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New Year's Day Concert

2011 - Live

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Live from Vienna in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein, the Vienna Philharmonic perform the annual celebratory concert of waltzes, polkas and marches, led by the Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Most.

There is music by four members of the Strauss family, as well as pieces by their Viennese contemporaries Lanner and Hellmesberger, plus music by Liszt celebrating the bicentenary of his birth.

The Vienna State Opera Ballet dance to some of the music at iconic Viennese locations and the concert is introduced from Vienna by Petroc Trelawny. Show less

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