0:00:16 > 0:00:19MUSIC: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky
0:05:09 > 0:05:11APPLAUSE
0:05:11 > 0:05:15A very warm welcome to the grounds of the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17The Summer Night Concert is given annually
0:05:17 > 0:05:19by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22this year joined by Venezuelan superstar conductor Gustavo Dudamel.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26We've just heard Tchaikovsky's polka from his opera Eugene Onegin,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29now more dance, and Mussorgsky's Dance Of The Persian Slaves.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22APPLAUSE
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Mussorgsky's Dance Of The Persian Slaves from his opera Khovanshchina.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28The Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31joined by dancers of the Vienna State Opera Ballet.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34More Russian music now
0:12:34 > 0:12:37with Alexander Borodin's exotic Polovtsian Dances,
0:12:37 > 0:12:39taken from his opera Prince Igor.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42In this scene, we find the prince being entertained by his captors.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Borodin's Polovtsian Dances.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Impressionistic music next by Claude Debussy, La Mer - The Sea.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04We have three scenes -
0:25:04 > 0:25:06first, the sun, rising slowly over the sea at dawn,
0:25:06 > 0:25:09then the second movement called Play Of Waves,
0:25:09 > 0:25:12and finally, the Dialogue Of The Wind And The Sea.
0:50:03 > 0:50:04- APPLAUSE - Dialogue Of The Wind And The Sea -
0:50:04 > 0:50:07the final sketch of Claude Debussy's rousing La Mer.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10The Vienna Symphony Orchestra and Gustavo Dudamel,
0:50:10 > 0:50:12joined by dancers from the Vienna State Opera Ballet,
0:50:12 > 0:50:15performing a highly original water choreography
0:50:15 > 0:50:17devised by Gregor Hatala.
0:50:18 > 0:50:22More dance music now from one of the most erotic scenes in all of opera -
0:50:22 > 0:50:25Salome's Dance Of The Seven Veils by Richard Strauss.
1:00:27 > 1:00:29APPLAUSE
1:00:29 > 1:00:32The Dance Of The Seven Veils from Salome, by Richard Strauss.
1:00:33 > 1:00:35Now, onto something quite different
1:00:35 > 1:00:38with Ponchielli's jocular Danza Delle Ore,
1:00:38 > 1:00:40or Dance Of The Hours, taken from his opera La Gioconda,
1:00:40 > 1:00:45which was famously used 136 years later by Walt Disney
1:00:45 > 1:00:46for his animated film Fantasia.
1:10:36 > 1:10:38APPLAUSE
1:10:38 > 1:10:40Ponchielli's Dance Of The Hours,
1:10:40 > 1:10:43clearly enjoyed thoroughly by conductor Gustavo Dudamel,
1:10:43 > 1:10:45performing this evening with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
1:10:45 > 1:10:49at their annual Summer Night Concert at the Schonbrunn Palace.
1:10:49 > 1:10:52Some wonderful images there, too, of clocks
1:10:52 > 1:10:54from Vienna's enchanting Clock Museum.
1:10:56 > 1:10:58Well, that brings the concert to its official close,
1:10:58 > 1:11:00but as is the tradition here,
1:11:00 > 1:11:02there are always a couple of extra treats in store.
1:11:03 > 1:11:05You wanted to escape us?
1:11:05 > 1:11:08- I have...- Let's play another piece.
1:11:08 > 1:11:09Maybe.
1:11:09 > 1:11:12- LAUGHTER - Do you want another piece?
1:11:12 > 1:11:14CHEERING
1:11:14 > 1:11:16Well...
1:11:19 > 1:11:22I think we have something else to play
1:11:22 > 1:11:25that is a huge responsibility for me
1:11:25 > 1:11:28because it's a waltz by Strauss
1:11:28 > 1:11:32that is in the blood of all of you
1:11:32 > 1:11:37and I try to put that blood in my body, so...
1:11:37 > 1:11:39Let's try... Let's try and see what happens.
1:11:40 > 1:11:42APPLAUSE
1:20:34 > 1:20:37APPLAUSE
1:20:37 > 1:20:39Wiener Blut - Johann Strauss' famous waltz,
1:20:39 > 1:20:41now very much the traditional encore
1:20:41 > 1:20:44for the Summer Night Concert at Schonbrunn.
1:20:44 > 1:20:46At its debut performance in 1873,
1:20:46 > 1:20:48Strauss himself conducted the Vienna Philharmonic.
1:20:48 > 1:20:51Dancers there from the Vienna State Opera Ballet,
1:20:51 > 1:20:56choreographed by Gregor Hatala, showing us how it's really done.
1:20:58 > 1:21:01Maybe we will play something else, but the last one.
1:21:01 > 1:21:04- Yeah.- The REAL last one.
1:21:04 > 1:21:05OK?
1:21:05 > 1:21:06CHEERING
1:21:08 > 1:21:12For the Spanish people, we have...
1:21:12 > 1:21:14- CHEERING - That we have here...
1:21:14 > 1:21:17GUSTAVO AND CLEMENS LAUGH
1:21:17 > 1:21:21We have the opera, the normal. We have the operetta.
1:21:21 > 1:21:28In Spain, there's a form for this kind of music that is the zarzuela.
1:21:29 > 1:21:33We will play an intermezzo of one of the most famous zarzuelas.
1:21:33 > 1:21:36That is - La Boda De Luis Alonso by Gimenez.
1:21:36 > 1:21:40Let's try to enjoy and have fun, no?
1:21:40 > 1:21:42Enjoy, enjoy!
1:21:42 > 1:21:45CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1:27:19 > 1:27:21CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1:27:21 > 1:27:23Gustavo Dudamel bringing more than a touch
1:27:23 > 1:27:25of his legendary Venezuelan panache
1:27:25 > 1:27:27to Gimenez's famous zarzuela -
1:27:27 > 1:27:29Luis Alonso's Wedding.
1:27:29 > 1:27:31The musicians of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
1:27:31 > 1:27:35clearly taken by his infectious enthusiasm.
1:27:36 > 1:27:39Well, sadly, that is all we have time for this evening.
1:27:39 > 1:27:42So, from a packed and clearly delighted audience
1:27:42 > 1:27:46at Vienna's magnificent Schonbrunn Palace, goodbye.
1:27:46 > 1:27:48APPLAUSE CONTINUES
1:27:49 > 1:27:52CHEERING AND WHISTLING
1:28:49 > 1:28:52Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd