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2000 leere Plätze im Goldenen Saal des Wiener Musikvereins. Das 81. Neujahrskonzert der „Wiener Philharmoniker“ erreicht aber als reines TV-Ereignis geschätzte 50 Millionen Zuseher weltweit.
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By Markus Schramek
Vienna – The Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert is a unique mix, a mix of Viennese music: waltz dreams performed by one of the best orchestras in the world, encouraged to get back on their feet after New Year’s Eve , in addition to images of Vienna from its most beautiful side, danced by the State Ballet in elegant robes.
Much is here, as it always was, father and son of Johann Strauss as full-length programmatic hits, especially on the encore block with “Donauwalzer” and “Radetzky March”. As spectators in front of the television (to get a ticket, you need the luck of the draw, a well-filled wallet and, more recently, the grace of Corona), we have a comfortably warm certainty: life can be so beautiful, even in the Year New and despite one. The currently rampant pandemic, which ensures that at yesterday’s 81st New Year’s Concert, the stands in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Music Association must remain empty for the first time.
The Philharmonic, which was locked up for weeks, did not allow anyone to approach them, just to avoid the risk of outbreaks of infections, its best moment is to be thanked and congratulated on the joyful and moving performance yesterday. The hollow political nonsense about the “cultural land of Austria” comes to life for two hours. The ORF is also commendable. Your transfer to the living room should not fear comparison. That deserves applause, and that’s what the actors get. 7,000 viewers around the world clap loudly with their smartphones.
Riccardo Muti at the desk. This year he will turn 80, but the laid-back Italian hardly seems to be getting old. For the sixth time he will conduct the New Year’s Concert, and to Corona’s sadness, an encouragement like him is the best possible option. The Golden Hall is Muti’s living room, the Philharmonic is, so to speak, his home orchestra: together they have already performed more than 180 times, which connects, which respectfully welds.
Muti smiles gleefully through the cloud of sound, lets the conductor’s baton sink in and listens, only to jump with enthusiasm to Karl Millöcker’s gallop “In Luck and Braus” the next moment. Enjoy the music wherever you look, happy faces also in the ranks of the musicians.
Before the “Radetzky March” sounds at the end, as a newfound without the audience applauding, Muti sends a New Year’s message to the 50 million spectators who have seen the concert in 90 countries. The teacher also gives the correct grade verbally. “Music brings joy, hope, peace and love, it is important for mental health,” says Muti, who calls 2020 an “annus horribilis”, a terrible year. This is followed by a message for those in power: “See culture as an important element in shaping a better society.”
Can politics also recognize the value of culture in crown times?
