:01:00. > :01:09.Welcome to the Musikverein for the climax
:01:10. > :01:12.of the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert.
:01:13. > :01:16.A sunny, crisp and chilly start to the New Year.
:01:17. > :01:25.The place is as rich and glorious in its design and acoustic
:01:26. > :01:27.as a slice of Esterhazy Torte is in its taste and texture.
:01:28. > :01:30.The New Year's Day concert performance by the Vienna
:01:31. > :01:36.of the orchestra's 175th anniversary season,
:01:37. > :01:38.and also the New Year debut of Gustavo Dudamel,
:01:39. > :01:42.the Venezuelan musician, 35 years old,
:01:43. > :01:49.the youngest conductor ever to lead this annual concert.
:01:50. > :01:51.Well, Franz von Suppe was the father of Viennese operetta.
:01:52. > :01:54.Born in Split, now in Croatia, but once part
:01:55. > :01:59.who came to Vienna at 16 to study at the Conservatoire.
:02:00. > :02:02.He created more than 200 stage works,
:02:03. > :02:05.most of them relegated to dusty shelves,
:02:06. > :02:07.but the overture to Pique Dame, The Queen Of Spades,
:02:08. > :02:16.Gustavo Dudamel makes his way onto the platform.
:02:17. > :02:17.The Vienna Philharmonic rises to its feet
:02:18. > :10:04.MUSIC: Overture from the operetta Pique Dame
:10:05. > :10:16.The overture to Franz von Suppe's Pique Dame.
:10:17. > :10:24.Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Vienna Philharmonic.
:10:25. > :10:29.Ballet has long been a popular part of the New Year's Day Concert,
:10:30. > :10:31.and this year we meet dancers from the Vienna State Ballet
:10:32. > :10:37.in the park of the Hermesvilla, built by the Emporer Franz Josef
:10:38. > :10:40.in an attempt to curb the wanderlust of his beloved wife Sisi.
:10:41. > :10:43.The music is a waltz from Der Schatzmeister,
:10:44. > :18:27.MUSIC: Hereinspaziert! by Carl M Ziehrer
:18:28. > :18:36.Gustavo Dudamel conducting the waltz 'Step Right Up'.
:18:37. > :18:42.From Der Schatzmeister by Carl Michael Ziehrer.
:18:43. > :18:46.The tale of an assessor working in a pawnbroker 's office.
:18:47. > :18:48.The Italian Renato Zanella, who was artistic director
:18:49. > :18:51.at the Vienna State Ballet for ten years, is the choreographer
:18:52. > :19:06.Singverein, an amateur chorus long associated with the orchestra.
:19:07. > :19:08.They are going to join the Vienna Philharmonic in
:19:09. > :19:11.the 'Moonrise' from Otto Nicholai's comic opera 'The Merry Wives
:19:12. > :19:13.Last year we marked the 400th anniversary
:19:14. > :19:16.of William Shakespeare's death - this year in Vienna the celebrations
:19:17. > :19:19.are for the 175th anniversary of the founding of the Vienna
:19:20. > :19:23.And Otto Nicholai was one of the three men who, in 1842,
:19:24. > :19:25.decided to found a professional orchestra in this city.
:19:26. > :19:27.Nicolai set out the rules, which survive to this day,
:19:28. > :19:30.the orchestra is self governing, players appoint the conductor,
:19:31. > :19:58.and divide the earnings amongst themselves.
:19:59. > :24:23.The Vienna Singverein and Philharmonic honouring
:24:24. > :24:29.Otto Nicholai, one of the orchestra's founders 175 years ago.
:24:30. > :24:35.Moonrise, from his opera 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'.
:24:36. > :24:48.Just a second to enjoy the flowers decorating the Golden Hall.
:24:49. > :24:50.30,000 blossoms, nurtured for today by the staff
:24:51. > :24:53.of Vienna's Municipal Department No 42 - which runs the city's
:24:54. > :25:01.The director keen to reflect on the rich colours of Venezuela,
:25:02. > :25:16.Deep pink and green flamingo flowers, cymbidia.
:25:17. > :28:43.MUSIC: Pepita-Polka by Johann Strauss II
:28:44. > :28:48.That was The Pepita Polka by Johann Strauss.
:28:49. > :28:52.Strauss honouring a famous Spanish dancer who came to Vienna.
:28:53. > :28:55.Strauss responding to events around him,
:28:56. > :28:59.as he did again in 1873 when the Rotunda opened for the 1873
:29:00. > :29:01.World Exhibition in Vienna - it had an English architect.
:29:02. > :29:06.Strauss wrote a quadrille in honour of the building.
:29:07. > :34:03.MUSIC: Rotunde-Quadrille by Johann Strauss II
:34:04. > :34:10.written by Strauss for the World's Fair of 1873.
:34:11. > :34:12.Alas, weeks of rainfall, a cholera epidemic,
:34:13. > :34:15.a stock-market crash and global economic crisis
:34:16. > :34:24.The rotunda was finally destroyed by a fire in 1937.
:34:25. > :34:29.A reminder that you can see the New Year's Day Concert
:34:30. > :34:34.Meanwhile, Radio 3 is preparing a bracing start to 2017
:34:35. > :34:39.celebrating the Second Viennese School,
:34:40. > :34:44.the modernists making their name here at the start
:34:45. > :34:46.of the 20th century - Webern, Berg and Schoenberg.
:34:47. > :34:48.Breaking Free: The Minds That Changed Music
:34:49. > :34:52.starts this afternoon on Radio 3 and runs all week.
:34:53. > :34:56.The famous Lipizzaner horses are one of the symbols of Vienna.
:34:57. > :35:00.We'll see them next as we visit the Spanish Riding School,
:35:01. > :35:08.accompanied by Strauss's waltz The Extravagants.
:35:09. > :35:15.By the way, they are not actually white horses, they are dark, they
:35:16. > :35:18.get progressively lighter grey each year.
:35:19. > :42:32.MUSIC: Die Extravaganten by Johann Strauss II
:42:33. > :42:45.Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Vienna Philharmonic
:42:46. > :42:48.in Johann Strauss Junior's waltz The Extravagants,
:42:49. > :42:53.His father now, and a galop he composed after a group
:42:54. > :42:55.of Indian classical dancers visited Vienna in the late 1830s.
:42:56. > :43:05.Received, it seems, with confused curiosity from the Viennese public.
:43:06. > :45:08.MUSIC: Indianer-Galopp by Johann Strauss
:45:09. > :45:16.The Indian Galop by Johann Strauss Senior.
:45:17. > :45:19.Working our way through the family, his middle son Josef next,
:45:20. > :45:24.a valley in southeastern Lower Austria,
:45:25. > :45:33.predominantly by Protestant timber workers.
:45:34. > :45:47.This is the polka, The Girl From Nasswald.
:45:48. > :51:44.MUSIC: Die Nasswalderin by Johann Strauss
:51:45. > :51:50.A man who can play the whistle and conduct at the same time.
:51:51. > :51:51.The Girl from Nusswald - by Josef Strauss.
:51:52. > :51:54.More dancing next this New Year's morning.
:51:55. > :51:56.You may have detected that the ballet we saw earlier
:51:57. > :52:01.Next though we have dancers actually with us here
:52:02. > :52:03.in the Musikverein - students of the Vienna State
:52:04. > :52:08.They are going to dance to a Polka Johann Strauss
:52:09. > :52:12.wrote for a party at his own Palace in Vienna's 4th District in 1888.
:52:13. > :52:14.A hundred guests, the last of whom didn't leave
:52:15. > :52:24.Maybe you can relate to that this morning.
:52:25. > :55:35.MUSIC: Auf zum Tanze! By Johann Strauss II
:55:36. > :55:43.A comedy role for one of the ushers here at the Musikverein,
:55:44. > :55:45.or maybe he was a costumed dancer.
:55:46. > :55:47.Strauss's first operetta was called
:55:48. > :55:51.The work rather struggled under an incredibly complicated storyline.
:55:52. > :55:53.But the waltz that emerged from the project,
:55:54. > :56:18.'A Thousand and One Nights', is considered one of Strauss's finest.
:56:19. > :04:28.MUSIC: Tausend und eine Nacht by Johann Strauss II
:04:29. > :04:47.Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Vienna Philharmonic.
:04:48. > :04:56.Now, Vienna has museums filled with Old Masters,
:04:57. > :04:59.but it also has museums dedicated to globes, to funerals,
:05:00. > :05:05.all of which make the clock museum seem pretty mainstream.
:05:06. > :05:11.with Johann Strauss' Tik-Tak-Polka from Die Fledermaus.
:05:12. > :05:15.It's located in one of the oldest houses in the centre of the city,
:05:16. > :05:24.and it's home to around 4,000 clocks,
:05:25. > :07:42.MUSIC: Tik-Tak by Johann Strauss II
:07:43. > :07:55.That comes from Strauss's operetta Die Fledermaus,
:07:56. > :07:58.one of the traditions of New Year in Vienna,
:07:59. > :08:00.on last night and again this evening,
:08:01. > :08:03.at the both the Volksoper and the Vienna State Opera,
:08:04. > :08:05.where Otto Schenk's lavish production gets another outing.
:08:06. > :08:09.Other New Year traditions here include the bells
:08:10. > :08:11.of the Stephansdom ringing out the old and in the new,
:08:12. > :08:20.loud fireworks across the city, pigs in porcelain,
:08:21. > :08:22.glass and marzipan to bring good luck,
:08:23. > :08:23.and Dinner For One on the television.
:08:24. > :08:26.Its punch line - "Same procedure as every year" -
:08:27. > :08:27.seems to rather reflect the continuity
:08:28. > :08:41.One member of the Strauss family missing until now.
:08:42. > :08:44.Eduard next, the youngest of the brothers,
:08:45. > :08:47.Who became conductor of the Strauss Orchestra in 1861,
:08:48. > :08:48.touring with them across two continents,
:08:49. > :08:50.and performing in 840 towns and cities.
:08:51. > :08:52.When he disbanded the orchestra in New York in 1901,
:08:53. > :08:56.the last work on the programme was the fast polka With Pleasure.
:08:57. > :10:49.MUSIC: Mit Vergnugen by Eduard Strauss
:10:50. > :11:03.Eduard Strauss's polka With Pleasure.
:11:04. > :11:06.The Vienna Philharmonic players and Maestro Dudamel
:11:07. > :11:12.And British too, designed by Dame Vivienne Westwood
:11:13. > :11:15.and her Austrian husband, Andreas Kronthaler,
:11:16. > :11:18.tailored in the elegant cut of Savile Row bespoke,
:11:19. > :11:29.a modern interpretation of the traditional tailcoat for men,
:11:30. > :11:37.get a short jacket inspired by a frock coat.
:11:38. > :11:39.The outfits making their first appearance on stage today.
:11:40. > :11:41.175 years of the Vienna Philharmonic,
:11:42. > :11:45.First heard in February 1867 at a ball in Leopoldstadt district,
:11:46. > :11:48.then performed with words sung by choir.
:11:49. > :11:53.The Austrian Mint has produced silver five euro coin to celebrate.
:11:54. > :11:56.Rather appropriate, as Strauss was paid one gold ducat
:11:57. > :12:00.A work that over the years has become an unofficial
:12:01. > :12:11.key to the New Year and this New Year's Day Concert.
:12:12. > :12:20.Conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, the director of the LA Philharmonic and
:12:21. > :12:28.the Simon Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela.
:12:29. > :12:34.MUSIC: An der schonen blauen Donau by Johann Strauss II
:12:35. > :12:51.Die Wiener Philharmoniker und ich wunschen Ihnen...
:12:52. > :23:02.MUSIC: An der schonen blauen Donau by Johann Strauss II
:23:03. > :23:07.The Blue Danube, by Johann Strauss Junior,
:23:08. > :23:26.This Orchestra, 175 years old this year.
:23:27. > :23:28.Gustavo Dudamel, at 35, the youngest conductor ever to lead
:23:29. > :23:41.There is one New Year tradition left.
:23:42. > :23:44.It was an Austrian Army Band who premiered Strauss Senior's
:23:45. > :23:47.Then it was the officers who clapped and stamped their heels
:23:48. > :23:51.Now the entire audience of the Musikverein beats something
:23:52. > :27:09.MUSIC: Radetzky-Marsch by Johann Strauss
:27:10. > :27:14.Great direction of the audience here from Gustavo Dudamel.
:27:15. > :27:17.The Radetsky March - by Johann Strauss Junior.
:27:18. > :27:21.And so 2017 is upon us, no stopping the clock or the calendar.
:27:22. > :27:24.As Walter Scott once said "Each age has deemed the new-born year
:27:25. > :27:39.Cheer may be in shorter supply than usual this New Year. But I hope the
:27:40. > :27:44.rich tradition of this concept has brought some joy. Julie Andrews
:27:45. > :27:49.presents this concert on American television. The audience may look
:27:50. > :27:52.well behaved but as soon as we go off air there will be something of a
:27:53. > :27:58.scrambled to grab the flowers. With many thanks to our colleagues
:27:59. > :28:00.at ORF and Eurovision - this is Petroc Trelawny bidding
:28:01. > :28:15.you farewell from Vienna and wishing Oh, my...
:28:16. > :28:19.Dai! Your gays have arrived.