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New Year's Day Concert

2008 - Live

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Live from the Golden Concert Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, the world's most popular annual concert, the traditional New Year's Day Concert performed by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Georges Prêtre. The 2008 concert predominately features the music of the Strauss dynasty and locations around Vienna provide stunning backdrops for performances by the Ballet of the Vienna State Opera and Volksoper. Vienna's famous Lipizzan horses also make a choreographic appearance. Show less

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