0:00:52 > 0:00:55Good morning, and a very happy New Year from the Golden Hall
0:00:55 > 0:00:58of the Musikverein here in Vienna.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01This year, the Vienna Philharmonic welcome the youngest musician ever
0:01:01 > 0:01:05to lead the New Year's Day Concert, the Venezuelan maestro
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Gustavo Dudamel.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Waltzes, polkas and quadrilles by three members of the Strauss
0:01:10 > 0:01:14family on the programme this year, along with pieces by Lehar,
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Waldteufel, Otto Nicolai and Franz von Suppe.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19The New Year's Day Concert performance by the Vienna
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Philharmonic is supported by Rolex.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24A record eight works this year that are receiving their first outing
0:01:24 > 0:01:26at a New Year's Day Concert
0:01:26 > 0:01:29and there's a new uniform for the players of the Vienna
0:01:29 > 0:01:30Philharmonic as well.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34But more about that later.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Well, not Strauss to begin this year but Lehar -
0:01:36 > 0:01:39a stirring march from what was his first theatrical hit in this
0:01:39 > 0:01:43city - Wiener Frauen - the Women of Vienna -
0:01:43 > 0:01:47which premiered in 1902.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Gustavo Dudamel makes his way onto the platform to join
0:01:53 > 0:01:58the Vienna Philharmonic and open this 2017 New Year's Day Concert.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07MUSIC: Nechledil-Marsch from Wiener Frauen by Franz Lehar
0:04:35 > 0:04:40The Nechledil March, by Franz Lehar.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Skates on next.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Given the fact there's a spectacular rink
0:04:46 > 0:04:48in front of the Rathaus, Vienna's City Hall
0:04:48 > 0:04:50it seems strange that Les Patineurs has never before featured
0:04:50 > 0:04:51in this concert.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Music by Emil Waldteufel.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00MUSIC: Les Patineurs by Emile Waldteufel
0:12:44 > 0:12:49Reiner Honeck, leader of the Vienna Philharmonic,
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Skaters Waltz, Les Patineurs,
0:12:51 > 0:12:54by Emile Waldteufel.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Waldteufel sometimes described as the Johann Strauss of Paris,
0:12:56 > 0:12:58he wrote 300 dances, half of them waltzes,
0:12:58 > 0:13:02appointed court pianist to Napoleon III in 1865 and was to conduct state
0:13:02 > 0:13:06balls in France for the remainder of the 19th century.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Well, Johann Jr is the first member of the Strauss family
0:13:11 > 0:13:13we are going to hear this New Year's Day.
0:13:13 > 0:13:19He was conducting the summer season at Pavlovsk near St Petersburg
0:13:19 > 0:13:21when he wrote a polka, which he announced there was to be
0:13:21 > 0:13:23called Forget Me Not.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26In fact, he had planned another title for the piece,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29which he only announced when he got home, There's Only One Imperial
0:13:29 > 0:13:31City, Theres Only One Vienna.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35It includes a nod to the Imperial Austrian national anthem.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44MUSIC: 'S gibt nur a Kaiserstadt, 's gibt nur a Wien by Johann Strauss Jr
0:17:20 > 0:17:23A salute to this city, Vienna, in the Kaiserstadt
0:17:23 > 0:17:24polka by Johann Strauss.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26A nod to Maria Theresa too, the only female ruler
0:17:26 > 0:17:30of the Habsburg dominions, born 300 years ago this year.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Strauss's younger brother Josef next - celebrating the season,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35the fast polka Winterlust.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17Winterlust by Josef Strauss, written for the Dianasaal here in Vienna,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20which boasted a ballroom, the floor of which could be
0:20:20 > 0:20:21turned into an ice rink.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24That polka premiered at a masked ball, complete
0:20:24 > 0:20:26with fake flurries of snow, described as the highlight
0:20:26 > 0:20:29of the 1862 carnival season.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Julie Andrews, one of the guests this year
0:20:31 > 0:20:37at the New Year's Day concert.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Well, the Vienna Philharmonic Ball is still one of the highpoints
0:20:40 > 0:20:41of the season here in Vienna.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43This year it takes place on January 19th.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44Semyon Bychkov will conduct the orchestra.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47The evening opens with a procession of debutantes, who have
0:20:47 > 0:20:55to prove their dancing skills before they get to take part.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58In the time of the Strausses there were so many balls that
0:20:58 > 0:21:00all efforts had to be made to attract attention.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02"Sensational decorations and magnificent lighting effects"
0:21:02 > 0:21:04promised for the ball at which the next
0:21:04 > 0:21:05work was introduced.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08The evening was called The Journey Into The Lake Of Fire,
0:21:08 > 0:21:11a reference to the devil in the Biblical book of Revelation.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14And the new waltz that Strauss wrote for the occasion was titled
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Mephistopheles' Calls from Hell.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22It was January 1870 that this magnificent concert hall
0:21:22 > 0:21:25opened to the public.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28"From all sides spring golden colours," wrote the great critic
0:21:28 > 0:21:33Eduard Hanslick of the new building.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Gustavo Dudamel returns to conduct Johann Strauss Jr.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50MUSIC: Mephistos Hollenrufe by Johann Strauss Jr
0:29:33 > 0:29:35APPLAUSE
0:29:38 > 0:29:40Mephistopheles' Calls from Hell, a waltz by Johann Strauss Jr.
0:29:43 > 0:29:49Well, we're going to finish part one of this 2017 New Year's Day Concert
0:29:49 > 0:29:52with one of his fast polkas, the title taken from the libretto
0:29:52 > 0:29:55of his opera A Night In Venice, an optimistic title too -
0:29:55 > 0:29:58We're Not That Worried.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11MUSIC: So angstlich sind wir nicht by Johann Strauss Jr
0:32:18 > 0:32:22Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Vienna Philharmonic
0:32:22 > 0:32:25this New Year's Day in Johann Strauss Jr's
0:32:25 > 0:32:29polka We're Not That Worried.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Well, Franz von Suppe was the father of Viennese operetta.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Born in Split, now in Croatia, but once part
0:32:40 > 0:32:41of the Austro-Hungarian Empire,
0:32:41 > 0:32:44he came to Vienna at 16 to study at the Conservatoire.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46He created more than 200 stage works,
0:32:46 > 0:32:49most of them relegated to dusty shelves,
0:32:49 > 0:32:52but the overture to Pique Dame, The Queen Of Spades,
0:32:52 > 0:32:57has found an independent life.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59Gustavo Dudamel makes his way onto the platform.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01The Vienna Philharmonic rises to its feet
0:33:01 > 0:33:06to greet him this New Year's Day.
0:33:18 > 0:33:23MUSIC: Overture from the operetta Pique Dame
0:40:53 > 0:40:56The overture to Franz von Suppe's Pique Dame.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00The flute section led by Karl Heinz Schutz.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Vienna Philharmonic
0:41:02 > 0:41:06this New Year's Day.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Ballet has long been a popular part of the New Year's Day Concert,
0:41:10 > 0:41:13and this year we meet dancers from the Vienna State Ballet
0:41:13 > 0:41:17in the park of the Hermesvilla, built by the Emporer Franz Josef
0:41:17 > 0:41:21in an attempt to curb the wanderlust of his beloved wife Sisi.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25The music is a waltz from Der Schatzmeister,
0:41:25 > 0:41:28an operetta by Carl Michael Ziehrer.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42MUSIC: Hereinspaziert! by Carl M Ziehrer
0:49:13 > 0:49:18Gustavo Dudamel conducting the waltz Step Right Up.
0:49:18 > 0:49:22From Der Schatzmeister by Carl Michael Ziehrer.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28The Italian Renato Zanella, artistic director of
0:49:28 > 0:49:30Vienna State Ballet for ten years, the choreographer
0:49:30 > 0:49:37for today's concert.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39Coming on to the stage now, members of the Vienna
0:49:39 > 0:49:42Singverein, an amateur chorus long associated with the orchestra.
0:49:42 > 0:49:44They are going to join the Vienna Philharmonic in
0:49:44 > 0:49:47the Moonrise from Otto Nicholai's comic opera The Merry Wives
0:49:47 > 0:49:48of Windsor, based on Shakespeare.
0:49:48 > 0:49:55Last year we marked the 400th anniversary
0:49:55 > 0:49:58of William Shakespeare's death - this year in Vienna the celebrations
0:49:58 > 0:50:00are for the 175th anniversary of the founding of the Vienna
0:50:00 > 0:50:01Philharmonic.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03And Otto Nicholai was one of the founders,
0:50:03 > 0:50:05one of three men who, in 1842,
0:50:05 > 0:50:07decided to launch a professional orchestra in this city.
0:50:07 > 0:50:12Nicolai set out the rules, which survive to this day,
0:50:12 > 0:50:14the orchestra is self governing, players choose the conductor,
0:50:14 > 0:50:16and divide the earnings amongst themselves.
0:50:16 > 0:50:18Moonrise, from the Merry Wives of Windsor.
0:50:38 > 0:50:44MUSIC: Mondaufgang by Otto Nicolai
0:55:09 > 0:55:12The Vienna Singverein and Vienna Philharmonic honouring
0:55:12 > 0:55:16Otto Nicholai, one of the orchestra's founders 175 years ago.
0:55:16 > 0:55:20Moonrise, from his opera The Merry Wives of Windsor.
0:55:20 > 0:55:30Johannes Prinz - the Chorus Master.
0:55:35 > 0:55:39Just a second to enjoy the magnificent flowers here today.
0:55:39 > 0:55:4130,000 blossoms, nurtured for today by the staff
0:55:41 > 0:55:44of Vienna's Municipal Department No 42 - which runs the city's
0:55:44 > 0:55:45parks and gardens.
0:55:45 > 0:55:55The director keen to reflect on the rich colours of Venezuela,
0:55:55 > 0:55:59you might see the odd pineapple and lemons in the mix too.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01Pink and green flamingo flowers, cymbidia.
0:56:01 > 0:56:04Amaryllis, too.
0:56:04 > 0:56:08MUSIC: Pepita-Polka by Johann Strauss II
0:59:25 > 0:59:29That was The Pepita Polka by Johann Strauss.
0:59:29 > 0:59:31Strauss honouring a famous Spanish dancer who came
0:59:31 > 0:59:32to Vienna in the 1850s.
0:59:32 > 0:59:41He was always very good at responding to contemporary
0:59:41 > 0:59:44events - in 1873 he wrote a quadrille
0:59:44 > 0:59:46for the opening of a new Rotunda
0:59:46 > 0:59:49in Vienna which had an English architect.
0:59:53 > 0:59:57MUSIC: Rotunde-Quadrille by Johann Strauss II
1:04:49 > 1:04:50The Rotunde-Quadrille,
1:04:50 > 1:04:54written by Strauss for the World's Fair of 1873.
1:04:54 > 1:04:56Alas, weeks of rainfall, a cholera epidemic,
1:04:56 > 1:04:59a stock-market crash and global economic crisis
1:04:59 > 1:05:02rendered the event a flop.
1:05:02 > 1:05:06The rotunda was finally destroyed by a fire in 1937.
1:05:11 > 1:05:15The famous Lipizzaner horses are one of the symbols of Vienna.
1:05:15 > 1:05:17We'll see them next as we visit the Spanish Riding School,
1:05:17 > 1:05:21accompanied by Strauss's waltz The Extravagants.
1:05:22 > 1:05:26By the way, they are not actually white horses, they are dark, they
1:05:26 > 1:05:30get progressively lighter grey each year.
1:05:37 > 1:05:41MUSIC: Die Extravaganten by Johann Strauss II
1:12:57 > 1:12:58Lipizzaner horses and Gustavo Dudamel conducting
1:12:58 > 1:13:02the Vienna Philharmonic in Johann Strauss Jr's
1:13:03 > 1:13:04waltz The Extravagants.
1:13:04 > 1:13:07Written for the Solicitors Ball.
1:13:07 > 1:13:10His father next, and a galop he composed after a group
1:13:10 > 1:13:13of Indian classical dancers visited Vienna in the late 1830s.
1:13:13 > 1:13:17Received, it seems, with confused curiosity from the Viennese public.
1:13:23 > 1:13:27MUSIC: Indianer-Galopp by Johann Strauss
1:15:34 > 1:15:41The Indian Galop by Johann Strauss Senior.
1:15:41 > 1:15:43We're working our way through the family,
1:15:43 > 1:15:45his middle son Josef next,
1:15:45 > 1:15:48taking us out of Vienna to Nusswald, a valley in southeastern
1:15:48 > 1:15:50Lower Austria, populated in the 19th century
1:15:50 > 1:15:51predominantly by Protestant timber workers.
1:15:51 > 1:15:56This is the polka, The Girl From Nasswald.
1:16:08 > 1:16:10MUSIC: Die Nasswalderin by Johann Strauss
1:22:00 > 1:22:04A man who can play the whistle and conduct at the same time.
1:22:04 > 1:22:14Gustavo Dudamel conducting The Girl from Nusswald - by Josef Strauss.
1:22:18 > 1:22:20More dancing next this New Year's Day.
1:22:20 > 1:22:22You may have detected that the ballet we saw earlier
1:22:22 > 1:22:24was recorded on a hot summer's day.
1:22:24 > 1:22:26Next, though, we have dancers actually with us here
1:22:26 > 1:22:28in the Musikverein - students of the Vienna State
1:22:28 > 1:22:29Opera Ballet Academy.
1:22:29 > 1:22:38They are going to dance to a polka Johann Strauss
1:22:38 > 1:22:44wrote for a party at his own Palace in 1888.
1:22:44 > 1:22:47100 guests, the last of whom didn't leave until 8:30 in the morning.
1:22:47 > 1:22:50You might be able to relate to that this New Year's Day!
1:22:50 > 1:22:52MUSIC: Auf zum Tanze! By Johann Strauss II
1:25:49 > 1:25:55Members of the Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy.
1:25:55 > 1:25:58And a comedy role for one of the ushers here at the Musikverein,
1:25:58 > 1:26:00or maybe he's a costumed dancer.
1:26:00 > 1:26:02Gustavo Dudamel conducting.
1:26:02 > 1:26:04Now, Strauss's first operetta was called
1:26:04 > 1:26:08Indigo and the 40 Thieves.
1:26:08 > 1:26:11It struggled under an incredibly complicated storyline.
1:26:11 > 1:26:17But the waltz that survived from the piece,
1:26:17 > 1:26:20A Thousand and One Nights, considered one of his finest.
1:26:36 > 1:26:39MUSIC: Tausend und eine Nacht by Johann Strauss II
1:34:54 > 1:34:56The waltz A Thousand And One Nights by Johann Strauss,
1:34:56 > 1:35:04Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Vienna Philharmonic.
1:35:04 > 1:35:08The trumpeter, Jurgen Pochhacker.
1:35:09 > 1:35:11Now, Vienna has museums filled with Old Masters and works
1:35:11 > 1:35:15by Klimt and Schiele,
1:35:15 > 1:35:18but it also has museums dedicated to globes, to funerals,
1:35:18 > 1:35:23and the language Esperanto,
1:35:23 > 1:35:25all of which make the Clock Museum seem pretty mainstream.
1:35:25 > 1:35:26We visit it now,
1:35:26 > 1:35:30with Johann Strauss's Tik-Tak-Polka from Die Fledermaus.
1:35:30 > 1:35:36It's located in one of the oldest houses in the centre of the city,
1:35:36 > 1:35:40and it's home to around 4,000 clocks.
1:35:43 > 1:35:47MUSIC: Tik-Tak by Johann Strauss II
1:38:05 > 1:38:09Strauss' Tik-Tak-Polka.
1:38:09 > 1:38:11That comes from Strauss' operetta Die Fledermaus,
1:38:11 > 1:38:14one of the traditions of New Year in Vienna,
1:38:14 > 1:38:16on last night and again this evening,
1:38:16 > 1:38:18at the both the Volksoper and the Vienna State Opera,
1:38:18 > 1:38:23where Otto Schenk's lavish production gets another outing.
1:38:23 > 1:38:25Other New Year traditions here include the bells
1:38:25 > 1:38:28of the Stephansdom ringing out the old and in the new,
1:38:28 > 1:38:32loud fireworks across the city, pigs in porcelain,
1:38:32 > 1:38:34glass and marzipan to bring good luck,
1:38:34 > 1:38:40and Dinner For One on the television.
1:38:40 > 1:38:42Its punchline, same procedure as every year,
1:38:42 > 1:38:44seems to rather reflect the continuity
1:38:44 > 1:38:46reassuring as the new year comes.
1:38:46 > 1:38:51Flowers for Gustavo Dudamel, who next is going to conduct the one
1:38:51 > 1:38:56member of the Strauss family we haven't featured so far this year
1:38:56 > 1:38:58- Eduard Strauss, the youngest of the brothers,
1:38:58 > 1:39:01who became conductor of the Strauss Orchestra in 1861,
1:39:01 > 1:39:03touring with them across two continents,
1:39:03 > 1:39:07and performing in 840 towns and cities.
1:39:08 > 1:39:11When he disbanded the orchestra in 1901 the last work he conducted
1:39:11 > 1:39:15was the fast polka With Pleasure.
1:39:16 > 1:39:20MUSIC: Mit Vergnugen by Eduard Strauss
1:41:12 > 1:41:16Eduard Strauss's polka With Pleasure.
1:41:18 > 1:41:20If you're a regular viewer, I don't know if you've noticed
1:41:20 > 1:41:22that the Vienna Philharmonic players and Maestro Dudamel
1:41:22 > 1:41:26have new concert attire.
1:41:26 > 1:41:28And British too, designed by Dame Vivienne Westwood
1:41:28 > 1:41:32and her Austrian husband, Andreas Kronthaler,
1:41:32 > 1:41:35tailored in the elegant cut of Savile Row bespoke,
1:41:35 > 1:41:41a modern interpretation of the traditional tailcoat for men,
1:41:41 > 1:41:44the women of the orchestra, I've counted seven on stage today,
1:41:44 > 1:41:47get a short jacket inspired by a frock coat.
1:41:47 > 1:41:51The outfits making their first appearance on stage today.
1:41:52 > 1:41:54175 years of the Vienna Philharmonic,
1:41:54 > 1:41:56150 years of the Blue Danube.
1:41:56 > 1:42:01First heard in February 1867 at a ball in Leopoldstadt district,
1:42:01 > 1:42:05then performed with words sung by choir.
1:42:05 > 1:42:07The Austrian Mint has produced a silver five
1:42:07 > 1:42:08euro coin to celebrate.
1:42:08 > 1:42:12Rather appropriate, as Strauss was paid one gold ducat
1:42:12 > 1:42:14when he wrote the piece.
1:42:14 > 1:42:17A work that over the years has become an unofficial
1:42:17 > 1:42:20national anthem of Austria,
1:42:20 > 1:42:25key to the New Year and this New Year's Day Concert.
1:42:25 > 1:42:28Conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, music director of the Los
1:42:28 > 1:42:31Angeles Philharmonic, conductor of the
1:42:31 > 1:42:35Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela.
1:42:47 > 1:42:51MUSIC: An der schonen blauen Donau by Johann Strauss II
1:42:59 > 1:43:02LAUGHTER
1:43:04 > 1:43:08Die Wiener Philharmoniker und ich wunschen Ihnen...
1:43:10 > 1:43:14ALL: Prosit Neujahr!
1:43:40 > 1:43:45MUSIC: An der schonen blauen Donau by Johann Strauss II
1:53:16 > 1:53:19APPLAUSE
1:53:20 > 1:53:24The Blue Danube, by Johann Strauss Jr,
1:53:24 > 1:53:28horn soloist, Josef Reif.
1:53:28 > 1:53:31The Blue Danube written 150 years ago.
1:53:34 > 1:53:36Rainer Honeck, Leader of the orchestra and Albena
1:53:36 > 1:53:41Danailova, co-Leader.
1:53:41 > 1:53:50175 years old this year the Vienna Philharminic.
1:53:50 > 1:53:58Gustavo Dudamel, at 35, the youngest conductor ever to lead
1:53:58 > 1:54:00the New Year's Concert, he turns 36 at the end
1:54:00 > 1:54:01of this month.
1:54:01 > 1:54:03Well, there is one New Year tradition left.
1:54:03 > 1:54:05It was an Austrian Army band who premiered Strauss senior's
1:54:05 > 1:54:06Radetsky March in 1848.
1:54:06 > 1:54:09Then it was the officers who clapped and stamped their heels
1:54:09 > 1:54:10in time with the music.
1:54:10 > 1:54:12Now the entire audience of the Musikverein beats something
1:54:12 > 1:54:15approximating time.
1:54:15 > 1:54:20MUSIC: Radetzky-Marsch by Johann Strauss
1:57:24 > 1:57:29Great direction of the audience here from Gustavo Dudamel.
1:57:29 > 1:57:30The Vienna Philharmonic playing the Radetsky March
1:57:30 > 1:57:34by Johann Strauss senior.
1:57:34 > 1:57:43And so 2017 is upon us, no stopping the clock or the calendar.
1:57:43 > 1:57:45As Walter Scott said, "Each age has deemed the new-born year
1:57:45 > 1:57:47the fittest time for festal cheer."
1:57:47 > 1:57:50Cheer may be in shorter supply than usual this New Year.
1:57:50 > 1:57:52But I hope the rich tradition of this concert has
1:57:52 > 1:57:56brought at least some to you.
1:57:56 > 1:57:58Julie Andrews in the audience here, she presents this concert
1:57:58 > 1:58:03on American television.
1:58:03 > 1:58:06I tell you what, the audience here may look well behaved
1:58:06 > 1:58:07but as soon as we go
1:58:07 > 1:58:10off air there'll be something of a scramble to grab a handful
1:58:10 > 1:58:12of the wonderful flowers that decorate the hall.
1:58:12 > 1:58:14Many thanks to our colleagues at ORF and Eurovision.
1:58:14 > 1:58:16This is Petroc Trelawny in Vienna signing off.
1:58:16 > 1:58:19Happy New Year.