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The New Year's Day Concert was broadcast live on January 1, 2006 from the Musikverein's main concert hall. To see an excerpt from the concert, click on the Watch the Video link below.

"Einzugsmarsch" aus "Der Zigeunerbaron"
"Entrance March" from "The Gypsy Baron"
Composed by Johann Strauss, Jr.

"Ouvertüre" aus "Die Hochzeit des Figaro"*
"Overture" from "The Marriage of Figaro"
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Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

"Die Mozartisten," Walzer op. 196*
"The Mozartians Waltz"
Composed by Joseph Lanner

"Liebesbotschaft," Galopp*
"Love Letter Galop"
Composed by Johann Strauss, Jr.

"Neue Pizzicato Polka," op. 449
"New Pizzicato Polka"
Composed by Johann Strauss, Jr.

"Künstler Quadrille," op. 201*
"Artist's Quadrille"
Composed by Johann Strauss, Jr.

"Du und Du," Walzer op. 367 (aus "Die Fledermaus")
"You and You Waltz" or "Fledermaus Waltz"
Composed by Johann Strauss, Jr.

"Furioso Polka," op. 260
"Furioso Polka"
Composed by Johann Strauss, Jr.

"Telephon," Polka française, op. 165*
"Telephone Polka"
Composed by Eduard Strauss
Arranged by Michael Rot

"Lagunen Walzer," op. 411
"Lagoon Waltz"
Composed by Johann Strauss, Jr.

"Éljen á Magyár!," Polka schnell, op. 332
"Long Live the Magyar! Polka"
Composed by Johann Strauss, Jr.

"Banditen Galopp," op. 378
"Bandit's Galop"
Composed by Johann Strauss, Jr.

"An der schönen, blauen Donau," op. 314
"By the Beautiful Blue Danube" or "The Blue Danube"
Composed by Johann Strauss, Jr.

"Radetzky March," op. 228
Composed by Johann Strauss, Sr.


*First performance of the work at the New Year's Day Concert.


Top banner photos: Statue of Johann Strauss, Jr. in Vienna's Stadtpark (Austrian National Tourist Office/Gotschim) and the Vienna Philharmonic.

Portrait of Mozart by Barbara Kraft. (Austrian National Tourist Office/Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde)

Portrait of Mozart by Barbara Kraft.

Host Walter Cronkite

Host Walter Cronkite.

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This program is available on DVD and as a double CD.


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