“All over the world there are people who hate each other. This music can at least bring people together for two and a half hours.” - Zubin Mehta Tomorrow morning, sober or not 🎉🎻🎺🎷🎼 LIVE: 11:15am BBC TWO 12:25am TVR1, TVR HD & TVR+ 11:15am TVE The Vienna Philharmonic’s annual Neujahrskonzert, which rings in the new year from the Golden Hall of the Musikverein, is devoted largely to the kings of 19th-century waltz, the Strauss family. However, each year, a little variety is added to the mix and this time there will also be music marking the 650th anniversary of University of Vienna, the 200th birthday of the Austrian capital’s Technical University, and the 150th anniversary of Vienna’s Ringstrasse boulevard! CONDUCTOR Zubin Mehta (Indian Parsi conductor of Western classical music. He is the Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Main Conductor for Valencias opera house. He is also the chief conductor of Florence, Italys Maggio Musicale festival. The Indian maestro hopes to inject some much-needed harmony into the world when he conducts the illustrious Vienna New Year’s Concert tomorrow. The 78-year-old will be holding the baton for a fifth time at the annual concert, televised live to 50 million people in about 90 countries. Those able to watch for the first time, include Ukraine, the Bahamas, Armenia and Mehta’s native India. COMPOSITIONS BY Franz von Suppé, Johann Strauss, Jr., Josef Strauss, Eduard Strauss, Hans Christian Lumbye, Johann Strauss, sen. wienerphilharmoniker.at/new-years-concert/the-new-years-concert
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