Poster Vienna Philharmonic 2023 New Year's Concert
The Vienna Philharmonic at the Musikverein
Dieter Nagl
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Celebrate the New Year with the Vienna Philharmonic

Editor's note: YourClassical MPR will broadcast the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s New Year’s Day Concert at noon Central on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2026. There will be no on-demand audio after this broadcast.

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will perform its iconic New Year's Day Concert from the legendary Musikverein in Vienna on Jan. 1, 2026, for the first time under the baton of Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Listen to the live broadcast at noon Central on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, on YourClassical MPR.

Find out more about the concert on the ensemble’s official website.

Playlist
  • Johann Strauss II: Overtüre to the Operetta Indigo and the Forty Thieves

  • Carl Michael Ziehrer: Donausagen (Walzt), Op. 446

  • Joseph Lanner: Malapou-Galoppe, Op. 148

  • Eduard Strauss: Brausteufelchen (Polka schnell), Op. 154

  • Johann Strauss II: Fledermaus-Quadrille, Op. 363

  • Johann Strauss I: Der Karneval in Paris (Galopp), Op. 100

  • Franz von Suppè: Ouvertüre for the Operetta Die schöne Galathée (The Beautiful Galatea)

  • Josefine Weinlich (arr. W. Dörner): Sirenen Lieder (Polka mazur), Op. 13

  • Josef Strauss: Frauenwürde (Walzer), Op. 277

  • Johann Strauss II: Diplomaten-Polka (Polka francaise), Op. 448

  • Florence Price (arr. W. Dörner): Rainbow Waltz

  • Hans Christian Lumbye: Københavns Jernbane-Damp-Galop (Copenhagen Railway-Steam-Gallop)

  • Johann Strauss II: Rosen aus dem Süden (Roses from the South) (Waltz), Op. 388

  • Johann Strauss II: Egyptischer Marsch (Egyptian March), Op. 335

  • Josef Strauss: Olive Branch Waltz, Op. 207

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