New Year's Day Concert 2007

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna State Opera Ballet
Vienna Boys’ Choir

For 47 years, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has given a live concert on New Year`s Day, playing predominantly compositions by the splendid Strauss family. It has become a tradition in 60 countries all over the world to welcome the New Year with the music from the Musikverein in Vienna.
The orchestra is world famous, partly because of its many international
tours. Conducted by Clemens Krauss, Willi Boskovsky, Herbert von
Karajan, Claudio Abbado and Carlos Kleiber, Riccardo Muti, Nikolaus
Harnoncourt, Seiji Ozawa, Lorin Maazel, Mariss Jansons and Zubin
Mehta, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra was the first to play inimitable
Viennese waltzes, polkas and marches in classical concerts, they
have now become a yearly tradition. The concert takes place in the
famous “Golden Hall” of the Musikverein. The Vienna State Opera
Ballet dances to some of the pieces in the most beautiful Palais of
Vienna. In the break of the concert, picturesque scenes from Austria are
shown, accompanied by lovely stories about the Viennese music and
traditions.

New Year’s Day Concert 2007, conducted by Zubin Mehta