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The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra perform their traditional New Year's Day concert.

Petroc Trelawny

Jonathan Haswell

Franz Welser-Most

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

New Year's Day Concert: 2011 - Highlights

2011 - Highlights

01/01/2011

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Franz Welser-Most conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at the Musikverein.

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra perform their annual celebratory concert, conducted by Georges Prêtre. Featuring performances by the Vienna State Opera and Volksoper Ballet.

Highlights from the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, where the Vienna Philharmonic gave 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 to celebrate 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 by Petroc Trelawny.

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