Without the traditional Viennese concert, what would New Year's Eve be? Comfortably seated in their living room after the night's effort, millions of spectators will attend the Wiener Philharmoniker concert tomorrow from the gold and stucco hall of the Musikverein, broadcast live on television in nearly 100 countries, with Riccardo Muti for the seventh time on the air. the podium: a cycle that the Neapolitan master began in 1994 and which saw him as the protagonist of memorable editions.
The program for the 2025 New Year's concert is doubly special, because it will not only offer a tribute to the timeless and sparkling repertoire of Viennese music, and in particular to Johann Strauss the son, the most famous of the Strauss family, on the occasion of bicentenary. of his birth; but, for the first time, it will make room for the work of a female composer, with “Ferdinandus Walzer” by Constanze Geiger, performed for the first time in 1848 and long forgotten. A very beautiful piece with a great personality, according to Muti, written by the author when she was only 12 years old. The news seemed sensational to many, a historic milestone, given that the Wiener have only admitted women into their ranks since 1997.
It will also be possible to follow the concert live on TV Capodistria with commentary in Italian from Luisa Antoni from 11:15 a.m. In Italy, Rai will broadcast it on a delayed basis to allow live coverage of the New Year's concert at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice: it is now in its 22nd edition, this year it is directed by the Englishman Daniel Harding with the vocals of Mariangela. Sicilia and Francesco Demuro, and a program with music by Beethoven, Verdi and Puccini.
