NEW YEAR'S CONCERT, VIENNA 2022; a commentary Part 1

This year we have Barenboim conducting. And a real-life audience even though subdued, and masked throughout. It's a definite improvement on last year's audience-less effort with the orchestra applauding itself.

We're doing our usual spot-the-female-musician count. On first overview, the orchestra STILL looks overwhelmingly male; but R. spots a lady on double bass, and a female bassoonist. Yays!

So - on with the the music-programme:

Part 1

Josef Strauss, Phönix-Marsch (Phoenix March), Op. 105
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Johann Strauss II, Phönix-Schwingen (Wings of the Phoenix), Op. 125
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Josef Strauss, Die Sirene, Polka Mazur, Op. 248
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Josef Hellmesberger II, Kleiner Anzeiger (Little Advertiser), Galop, Op. 4
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Johann Strauss II, Morgenblätter (Morning Papers), Waltz, Op. 279
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Eduard Strauss, Kleine Chronik (Little Chronicle), Fast Polka, Op. 128
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Interval
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(to be continued .... )

NEW YEAR'S CONCERT, VIENNA 2022; A COMMENTARY PART 2

Johann Strauss II, Die Fledermaus Overture
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Johann Strauss II, Champagner-Polka (Champagne Polka), Musikalischer Scherz, Op. 211
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Carl Michael Ziehrer, Nachtschwärmer (Night Revelers), Waltz, Op. 466
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Johann Strauss II, Persischer Marsch (Persian March), Op. 289
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Johann Strauss II, Tausend und eine Nacht (A Thousand and One Nights), Waltz, Op. 346
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Eduard Strauss, Gruß an Prag (Greetings to Prague), Polka française, Op. 144
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Josef Hellmesberger II, Heinzelmännchen (Elves), Charakterstück
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Josef Strauss, Nymphen-Polka, Polka française, Op. 50
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Josef Strauss, Sphärenklänge (Harmony of the Spheres), Waltz, Op. 235
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Johann Strauss II, Auf der Jagd (At the Hunt), Fast Polka, Op. 373
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Johann Strauss II, An der schönen blauen Donau (The Blue Danube), Waltz, Op. 314
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Johann Strauss I, Radetzky March, Op. 228
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