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The new year always starts with great concerts. The most famous is that ofVienna Philharmonic Orchestra, me Vienna Philharmonic, which takes place every January 1 in Musikverein. 2021 will be no different, despite Covid. the New Year’s Concert in Vienna there will be, on the morning of January 1, starting at 11:15, according to tradition. But, for the first time in the history of the event, there will be no audience in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Music Temple.
The pandemic has forced Austria, as well as many other European countries, to halt indoor shows until at least January 6, 2021.
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Vienna New Year’s Concert 2021: conductor Riccardo Muti on the podium
January 1, 2021 will be Riccardo muti to perform what is the most famous concert in the world, followed each year by some 40 million fans connected live on television in 90 countries. For the Italian master it is the sixth time– has already been on the podium at the New Year’s concert in Vienna in 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2018.
The event program, decided in February 2020, also remains unchanged. The Wiener Philharmoniker will perform at the performance of the great classics of the Strauss family.
Vienna New Year’s Concert 2021, no audience: applause online
But how will it be there Radetzky’s march no applause? The famous piece written in 1848 by Johann Strauss, the cornerstone of the Vienna New Year’s Concert since 1946, has always been accompanied by applause from the audience.
The organizers found a solution to remedy the absence of spectators in the room. The public from all over the world, connected live, will applaud the Wiener Philharmoniker live from its living room.
A virtual tribute so as not to renounce the magic of the New Year’s Concert, but also a message of support to all musicians and cultural operators in the world.
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Vienna New Year’s Concert 2021: how to applaud musicians from home
To participate in the big virtual hug it is necessary to register on the site mynewyearsconcert.com. After registering, you will receive a link to a website where a microphone will be activated at the appropriate time, at the end of the 2 parts of the concert.
Thanks to a particular audio system, the applause, sent from computers, tablets and smartphones, will all resonate together in the Musikverein room. And they will also feel at home, live on the Austrian broadcaster ORF.
More information at mynewyearsconcert.com and on the website of Vienna Philharmonic, wienerphilharmoniker.at. In Italy, on television, the New Year’s Concert in the Vienna Musikverein Hall will be broadcast, starting at 1.30 pm, on Rai2.
Vienna New Year’s Concert: history, place and curiosities
The first performance of the Wiener Philharmoniker dedicated to the music of the Strauss family dates back to December 31, 1939. This is the first New Year’s concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, born at a dramatic moment in Austrian history, a year after its annexation to Nazi Germany.
The idea for the concert came from the director of the Philharmonic Clemens krauss: with his direction the following concert was also performed, theJanuary 1, 1941. World stardom comes in the late 1950s, when the first television shootings were made.
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The Wiener Philharmoniker currently offers three concerts during the Christmas season: the dress rehearsal, the New Year’s Eve concert and the New Year’s concert. All three take place in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein and the music program is the same.
Attending these events live at the end and beginning of the year is very difficult: the demand is so high that for buy tickets you have to participate in one “lottery” which takes place on the Wiener Philharmoniker site about a year earlier, between January and February.
The traditional New Year’s concert is the quintessential event of the Large room, also called Golden Hall, of the Musikverein, among the most elegant classical music centers with the best acoustics in the world. Also famous are the magnificent flower arrangements that are installed in the Golden Room each New Year.
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