Vienna Phil will play Frauenwerk on New Year’s Day

Riccardo Muti will be conducting the annual Strauss Festival for the seventh time… so no big surprises there. Except for Constanze Geiger’s appearance in the second half. She is a little-known composer and singer of the 19th century.

Here’s the overview.

Part 1

1. Johann Strauss Senior Freedom Marchop. 226
2. Josef Strauss Dorf swallows from AustriaWaltz, op. 164
3. Johann Strauss DemolIrish polka, Polka française, op. 269
4. Johann Strauss Lagoonen-waltzop. 411
5. Edward Strauss Airy and fragrantPolka fast, op. 206

Part 2

6. Johann Strauss Overture to the operetta “The gypsy baron“
7. Johann Strauss accelerationgenerations, Waltz, op. 234
8. Joseph Hellmesberger Fidel brothers, March from “The Veil Girl“
9. Constanze Geiger Ferdinandus-Waltz (Arrangement: Wolfgang Dörner)
10. Johann Strauss Entwethe – or! Polka fast, op. 403
11. Josef Strauss TrAnswer, Waltz, op. 184
12. Johann Strauss Annen Polka, op. 117
13. Johann Strauss Tritsch-gossip, Polka fast, op. 214
14. Johann Strauss Wine, women and song, Waltz, op. 333