PBS will broadcast the Vienna Philharmonic’s “From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration” concert at the Musikverein on January 1, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., conducted by Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andris Nelsons. It will be the first time Nelsons has conducted the annual event featuring the Vienna State Ballet and the Vienna Philharmonic. Repertoire will include waltzes by Johann Strauss Jr., Edward Strauss, and Josef Strauss, plus Von Suppé’s Light Cavalry Overture, Contradanses by Beethoven, and more. Actor Hugh Bonneville will host the program, which will include a tour of the Musikverein’s archives, which hold the largest collection of Beethoven manuscripts in the world, Vienna’s Beethoven Museum, and other locations associated with the legendary composer in honor of his 250th birthday. The broadcast will be available to stream on January 2 on pbs.org/gperf and at the PBS Video app.
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