New Year's concert “Happy New Year!”

For auld lang syne! This year’s New Year’s concert takes us from the United Kingdom to the New World. Johannes Braun, 1st Kapellmeister of Oper Graz, conducts an Anglophile programme that combines the dignified, such as Vaughan Williams’ poetic jewel The Lark Ascending for solo violin and orchestra, with the groovy like the three dance episodes from Leonard Bernstein’s musical On The Town and the fiery, as in George Gershwin’s Cuban Overture.

Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes: II. Sunday Morning

Igor Stravinsky
The Rake’s Progress: „No word from Tom“, Anne’s Aria

Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending

William Walton
Façade, excerpts from Suite No. 1 and 2

Leonard Bernstein
On The Town: Three dance episodes

Leonard Bernstein
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: „Take care of this house“

Frederick Delius
Koanga, Act 2: La Calinga

Samuel Barber
Violin concerto, 3rd movement

George Gershwin
Cuban Overture