Strauss waltzes and polkas lead a New Year programme by the Vienna Royal Symphony Orchestra.
The Blue Danube, Emperor Waltz and Tales from the Vienna Woods join the Die Fledermaus overture, Tritsch-Tratsch Polka and Thunder and Lightning Polka.
The programme also includes Shostakovich's Waltz No. 2, Rossini's Barber of Seville overture, Brahms's Hungarian Dance No. 5, music from Carmen and Chinese favourites including Jasmine Flower.
Cast (names transliterated)
Sergei Polianichko, Daniel Gil and David Navarro-Turres, conductors; Ilshat Muslimov, concertmaster; Vienna Royal Symphony Orchestra.
Full programme
- Johann Strauss II – Die Fledermaus, Overture
- Johann Strauss II – Anna Polka
- Johann Strauss II – Voices of Spring Waltz
- Johann Strauss II – Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
- Johann Strauss II – Emperor Waltz
- Jasmine Flower
- My Motherland
- Johann Strauss II – Persian March
- Dmitri Shostakovich – Waltz No. 2
- Gioachino Rossini – Overture to The Barber of Seville
- Good News from Beijing Reaches the Frontier
- Johann Strauss II – Tik-Tak Polka
- Jacques Offenbach – Can-Can
- Johann Strauss II – Thunder and Lightning Polka
- Spring Festival Overture
- Johann Strauss II – The Blue Danube
- Johann Strauss II – Tales from the Vienna Woods
- Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 5
- Georges Bizet – Carmen, Overture (encore)
- Johann Strauss I – Radetzky March (encore)