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New Year's Day Concert from Vienna

on BBC Radio 3

Brian Kay presents the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra's traditional new year concert of music by the Strauss family and friends, live from the Golden Hall of Vienna's Musikverein. Joining them for the first time this year as guest conductor is Seiji Ozawa, who becomes music director of the Vienna State Opera later this year. Alongside old favourites like the Blue Danube and Wiener Blut waltzes and the Radetzky March, his programme shows a particular penchant for the rich and often melancholic genius of Josef Strauss - younger brother of the Waltz King. "Josef," said Johann, "is the more gifted of us two - I'm merely the more popular."

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Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Kay
Musicians:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Seiji Ozawa

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