December 29, 2023; Washington, DC —The Vienna Philharmonic will perform their famous New Year's Day concert from the renowned Musikverein in Vienna on January 1, 2024.
NPR Music, exclusively in the United States, will provide the complete concert to all member stations. The concert from Vienna is presented to over 90 broadcast outlets throughout the world by the European Broadcast Union, and is easily the most listened to classical concert every year.
The concert will be conducted by Christian Thielemann, who has directed the Philharmonic frequently since 2000. This will be his second appearance, his first was in 2019.
The 2024 New Year's Day program includes many favorites by Johann Strauss Junior, including the Waldmeister Overture and the New Pizzicato Polka as well as six items appearing on the New Year's Day concert for the first time. As it has for decades now, the encores feature the most famous waltz ever, From the Blue Danube, as well as the Radetzky March.
NPR Music has provided the complete New Year's Day concert to hundreds of American radio stations since 2003.
The NPR production crew includes host Lisa Mullins of NPR Member station WBUR (her 17th New Year's Day broadcast), NPR engineer Josephine Nyounai (her first broadcast) and producer Brian Bell (his 23rd broadcast).
New Year's Day from Vienna 2024 Program:
Karl KOMZAK Jr.: Archduke Albrecht March *
Johann STRAUSS Jr.: Vienna Bonbons, Waltz
Johann STRAUSS Jr.: Figaro Polka *
Joseph HELLMESBERGER Jr.: For the Entire World, Waltz
Eduard STRAUSS: No brakes!
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Johann STRAUSS Jr.: Waldmeister: Overture
Johann STRAUSS Jr.: Ischler, Waltz *
Johann STRAUSS Jr.: Nightengale Polka
Eduard STRAUSS: The Mountain Spring
Johann STRAUSS Jr.: New Pizzicato Polka
Joseph HELLMESBERGER Jr.: The Pearl of Iberia: Estundiantina Polka *
Carl Michael ZIEHRER: Citizens of Vienna, Waltz
Anton BRUCKNER: Quadrille*
Hans Christian LUMBYE: Happy New Year! *
Josef STRAUSS: Delirium, Waltz
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Encores:
Josef STRAUSS: Jockey Polka
Johann STRAUSS Jr.: On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Waltz
Johann STRAUSS Sr.: Radetzky March
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