conducting the Vienna Philharmonic.
:21:39. > :21:44.Well, we're going to meet with the dancers again now.
:21:45. > :21:47.Dancers from Vienna State Ballet, filmed in the halls and gardens
:21:48. > :21:49.of the Schonbrunn Palace, a love story taking place over
:21:50. > :32:58.Jiri Bubenicek has created choreographer for The Kaiser Waltz.
:32:59. > :33:25.The Kaiser Waltz, Mariss Jansons conducting the Vienna Philhamonic.
:33:26. > :33:29.Dancers from Vienna State Ballet, their costumes by the English
:33:30. > :33:40.Principal Cellist Robert Nagy and Principal Horn playing,
:33:41. > :33:45.Galloping and gunshots in our next work -
:33:46. > :33:48.a hunt is in progress, the horns signalling the sighting
:33:49. > :33:52.A polka that is taken from another Strauss operetta,
:33:53. > :33:55.Cagliostro in Wien - a show about an adventurer
:33:56. > :34:00.and occultist Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, who was also a conman
:34:01. > :36:24.The whip cracks in 'Off to the Hunt' - a polka from Johann Strauss'
:36:25. > :36:27.operetta Cagliostro in Wien - another of those rather forgotten
:36:28. > :36:32.Opened at Theatre an der Wien in 1875 and was hugely popular
:36:33. > :36:35.thanks to its star, Alexander Girardi, a great Austrian
:36:36. > :36:41.A monument to him, in fact, stands near to here in the Karlsplatz
:36:42. > :36:49.Korngold made a new version in the 1920s and another new version
:36:50. > :36:53.was premiered in Danzig Gdansk in Poland in 1941.
:36:54. > :36:56.In fact, just after the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day
:36:57. > :37:01.The tradition began on New Year's Eve 1939,
:37:02. > :37:10.What is now an event of such a joy and celebration was an invention
:37:11. > :37:12.of the Nazi party, who saw the sweet waltzes of Strauss
:37:13. > :37:16.as being the perfect way of distracting the populus
:37:17. > :37:20.from the increasingly bleak state of the war.
:37:21. > :37:22.Right from the beginning, it was to reach a much wider
:37:23. > :37:25.audience than simply those here in the hall,
:37:26. > :37:29.with a live broadcast on radio frequencies across the Third Reich.
:37:30. > :37:32.That's a sober fact to remember in these days when this,
:37:33. > :37:35.a truly global institution - watching and listening with us
:37:36. > :37:39.today, an audience of over 50 million people in 90 countries
:37:40. > :37:48.Then there are those lucky enough to be here in the Musikverein,
:37:49. > :37:52.like Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General and the Austrian President,
:37:53. > :38:10.Well, we're going to hear a high speed polka now
:38:11. > :38:20.This from his frist operetta, Indigo and the Forty Thieves.
:38:21. > :38:23.Very much in the French style, Offenbach used to put can-cans
:38:24. > :38:28.in his operettas so perhaps Strauss thought he would match his
:38:29. > :40:50.the orchestra return to their seats. At The Double, by Johann Strauss.
:40:51. > :40:58.At The Double - fast polka by Johann Strauss from his operetta
:40:59. > :41:01.Indigo and the Forty Thieves, his first operetta based
:41:02. > :41:07.on the Thousand and One Nights stories.
:41:08. > :41:11.So, we are approaching the final stage of this 2016
:41:12. > :41:16.It's not billed in the official programme but I don't think anyone
:41:17. > :41:19.will be too surprised at what is to come.
:41:20. > :41:22.It was in 1873 that the relationship between the Vienna Philharmonic
:41:23. > :41:25.and the Strauss family began - when Strauss conducted his waltz
:41:26. > :41:28.Wiener Blut at that year's Vienna Opera Ball - held
:41:29. > :41:33.Later that year he conducted them in the Blue Danube Waltz.
:41:34. > :41:36.But there remained a certain sniffiness from the orchestra
:41:37. > :41:39.about Strauss' music - this was after all the ensemble
:41:40. > :42:10.It wasn't until Clemens Krauss began conducting an annual Strauss family
:42:11. > :53:13.The 72-year-old Latvian maestro, Mariss Jansons, conducting
:53:14. > :53:24.the Vienna Philharmonic in the Blue Danube Waltz.
:53:25. > :53:32.Well, there is just one more element of this concert that remains.
:53:33. > :53:36.The work that Johann Strauss Sr dedicated to Field Marshal Joseph
:53:37. > :54:47.Radetzky von Radetz, a great military man responsible
:54:48. > :57:37.The Radetsky March by Johann Strauss Sr.
:57:38. > :57:41.Mariss Jansons, the Vienna Philharmonic and this sparkling
:57:42. > :57:43.flower-filled Golden Hall ensuring the great New Year tradition
:57:44. > :57:48.The New Year's Day concert performance by the Vienna
:57:49. > :58:00.It is time for us to bid you farewell and wish
:58:01. > :58:02.you a safe, prosperous and productive 2016.
:58:03. > :58:08.Goodbye from Vienna and a very Happy New Year.